Articles

The RES2 project is developing the Italian roadmap to performing qualitative and quantitative analyses of the gap in skills needed to reach a carbon-neutral building environment.

If we are to address the skills shortages in construction, then we must view skills as more than just the tools for employment. Just as DNA is the blueprint for life, skills are the mechanisms of life. Skills are more than tools for jobs, they are part and parcel of our whole life and must be viewed as such.

Explore the transformative journey of BEEYONDERS and HumanTech in the construction sector, focusing on human-centric innovation and safety. Discover how wearables, exoskeletons, and AI redefine industry standards, fostering efficiency and well-being.

Integrating human-centric design with BIM, IoT, Digital Twins, and additive manufacturing marks a transformative era in construction, enhancing efficiency, sustainability, and adaptability. The fusion of these technologies with human expertise redefines building design, construction, and management, despite challenges in data management and interoperability. The digital revolution reshapes the construction value chain, demanding a shift in industry roles, responsibilities, and a focus on continuous innovation and collaboration.

The STRETCH project aims to develop a hybrid structural-plus-energy retrofit with structural health monitoring tailored for masonry cultural heritage building envelopes. This article describes the concept, scope and methodology of the project, as well as the preliminary and planned work of this Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship.

The installation of heat pumps is central in the REPowerEU plan, and the European Commission has set the ambitious goal to install 10 million new heat pumps in 5 years. Although the installation of heat pumps in new buildings is conventional, the replacement of existing heating systems with heat pumps is more challenging but extremely important. This article reports on the opportunities and barriers the sector is facing when addressing residential buildings retrofit, while heat pumps have topped 20% of the small-scale heat generators market in the EU.

Author: Roberto Fedrizzi (Eurac Research).

Note: opinions in the articles are of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the EU.

The H2020 SENSEI project has contributed to the advancement of automated M&V methods by promoting a major change in the way practitioners approach the task of M&V, as well as by offering eensight, an open-source tool to experiment with and test the proposed M&V methodology.

Making buildings more energy efficient has many economic, social, and environmental benefits. In this article, we explore national initiatives and projects targeting households.