The building sector is increasingly working towards the implementation of clean energy technologies and occupants´ behaviour shifts in order to reduce GHG emissions and achieve the zero-carbon building stock targets. IEA Technology gives their strategical view about it.
The Burgkunstädter town hall is one of the most suggestive half-timbered house in Franconia and it shows an impressive decorative half-timbered structure. The aim of the overall renovation of the old building was to preserve and emphasise the historical value of this important monument and to equip it for the demands of the present day.
The LIFE DoppelPlus team advised low-income households in Tyrol on how to minimise energy costs and adopt a more climate-friendly approach to everyday life. This initiative has helped those countries to contribute to the EU’s climate targets for 2030 and 2050.
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon H2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 958345
Titled “Making the Renovation Wave a reality: Easy-to-use digital tools for construction SMEs“, this online event ambitions to raise awareness on existing easy-to-use digital tools for the construction sector developed by BIM4Ren and on the skills needed by construction SMEs to effectively implement the Renovation Wave and the EU Green Deal objectives.
The H2020 RenoBooster project aims to increase the number of green renovations of private housing, thereby contributing to the decarbonisation of the city and to reaching the ambitious target to become climate neutral by 2040.
On Thursday 29 September afternoon, as part of the EU Sustainable Energy Week, the Architects’ Council of Europe is organising a 'Walk & Talk' event, which will consist of a GUIDED TOUR around the site of Tour & Taxis (Brussels), and a POLICY DEBATE on the legislative and policy levers needed to enable architectural design to accelerate the decarbonisation of the EU Building stock and create lasting cultural and quality change in the built environment.
The evolution of building materials and processes has led to many possibilities of materials to choose, such as hay, tree barks, stone, timber, brick, mortar, or glass and steel. Today, we can create 3D-printed houses by using several technologies and materials which provide a different range of thermal and acoustic comfort.
EuroACE – Energy Efficient Buildings is please to invite you to the upcoming webinar “The role of MEPS as a key driver for energy renovation”, which will take place on Thursday 22nd of September at 9h30 – 11h00. This webinar will address the much-debated introduction of minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) in the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.
The European Investment Bank (EIB), backed by the new InvestEU programme, is lending €60 million to the municipal housing provider hanova to build affordable and social housing. These new buildings will be energy performant and the project will be aligned with the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.