A new edition of the Mediterranean Climate Change Adaptation Awards is organised by the French Agency for ecological transition (ADEME), with support from its Mediterranean and international partners, including BUILD UP. The competition rewards exemplary and concrete actions for adapting to climate change in the Mediterranean. Call for Applications is open until the 9th of April.
This project aims to reduce the causes of fuel poverty, which are high energy costs, energy inefficient buildings and low household incomes. to this end, roadmaps will be designed starting with the worst performing households and a model will be developed to bring as many cases as possible together.
The Edificio Londres, a residential building in Barcelona, is an example of architectural innovation and where a variety of energy saving concepts can be applied. A holistic energy concept, which was then elaborated in a coherent design, combining innovative and low-tech features, has been applied.
These apartment houses in Roncq are Passive House certified and their thermal envelope and mechanical systems have efficient energy consumption results. Moreover, the buildings recover energy from grey water.
This webinar aims to provide a framework to address the importance and significance of good bedroom IAQ, indoor air pollution and ventilation and encourage discussion on the need and call to action towards enhancing the IAQ in sleeping environments across different climates.
A Catalan architect has realised the first blackened timber facade in Spain. The decision on the material to use has been very important in order to be sustainable, respect the building´s life cycle and to make the building near-zero energy.
In the CITYSOLAR project, a new breakthrough concept for TPV will be developed by exploiting the combined use of emerging technologies, namely multi-junction solar modules developed from near-ultraviolet perovskite and near-infrared organic solar cells. Using advanced concepts within light management such as photonic crystals, nanophotonics and photon recycling and advanced module integration schemes, CITYSOLAR will radically change performance limits for TPV by significantly reducing losses related to light absorption and scale-up from individual solar cells to multi-junction modules.
The 23rd issue of the TightVent newsletter is now available!
The Energiesprong whole house retrofit model has been applied across six UK social housing schemes to improve their energy performance. The Energiesprong approach aims to fully insulate homes using offsite manufactured wall and roof panels.
The 43rd AIVC conference "Ventilation, IEQ and health in sustainable buildings" will be held on 4 & 5 October 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark together with the 11th TightVent conference and the 9th venticool conference. The conference will take place at Aalborg University Copenhagen.