
Reviewing test protocols for opaque adaptive facades
A study reviews the existing testing protocols to determine the dynamic thermal performance of opaque adaptive facades and suggests how to develop more accurate ones.
Luca Papapietro

Healthy Buildings Barometer 2024: how the EU building stock is becoming sustainable and resilient
This report is the latest series of pan-European reports to track the state of the European building stock.
Giulia Leghissa

Positive Energy Districts to support urban energy transition
As cities are responsible for 67% of the world´s primary energy consumption, a broad implementation of Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) should be expected.
Giulia Leghissa

New European Bauhaus Manifesto
ACE Manifesto highlights the key role of architects and calls them to take their place in the NEB movement.
Giulia Leghissa

The role of European regions and energy agencies for Europe´s energy future
The ´Sustainable Regions in Action´ is a comprehensive guide which outlines vision, mission and policy recommendations for new members of the EU Parliament and Commission.
Giulia Leghissa

EPBD guidance to calculate primary energy
REHVA has developed a guide to calculate primary energy and CO2 indicators calculation in the revised EPBD.
Giulia Leghissa

Global status for buildings and construction
This publication presents an annual snapshot of the progress of the buildings and construction sector in the world, taking into account policies, finance, technologies and solutions and their alignment with the Paris Agreement.
Giulia Leghissa

The New European Bauhaus implementation at the local and regional level
This study explores the role of local and regional authorities in implementing the principles of the New European Bauhaus (NEB).
Giulia Leghissa

Heating decarbonisation in buildings: busting myths
How could renewable heating and cooling technologies boost energy decarbonisation in the built environment? Here is presented a wide collection of elements, with the main focus on busting myths around heat pumps, but also highlighting other clean technologies, along with building renovation, energy storage and demand-side flexibility potentials.
Marco Grippa

Building back better - six investment criteria to drive a sustainable reconstruction of Ukraine's built environment
Following the 'build back better' principle, the Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE) presents six investment criteria to guide a sustainable reconstruction of Ukraine's heavily damaged built environment.
Carla Mauricio Planas