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A portal to foster knowledge sharing about energy efficiency and renewable energy related to the building and construction sector in Europe.
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A selection of resources and tools relevant to practitioners and professionals in the buildings sector.
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An overview of real-life results, lessons learned, and best practices.
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An initiative focusing on increasing the number of trained and qualified construction professionals across Europe.
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Explore EU construction skills-related projects.
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Renewable Energy Sources (RES)

Contributions in this theme (861)

Simone Veil primary school: sustainable new construction in Rosny-sous-Bois

This new construction has been built sustainably taking into account, for example, local resources, natural materials, passive solutions.

Case study

06/09/2023

Solar-powered buildings should be less than 10 floors to meet net-zero targets, study says

A research from University of Toronto suggests capping solar-powered buildings at 10 floors for net-zero energy success.

News

01/09/2023

Insights from Croatian pilot on solar PV Energy consumption

Learnings from Sunči App for solar PV owners in the Croation demo case of the NUDGE project

News

04/09/2023

Will you help us improving the BUILD UP portal? survey

Will you help us improve the BUILD UP portal?

As a valued user of the BUILD UP portal, we kindly ask you to collaborate in answering our web usage survey. It just takes 10 minutes and it will be very helpful for us to improve, fine-tune, and tailor our content to your needs. Thank you in advance!

Deadline September 8th!

News

06/07/2023

DHC+ Platform

Set up under the umbrella of Euroheat & Power, DHC+ Platform is the European hub for research & innovation in district heating and cooling.

Link

31/08/2023

REN+HOMES - More (+) energy, less (-) emissions = a new method for positive buildings

The newly funded European Project REN+HOMES will develop a global methodology for Positive Energy Homes, residential units that produce renewable energy surplus and facilitate the transition to a climate-neutral future.

Author: Massimo Carraro

Link

07/08/2023

Innovation Week 2023: Renewable solutions to decarbonise end-use sectors

Innovation Week 2023 will discuss cutting-edge innovations that can support and accelerate the global energy transition, with a view to expanding shared knowledge on Renewable solutions to decarbonise end-use sectors.

Event

Prof. Jon Summers checking the liquid cooling of the servers

New video on waste heat recovery from renewable data centre for district heating - WEDISTRICT

This swedish demo site of the EU funded WEDISTRICT project aimed to recover the excess heat from a fuel cell powered data centre by liquid cooling technology.

The video “The Luleå demosite - Fuel cell powered data centre with waste heat recovery” has been be officially released on 15th August 2023 on the WEDISTRICT playlist of the YouTube ESCI channel.

News

23/08/2023

Direct electrification of buildings

Join the session on “Direct electrification of buildings” which is co-organised with Irena in the context of their Innovation Week.

Event

9th International conference on Smart Energy Systems (SESAAU2023)

Researchers and experts from industry and business are invited to contribute to further enhancing the knowledge of smart energy systems, 4th generation district heating, electrification, electrofuels, and energy efficiency.

Event

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