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5 building materials to avoid for Passive House design
There are many aspects that need to be taken into consideration when building a passive house, such as the orientation of the building, choosing efficient appliances and low-flow water fixtures. However, one of the more underrated ways is to avoid materials that readily lose their insulation and require significant energy resources to maintain.
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Il primo "Sustainable Building District" a Rimini
“Sustainable Building District”, dall’8 all’11 novembre, nasce dall´accordo tra GBC Italia e Ecomondo. Ecomondo è l'evento di riferimento in Europa per la transizione ecologica e l'economia circolare e rigenerativa. In contemporanea si svolge Key Energy, la fiera dedicata all'energia, alle smart cities e alla mobilità sostenibile.
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Exploring Positive Energy District Development – Learning from the Cities4PEDs 2-year research
The goal of this online workshop is to discuss the preliminary results of the Cities4PED with practitioners developing Positive Energy Districts to refine and validate the project’s results. The session will present city instruments as well as neighbourhood dynamics. Analysis framework, methods, tactics, tools & practices to achieve co-ownership and inclusive PED-development will be debated, based on different PED case studies.
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What do we need to do to get to zero carbon buildings?
Actions to limit global warming have been implemented in the past years, but as reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) is nothing new for the green building sector, bringing them down to zero presents new challenges. How to reach zero carbon buildings?
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