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Adrian Joyce, Director of the Renovate Europe Campaign, presents his insights about the need of increasing energy renovation rates to implement energy efficiency measures in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region to achieve the 2030 climate targets and climate neutrality goal by 2050 together with independence from Russian fossil fuel by 2030.

Fully adapting to a green lifestyle can be a challenge for some. However, you can gradually turn the learned practices into natural habits through simple and tiny steps. Where is the best place to start it? Inside the four corners of your room or apartment unit. 

Sustainable design is an approach or technique that uses different sustainable principles to reduce the destructive effects of climate change on the building's occupants, community, and the environment while living in a sturdy, modern, sustainable construction. The primary goal of this method is to lessen the consumption of non-renewable energy resources and minimize waste that may contribute to the global temperature's rapid rate increase.  

The Seventeenth Annual Session of Global Forum on Human Settlements (GFHS 2022) will be taking place on December 15-16, 2022, with the theme being “Together for a shared safer and greener urban future: resilient, carbon-neutral and nature-positive cities”.

They are the core of BUILD UP, and the engine that expands the borders of our platform: we’re talking about our BUILD UP Ambassadors, high-ranking professionals that selflessly share their knowledge with our community and spread our values and mission at a national level. If you are tempted to become one of them, please read on for more details about this role, and check the requirements to join our ambassador team!

2022 has been one of the most hectic years for the energy sector: energy crisis, consumption reduction, and zero carbon objectives. This has only strengthened the challenges Energy professionals have been facing for many years now. More than ever, the objective of sustainable energy management is at the heart of the public debate, notably due to the reinforcement of regulations and the awareness of the energy and ecological transition. This call is crucial if we want to achieve carbon neutrality as soon as possible.  

The Act!onHeat Support Facility includes specific tools and assistance for municipalities to start, complete, or improve upon their district H&C planning, in order to diversify their energy supply, transition to clean, renewable alternatives, and provide their residents with cost saving options.

Based on a Norwegian study, in the long term it would be 10 times cheaper to build new solar PV capacity rather than operating gas-fired power plants. In fact, natural gas has become very expensive due to the plunge in Russian gas exports.

The Managing Director of REHVA shares her opinion on current EU energy policies, highlighting the real causes of the current crisis: the ever-increasing total energy demand and the slow transition to a low-carbon Europe with sustainable energy sources.

With a combination of public grants and private financing, Lithuania has carried out 1 billion euros’ worth of energy-efficient building upgrades. Now the EU wants to scale up its success.