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The H2020 EXCESS project aims to spearhead four innovative demonstration projects, introducing technical solutions that enable buildings to produce more renewable energy than they consume over the course of a year. One of their demonstration projects is based in Hasselt which represent the coastal climatic zone.

Two years into the Horizon 2020 project ePANACEA, the project partners shared videos of the ePANACEA Assessment Method 1 implemented on the SEPAP (Smart Energy Performance Assessment Platform) on the project’s YouTube channel.

The Green Solutions Awards for sustainable buildings, districts and infrastructures organised by Construction21 and its partners aims to bring out exemplary achievements from around the world, to share them to as many people as possible and to inspire the profession to accelerate the reduction of its carbon emissions.

The current world is defined by technological innovation which has led to a population growth. Hence, there is a need for a sustainable transition towards circularity and circular construction. How can the industry engage stakeholders more to cooperate towards this goal?

How can we foster the circularity of construction materials to make them profitable for the complexity of today´s industry? How can we improve processes which are so fragmented? The article suggests four digital technologies which can enhance circularity and processes.

Are you interested to learn more about 5th generation district heating and cooling (5GDHC)? The D2Grids project is providing such opportunity. Open Universiteit, together with other D2Grids partners (BRGM, VITO, Greenflex, Mijnwater, ASPER), has developed a course on 5GDHC.

The Future Envelope conference aims at providing new points of view on the current state, upcoming challenges, and innovations in the field of the building envelope design, manufacturing, installation, operation, dismantling, EoL. Registrations are open and the booklet is online!

This short article shows some of the events of interest to the BUILD UP community during the Sustainable Energy Week 2022, so that interested parties don't miss out on any details!

How important is the role of local energy communities to achieve carbon neutrality? These communities can intelligently control their local production and usage of green and renewable energy, thereby engaging in the green energy transition.

With the rise in sustainable materials such as mass timber and cork, traditional building materials like metal have fallen by the wayside. The philosophy of sustainable materials is they are produced in large quantities without depleting non-renewable resources with as minimal of an effect on the environment as possible. People dismiss metals, thinking they are unsustainable, but they have a place in the environmentalist construction era.