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ProGETone project presents the recording of their last webinar "Pioneers' role of public sector in holistic deep renovation", in which 3 different experts participated: Marco Corradi, President of Reggio Emilia Public Housing Agency; Tomáš Perutka, Senior Project Developer manager at the Energy Agency of Zlín Region and Andoni Hidalgo Simón, Project manager at Opengela Basque Country project.

ProGETonE project is promoting a webinars’ cycle to discuss about some trending topics around buildings, energy efficiency and seismic strengthening. This is a short summary of the five webinars that have been published so far.

Dexma Day 2022 event is back! This year, the English online session will take place in the autumn, on the 18th of October.  

Zurich´s citizens have voted for Zurich to become net zero by 2040. This includes reducing indirect GHG emissions by 30% per inhabitant by 2040 compared to 1990. Concerning the building sector, the city aims to use sustainable construction materials, reusing existing components and recycling concrete.

Are you a landlord in the UK? do you know about the latest developments of the Minimum Energy Performance of Buildings (MEPB) Bill? The Bill requires any residential tenancy granted on or after 31 December 2025, to have an energy efficiency performance of at least Band C.

Serbia is planning an ambitious future from now with 100 times more solar power and 10 times more capacity in wind parks for 2030, aiming to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40.3% and achieve a share of 41% of renewables in gross final energy consumption.

The EXCESS project aims to transform nearly-zero energy buildings into plus-energy buildings (PEBs). The partners met in the demo case in Hasselt to discuss and assess the installed technologies in the residential building, such as geothermal heat pumps, PVT panels and a small roof-top wind turbine.

Is building less the right path for European architecture? According to British architects, yes. Building new means a lot of carbon emissions and energy consumption which could be saved. In this view, buildings need to be valued.

The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) needed a headquarters that reflected its own values, so it set about a deep green retrofit of the Entopia building, proving along the way that the most sustainable building is probably the one that already exists. The 1930s former telephone exchange in central Cambridge, used for offices since the 1990s has been refurbished to the Passivhaus EnerPHit standard and BREEAM Outstanding, and is aiming for WELL Gold certification.

The PROSPECT+ team invites you to a webinar on how local and regional authorities can accelerate the implementation of their climate and energy action plans when subsidies are limited.