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Pursuing green construction and energy efficiency can generate more construction jobs, but labour shortages and skills mismatches need to be tackled.

Heat pumps are key to reduce buildings´ emissions, but they remain unaffordable for many.

Heat pumps represent a clear alternative to fossil fuel heating and their sales have been increasing in Europe as a push away from natural gas.

The UK has the fewest number of heat pumps in Europe, whereas Norway or Sweden have the highest.

A Special Issue of The Journal of Facade Design and Engineering: "Multifunctional Façades for Renovation through Industrialization" has been released.

Heat pumps are more efficient than gas boilers and the UK is planning to reach an estimate of 80% of homes to be heated by them in the next 25 years.

ComActive, funded through the LIFE Programme, aims to develop and demonstrate solutions for Multi-Family Apartment Buildings (MFABs) in three municipalities in Europe.

Machine learning, AI and physics-based models can accelerate our net-zero and decarbonisation goals.

The nZEBRA project is a Erasmus Plus project that aims to develop an educational course focused on Climate Neutral Buildings, and equip current and future professionals in architecture, civil engineering, and energy engineering with the skills needed to implement these sustainable building solutions.

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