Publications

The task-base qualification framework, developed by Bus-GoCircular project, aims at developing circular skills in construction. The framework will be used by the project to develop train-the-trainer and mentoring programmes for circular construction skills in Europe, and learning outcomes will be added to the BUILD UP Skills Advisor app.

Research coming fom C40 cities has found and proved that gas use contributes almost as much as coal power plants to premature deaths in 2020 and that clean energy is cheaper, creates more jobs and causes less pollution. The C40 report in fact gives recommendations and positive examples to cities which would like to undertake this clean energy transition.

Östersund in Sweden has set up a framework which would lead it to be climate neutral by 2030. In order to reach this target, the city has developed a green bond scheme in renewable energy, mobility and energy-efficient housing. The city must therefore increase the use of renewable energy and reduce energy consumption by 30% compared to 2010.

The BPIE report "Whole life carbon and industrial renovation: realising the opportunities to reduce the lifecycle carbon footprint of buildings" focuses on opportunities to leverage both the whole-life carbon impact of renovation and industrial prefabricated renovation solutions and provides recommendations for policymakers aiming to create an optimal policy framework to reduce emissions from buildings while fostering innovation in the renovation sector. 

With an insufficient rate of existing building renovation, there is need to step up the pace of building renovation to achieve European Union (EU) climate goals for 2050. Industrialization and related technological innovations, especially Zero Energy Renovation Kits, are at the core of boosting the Renovation Wave. This positioning paper reports on the results of a workshop at the Sustainable Places 2021 Conference by six Horizon 2020 projects, assessing the challenges and barriers to develop, adopt and/or implement Zero Energy Renovation Kits.

Why is it important the way we build? How is the construction and building industry going to be transformed in order to met the energy transition targets? According to Iulia Potor, from Partel, by integrating Life Cycle assessment for construction projects, professionals can optimise whole life carbon, cost, and circularity of design.

This document contains a detailed description about the ePANACEA testing and demonstration activities concerning the case studies of each pilot country. It includes a description of the process and the development of the activity schedules and a detailed explanation of the milestones including descriptions of selected case studies, activity schedules, milestones and expected outcomes.

This Horizon 2020 ePANACEA project report presents the theoretical background which prepares for the testing strategy for the acceptance workshops and provides insights on how the EPC can be improved for end-users. Methodology used to test the acceptance of proposed EPC features among ePANACEA pilot countries and the results from each workshop are presented.

The “EPAH Handbooks: A Guide to Understanding and Addressing Energy Poverty” provides guidelines for policy-makers and practitioners to tackle and assess energy poverty at the local level with the aim of efficiently address the local energy transition. Each handbook offers practical information and tools.

The building sector is increasingly working towards the implementation of clean energy technologies and occupants´ behaviour shifts in order to reduce GHG emissions and achieve the zero-carbon building stock targets. IEA Technology gives their strategical view about it.