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Energy efficient buildings and in particular near zero energy buildings require a specific attention to building airtightness. For more information, visit also www.tightvent.eu.
This Topic includes all content relevant to the Themes "Build Value, co-benefits and externalities" and "Technical - economic - politic approach for supporting building stock...
In the Community Certification we share knowledge, initiate discussions, raise questions and search for new solutions for the certification of buildings
This Topic includes all content relevant to the Themes "Deep renovation technology packages" and "Deep renovation: paradigm and technology packages for historic and existing...
Harmonization of the energy performance calculation procedures in Europe. Preparation of a second generation of CEN standards to support the (recast) EPBD.
This community is a forum dedicated to the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. It aims to exchange information about the directive's background, contents, implementation and future...
Internal insulation is a key factor to realize the 2020 target as The heat loss by conduction through the solid external walls accounts for 45% of the total heat loss through the envelope of an un-...
EPBD requests Member States to ensure that by 2021 all new buildings be nearly zero-energy buildings; public buildings already by 2019. Discuss here national applications of the NZEB definition and...
The joint community of the two EU projects 'School of the Future' and 'VERYSchool' presents new research results and shining examples of how to reach the future high performance...
Create favourable conditions for the development of pan-European software instead of patchwork of national methods. Dissemination of good practice, information and the identification of common...
This BUILD-UP Community offers a selection of relevant articles to the wide Public, Cooperative and Social Housing sector, with a link to the www.powerhouseeurope.eu initiative led by www....
A wide variety of cladding systems are available for installation as a buildings exterior wall cladding. Each system must be specially adapted to its intended building use. Panels are usually...
Ventilative cooling refers to the use of natural or mechanical ventilation strategies to cool indoor spaces, and thereby both improve thermal comfort and reduce space cooling energy use which may be...
In the past windows influenced only 20-30% the energy demand of buildings but in low energy buildings windows have already an influence of more than 50% to the energy needs. With the upcoming net...
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