Retrofitting Europe’s buildings for energy efficiency is not enough to slash the carbon footprint of the construction sector and cut emissions in time to meet the Paris climate agreement goals, according to Dr Catherine De Wolf, assistant professor of design and construction management at TU Delft in the Netherlands. She says that we need to design buildings to make them recyclable – but doing this will require a fundamental restructure of the construction industry.
Post date: 7 Gen 2021
Type: News
As part of the BIMzeED project, a number of training modules on the topics of BIM and NZEB have been developed and are available to use for FREE. These online modules will be of interest to people in Higher or Vocational Education, or private trainers. By becoming a trainer on the BIMzeED course, you will gain access to a wealth of information that you can use in your own professional capacity as a training provider.
Post date: 8 Dic 2020
Type: News
Europe needs to reach a minimum 3% annual deep renovation rate to achieve a strengthened GHG reduction target and a boost for renewable heating and cooling.
Post date: 3 Dic 2020
Type: News
To achieve its 2050 climate neutrality objective, the European Union must accelerate greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction in this decade. The building sector can be a central pillar of this effort and can make a significant contribution to a strengthened 2030 greenhouse gas reduction target. Increasing actions and investment to accelerate building renovations will also lead to sustaining a green economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and improving living conditions for Europeans.
Post date: 3 Dic 2020
Type: Publication
Join the webinar: "Introducing
Post date: 13 Nov 2020
Type: Evento
Interested participants in the REHVA COVID-19 COURSE, can now enroll and learn how to resume activities, safely operate buildings and specifically use densely occupied indoor spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Post date: 30 Ott 2020
Type: News
A newly gathered consortium made up of 14 partners from 9 EU countries with strong expertise in construction, engineering & the most advanced relevant tech, is proud to announce the launch of the new H2020 project Ashvin - assistants for healthy, safe, and productive virtual construction design, operation & maintenance using a Digital Twin. What is to be achieved?
Post date: 27 Ott 2020
Type: News
The EU launched applications for its Innovation Fund, one of the largest funding programmes for
Post date: 8 Ott 2020
Type: News
This white paper explores Facades-as-a-Service as a method to battle waste and increase the circularity of buildings.
Post date: 7 Ott 2020
Type: Publication
This report assesses the compliance of the 14 available LTRS (as published on the website of the European Commission on 8 September 2020) against the provisions in Article 2a of the amended 2018 EnergyPerformance of Buildings Directive1 (EPBD).
Post date: 25 Set 2020
Type: Publication