Air infiltration in buildings has multiple consequences on energy use and indoor environmental quality. Therefore, in the last 10 years many countries have introduced requirements for building airtightness in their EP-regulation. Those requirements often prescribe that a test is performed by a qualified tester and that every test performed is recorded in a database. Hundreds of thousands of data are now available in Europe.
Post date: 22 Gen 2021
Type: News
Concept and objectives: NoMu Wood is a digital platform to guide and inspire Nordic Municipalities them in the process of building in wood. More broadly though, the treasure trove of information herein can offer something for many interested in the future of low-carbon Nordic construction.
Post date: 18 Gen 2021
Type: Link
Concept: New Buildings Institute (NBI) is a trusted, independent nonprofit organization with a mission to push for better buildings that achieve zero energy, zero carbon, and beyond—through research, policy, guidance, and market transformation—to protect people and the planet.
Post date: 14 Gen 2021
Type: Link
To predict the profitability of an investment, financial calculation methods are used. Since the traditional approach, based on pay-back time, is inefficient, the project propose tools (in web and Excel versions) that enables one to employ several methods, either independently or in combination. In particular, Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return prove efficient and helpful for building managers, energy auditors, and other investors.
Post date: 13 Gen 2021
Type: Tool
Submit your abstract now until 15 February 2021! Passive House - The key to sustainable buildings! is the slogan of the upcoming 25th International Passive House Conference in Germany´s Wuppertal. Abstracts on the topics below can now be submitted online until 15 February 2021. Who can submit an abstract?
Post date: 13 Gen 2021
Type: News
Concept: Today, multi-disciplinary teams from all over the world have to collaborate in order to bring a physical product from idea to market. A professional design tool enabling them to work collaboratively in real-time, directly in 3D would ease this process. But building a design platform for manipulating and rendering large 3D data in real time for such a wide range of users is an enormous technological challenge.
Post date: 8 Gen 2021
Type: Link
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
La Banque européenne d’investissement (BEI) et la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (FWB) annoncent la conclusion d’un accord de prêt de 600 millions d’euros, dont une première partie de 300 millions a été formalisée ce jour, pour la construction soutenable et la rénovation de bâtiments éducatifs en Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles.
Post date: 7 Gen 2021
Type: News
2021 RESNET Building Performance Conference is Going Virtual! FEBRUARY 22-24, 2021 We had a blast at #RESNET2020 and hope you did too! And while we hoped to make RESNET 2021 bigger and better than ever, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we do business and interact with our peers and colleagues.
Post date: 23 Dic 2020
Type: Evento
iPHA Q&A Session with PHI: Professional Certification and Training with Susanne Winkel: Thursday, 28 Jan 2021, 8:00 PM CET Join the team from the International Passive House Association for their iPHA Q&A with PHI series.
Post date: 23 Dic 2020
Type: Evento