Solar
Designing and building commercial structures with passive solar heating and cooling systems
Planning a commercial building's design is a challenging task as this involves all the aspects that revolve around the finish (...)
Conde de Orgaz Nursery School
En français The new kindergarten is in keeping with the brutalist style and constructive sincerity of Sonrel, Duthilleul (...)
Decarbonising heating and cooling: a climate imperative
The EU has met its target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020, compared with 1990 levels. However, meeting (...)
Solar developers may benefit from a new stormwater calculator
Stormwater management practices, permitting, and regulations at solar sites often do not account for the unique characteristi (...)
Solar PV panels to supply electricity of the Glasgow heating and cooling grids
We met Martin McKay, who, as the Executive Director of Regeneration of Clyde Gateway in Scotland, leads Clyde Gateway's Green (...)
Wind and Solar generated record 20% of EU electricity in 2022. More than gas, nuclear, hydro, coal
Now 2022 is over, the figures are in for all the main electricity generation types. For the first time ever, wind and solar (...)
Electricity from renewable sources on the rise
In absolute terms, the production of electricity from renewable energy sources increased by almost 5% from 2020 to 2021. (...)
Germany announces ‘acceleration’ of smart meter rollout
As electric cars, solar panels and heat pumps are expanding more and more, Berlin has launched a bid to accelerate the instal (...)
Unlock sustainable heating in Europe now
Only 13% of thermal energy in Europe is produced by renewable energy sources and 40% from natural gas alone(1). Therefore (...)
Why cross-sector collaboration may succeed where policy cannot
There is no single road that leads to a carbon-neutral future. More often than not, the global dialogue around decarbonizatio (...)
Can Enhanced Geothermal Systems be used as grid-scale batteries? Anywhere!
The US Department of Energy aims to cut the cost of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) by 90% by 2035. Standard geothermal (...)
Look back on the webinar: "Renewable electricity and innovative heating networks to decarbonise European cities!"
Wednesday, November 02, 2022, was held the webinar co-organised by Celsius Initiative and D2Grids, whose objective was to (...)
How windows are used to regulate building temperature
Many laypeople might not think much about the windows in a home or office, but builders design them with various specificatio (...)
The project “IPCEI Hy2Tech”
Recently the Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, an Important Project of Common European Interest (‘IPCEI' (...)
Universities at the forefront of sustainable design
Green construction methods and building design are rising in popularity because people worldwide are recognizing their harmf (...)