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How cities can unlock the potential of laneway housing
LGA Architectural Partners, Ben Rahn/A Frame After an extensive renovation, an old house in a laneway in Toronto became a (...)
Buildings and climate change adaptation: A call to action
Image by Ante Hamersmit from Pixabay This report is the first output of the GlobalABC “adaptation” working group, launched (...)
How to cut emissions from transport: ban fossil fuel cars, electrify transport and get people walking and cycling
Fiona Goodall/Getty Images An article by Robert McLachlan, Massey University The Climate Change Commission’s draft advice (...)
Takeaways from the Next-generation Energy Performance Certificates and Deep Renovation workshop
On 25 January 2021, the QualDeEPC project held its EU-level expert workshop: Next generation Energy Performance Certificates (...)
New rules for external power supplies will enable household energy savings
A new EU Regulation on external power supplies aimed at making a range of household appliances more energy efficient - from (...)
Webinar | How to use the outputs of the EPB assessments in regulation
Webinar 3 – How to use the outputs of the EPB assessments in regulation: overview of EN ISO 52003 & EN ISO 52018 (12h00 (...)
EU Taxonomy shows the way to net zero by 2050
The Technical Expert Group (TEG) on Sustainable Finance has released its final recommendations to the European Commission (...)
C40 World Mayors Summit - Copenhagen
The C40 World Mayors Summit in Copenhagen will build a global coalition of leading cities, businesses and citizens that (...)
The Net Zero Carbon Buildings Declaration
Our buildings help define our cities – from our iconic skylines to our historic architecture. They are where our citizens (...)
MED . Mediterranean Energy Debate
On 10th October 2019 in Brussels, the Efficient Buildings Community is organizing MED - Mediterranean Energy Debate a public (...)
Innovation and regulation in the age of PropTech
Although the PropTech sector is certainly booming in Europe, fragmentation ad lack of transparency are key challenges affecti (...)
Quantifying the benefits of energy renovation in non-residential –infographic
In a recent study, the Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE) has sought to answer the following question: What (...)
Passivhaus Social: Cardiff, UK
A Passivhaus Social event aimed at Housing Associations, Local Authorities and all those involved with building energy (...)
[Urban Chronicles #WellBeingAtWork] #06 - Building materials: a new source of well-being at work?
Today's building professionals are facing many new challenges: complying with new thermal regulations, being more environment (...)
Australian PM to reject climate policy after challenge to leadership
Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has dropped the proposal to decrease greenhouse gas emissions after facing a (...)