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This newsletter summarises, amongst many other items, the latest and most relevant content published in the BUILD UP portal on June’s Topic of the Month: ‘Net-zero technologies and buildings’, specially selected by our editorial team to keep you up to date on this key topic. In summer, we are featuring content related to ‘Passive cooling solutions for buildings’, addressing topics such as building design, energy consumption and energy savings, indoor comfort, Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) and market-available cooling technologies. Explore our overview article below and if you want to share articles, papers, case studies or webinars, get in touch now and we will help to promote them through our portal and social media channels!
 
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Overview Article – Passive cooling: can we cool buildings with low to no energy consumption?

Passive cooling techniques can provide thermal comfort without electricity, offering invaluable tools to combat Europe's increasingly intense summer heatwaves. These systems can also help mitigate energy poverty, despite high installation and maintenance costs for some. However, in warmer regions, relying solely on passive cooling is premature due to technological and cost challenges. The most sustainable approach combines passive strategies with low-emission active cooling methods, reducing overall energy consumption. Discover more in this overview article.
 
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Articles

Overview Article – Empowering local net-zero technology manufacturing: a key to Europe's building decarbonisation effort

The new EU Net Zero Industry Act supports manufacturing net-zero technologies, significantly impacting building sector decarbonisation by boosting green technologies like heat pumps and solar panels. The building sector can enhance the act's goals by optimising these technologies' lifecycle impacts and integrating them with energy efficiency and passive heating and cooling systems.
 
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Technical Article – Competitiveness of Integrated Photovoltaics: a case study on residential BIPV applications

Integrated photovoltaics has emerged as key to reducing net greenhouse gas emissions across different sectors, such as building, transport, and agriculture. This article reviews the competitiveness of Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) and Infrastructure-Integrated Photovoltaics (IIPV) in residential applications.
 
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Technical Article – Renovation strategy tool to achieve net zero neighbourhood

The renovation wave requires an integrated, participatory, and neighbourhood-specific approach that is customised to the local environment. A digital tool called RESTO (Renovation Strategy Tool) has been developed to help local municipalities automate calculations for comprehensive renovation strategies, by utilising public databases at the neighbourhood level.
 
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News

Expert Talk – Sébastien Delpont

This month we delve into Net-zero technologies and buildings with Sébastien Delpont, Co-founder and President of Ressorts and Director of EnergieSprong France.
 
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Building conversations up with… Javier Antolín Gutiérrez

EU Project Coordinator, Project Manager and Researcher at CARTIF, Javier Antolín Gutiérrez shares some insights about the building renovation process and its key role in achieving net-zero energy buildings.
 
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Key novelties of the revised Energy Efficiency Directive

The European Commission’s Directorate General for Energy provides a summary with the most significant changes of the revised Energy Efficiency Directive, adopted by the EU Parliament and Member States in 2023 to enhance energy efficiency targets.
 
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Resilient cooling: an integral element towards a holistic approach to building sustainability

Resilient cooling systems are vital for sustainable buildings. Governments should prioritise holistic approaches, incentivise adoption, and train the workforce to achieve long-term sustainability goals.
 
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Aspire to net-zero in the workplace: smart building solutions for sustainable offices

Smart building solutions are essential for achieving net-zero emissions in offices amidst the challenges of returning to work post-pandemic.
 
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Resources & Tools

Publication - How to realise the potential of the Positive Energy Neighbourhood approach

Victoria Taranu, Emily Bankert, and Carolina Koronen from BPIE, highlight in this report how EU policies like the EPBD, the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), and the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) support PEN principles.
 
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Tool - Database of financial instruments in RENOVERTY pilot areas

The RENOVERTY tool presents an overview of financing mechanisms for home renovation, available within the pilot countries of the LIFE project, and relevant to the implementation of Rural Energy Efficiency Roadmaps (REERs).
 
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Webinar - BIM-based digital workflow for the industrialised deep renovation

Eurac Research organised a recent webinar which delved into the role of the INFINITE project in providing an environment to manage building data. The recording is now available.
 
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Case study - The Olympic House in Lausanne

The Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland, the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee, recently achieved LEED Platinum v4.1 certification, demonstrating its commitment to sustainability.
 
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Events

Circular Economy: the pathway towards a sustainable development international conference

The goal of the conference is to promote the concept and communicate the latest advancements of Circular Economy, and raise awareness across all disciplines and sectors. As the first such organisation in Greece and one of the first in Europe, the event aims to bring together international actors from science, industry, academia and civil society and provide a platform for discussion, exchange of knowledge, and showcasing circular solutions.
Date
date 12/09/2024 - 13/09/2024
Venue
venue Chania, Crete
Organiser
Organiser Hellenic Society for Circular Economy (HSCE)
 
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International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings SEB-24

The sixteenth International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings will take place in Santa Cruz, Madeira, Portugal, organised by KES International. SEB-24 invites participation and paper submissions across a broad range of sustainability and energy-related topics relevant to the main theme of sustainability in energy and buildings. The conference aims to bring together researchers and government and industry professionals to discuss the future of energy in buildings, neighbourhoods and cities from a theoretical, practical, implementation and simulation perspective.
Date
date 18/09/2024 - 20/09/2024
Venue
venue Madeira, Portugal
Organiser
Organiser KES International
 
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Sustainable Places (SP2024)

The 12th annual edition of Sustainable Places (SP2024) will be held over three days in a hybrid event format. Between opening and closing keynote sessions, parallel technical sessions and project-organised workshops will explore the various conference themes: Energy Communities, Smart Cities and Urban Transition, Renewable Energy Technologies, Sustainable Construction and Renovation, Decarbonisation and Circularity, and much more!
Date
date 23/09/2024 - 25/09/2024
Venue
venue Luxembourg
Organiser
Organiser R2M Solution S.r.l. and Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)
Registration
Registration Register here
 
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