What's New?
16. May 2013
AIDA Project´s upcoming activities in Spain announced: National Study Tours and Workshop of Evaluation tools for nZEBs
THE AIDA PROJECT supports building professionals and local authorities all over Europe in designing nearly zero-energy buildings (nZEB). AIDA runs activities tailored to these target groups, such as study tours of innovative buildings, sessions to learn about best practices from operational ...
7. May 2013
E2BA presents its new Roadmap at the European Parliament
The Energy Efficient Buildings event hosted by MEP Maria da Graça Carvalho, Member of the Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE), together with the Energy Efficiency Buildings Association (E2BA) at the European Parliament in Brussels on April 23 ...
3. May 2013
Workshop 'How to finance energy efficiency? Focus on divided and cooperative ownership of multifamily buildings'
Event Date | 11 - 12 June 2013The construction sector in Italy is in a deep crisis and is struggling to find ways to restart. Many observers think that green economy in the construction and especially in the retrofitting sector is a concrete opportunity to energize the sector. Also the European Community is orienting the ...
2. May 2013
Nextbuilding - NET/NEARLY ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGS: TODAY’S ACHIEVEMENTS, OUTLOOK FOR A NEAR FUTURE
Event Date | 8 May 2013The international conference NET/NEARLY ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGS: TODAY’S ACHIEVEMENTS, OUTLOOK FOR A NEAR FUTURE is proposed as a special opportunity for updating and understanding of the subject of the nearly Zero- and Net Zero-Energy Buildings. A widely debated theme, ...
26. April 2013
Financial crisis 'increasing incentives' for building retrofits
The long recession is increasing the attractiveness of energy saving investments in buildings according to a new survey of construction and real estate players by the Global Buildings Performance Network (GBPN) in collaboration with its European Hub, the Buildings Performance Institute Europe ...
Key Documents:
26. February 2013
Fair Energy Transition towards nearly-Zero Energy Buildings Progress Report
Social, cooperative and public housing providers in Europe own and manage 12% of the housing stock. The POWER HOUSE nearly-Zero Energy Challenge, led by CECODHAS Housing Europe, seeks to build capacity and confidence amongst these providers ahead of the requirement that in 2020 all new buildings should be nearly-Zero in terms of their energy consumption and any energy required sourced from renewable supplies.
Seventy per cent of the dwelling stock in 2050 is already built, and much of it is highly wasteful of energy. The nearly-Zero Energy Challenge will work in four key areas identified earlier as of key importance – Cold/Continental climates, Warm/Mediterranean climates, Divided/Cooperative ownership of dwellings and critically, the capacity to finance nearly-Zero energy dwellings.
Please click HERE to download "Fair Energy Transition towards nearly-Zero Energy Buildings Progress Report".
30. January 2013
Nearly-Zero Energy Buildings Overview: Status, Cost Optimality and Key Conditions for nZEB
Bringing together technical and economic feasibility and securing affordable housing is key to the fair energy transition towards nearly-Zero Energy Buildings (nZEB). This report provides an insight on the status of nZEB within the Countries involved in the POWER HOUSE nearly-Zero Energy Challenge and describes favorable conditions for bringing nearly-Zero Energy standards into practice.
A chapter is also dedicated to the concept of cost-optimality; particularly, the issue of calculated energy demand and costs vs. measured energy consumption data and actual running costs was analysed and tested for the case of Austria, based on both theoretical calculation and actual data collected from a broad sample of buildings. The conclusions of this report, from both the descriptive and the analytical part, are formulated as key challenges on the way to nearly-Zero Energy Buildings.
Please click HERE to download " nZEB Overview: Status, Cost Optimality and Key Conditions for nZEB".
30. November 2011
POWER HOUSE EUROPE: a story of mobilisation towards a people-centred sustainable EU energy transition
The completion of the POWER HOUSE EUROPE project by no means marks the end of the energy transition within the social housing sector; however it has helped to sow the seeds. This report provides information to housing organisations on how they can make use of the resources and tools developed within the POWER HOUSE EUROPE framework.
Bearing in mind that the most time-consuming part of the work done within POWER HOUSE EUROPE has been the on the networking and partnership work at National/Regional Platforms level, this report also outlines some of the success stories resulting from these activities and gives some of the examples of those partnerships which will be vital to ensure the transition to green social housing throughout the EU.
Please click HERE to download "POWER HOUSE EUROPE: a story of mobilisation towards a people-centred sustainable EU energy transition".
17. December 2009
The Offer to fight Climate Change from Europe’s Cooperative and Social Housing providers
In partnership with energy producers, citizens, professionals & local authorities and with appropriate funding & legislation social and cooperative housing can accelerate refurbishment rates to achieve optimal energy performance in 8 million homes between 2010 & 2020.
Social and cooperative housing makes up 12% of the EU’s housing stock, if 4% of stock is refurbished annually, backed up with a sustained change in residents’ behaviour, this can help deliver 30% reduction in energy consumption by 2020.
The Copenhagen Offer explains more in details what is the potential and the missing strategies to reach a refurbishment rate of a million dwellings annually, representing the creation of almost 350.000 jobs across Europe each year.
Please click HERE to download the "CECODHAS Copenhagen Offer".
Case Studies of the Week:
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 47 dwellings in Calle Txabarri, Sestao, Spain
Name of organisation: Sestao Berri
Location: Sestao, Spain
Type of Project: refurbishment
Scale: individual buildings
Number of units/dwellings: 47
nZEC - New construction of 8 dwellings in Beveren, Maalderij, Belgium
Name of organisation: Gewestelijke Maatschappij voor Huisvesting
Location: Beveren, Belgium
Type of Project: construction
Scale: group of buildings
Number of units/dwellings: 8
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 194 dwellings in Quartier du Pont de Cens, Nantes, France
Name of organisation: ESH Enterprise Sociale pour l'Habitat
Location: Nantes, France
Type of Project: refurbishment
Scale: group of buildings
Number of units/dwellings: 194
