Case Study Results
Aid System for Thermal Refurbishment of Social Housing Stock in Champagne Ardenne Region
Name of organisation: ARCA - Union Sociale pour l'Habitat Champagne Ardenne
Year of finalization: 0
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 0
Country: France
Short Description: In may 2009, in the context of the revision procedure of the Article 7 of the ERDF Regulation, the European Union allowed to use 4% of the national ERDF amounts to improve energy efficiency in social housing.
In France, this has been integrated to the ...
ARTE Genova pilot Via Sertoli, 9 - SHELTER Project
Name of organisation: A.R.T.E. Genova - Azienda Regionale Territoriale per l'Edilizia della Provincia di Genova
Year of finalization: 2013
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 52
Country: Italy
Short Description: This 1930s building is composed of 84 public housing units.
The aim of the project is to provide the building with 52 dwellings of various sizes, cellars for all single units and 2 commercial premises, along with the roof renovation with eco-friendly ...
ARTE Genova pilot Vico Noli, 1 - SHELTER Project
Name of organisation: A.R.T.E. Genova - Azienda Regionale Territoriale per l'Edilizia della Provincia di Genova
Year of finalization: 2000
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 8
Country: Italy
Short Description: Since the '90s, A.R.T.E. felt the issue of energy saving also in the historical centre. The project was the first pilot site for building restoration in the historical centre of Genoa, even if the solutions for renewal in this particular part of the ...
BCHG Changing Rooms that don’t Cost the Earth - SHELTER Project
Name of organisation: BCHG - Black Country Housing Group
Year of finalization: 2003
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 4
Country: United Kingdom
Short Description: Four individual dwellings as part of a single demonstrator project called "Changing Rooms that don’t cost the Earth" (located in North Street, Smethwick. B67 7DA, Birch Street, West Smethwick. B68 9RU, Emily Street, West Bromwich. B70 8LH and Antrobus ...
BCHG Green 4 - SHELTER Project
Name of organisation: BCHG - Black Country Housing Group
Year of finalization: 2011
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 6
Country: United Kingdom
Short Description: GREEN4 will inform and assist social landlords and their supply chain to maximise demand, for low carbon retrofit measures, by presenting examples of the technologies and their application.
The project will retrofit three pairs of semi-detached, ...
BCHG Halesowen Road - SHELTER Project
Name of organisation: BCHG - Black Country Housing Group
Year of finalization: 2007
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 12
Country: United Kingdom
Short Description: A programme of energy renovation applied to individually owned dwellings in terraces on one street. Funded by the local authority and undertaken by Black Country Housing Group’s in-house home improvement agency “Care and Repair” and the local authority ...
BCHG Handsworth project - SHELTER Project
Name of organisation: BCHG - Black Country Housing Group
Year of finalization: 2008
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 9
Country: United Kingdom
Short Description: These were all dwellings bought for improvement and resale to improve the energy efficiency of local housing stock, demonstrate what can be achieved and encourage others to do the same work to their own properties (social rental with aim of final private ...
BCHG Moat Farm Estate in Princes End - SHELTER Project
Name of organisation: BCHG - Black Country Housing Group
Year of finalization: 0
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 38
Country: United Kingdom
Short Description: The Moat Farm Estate in Princes End, (Post code DY4 0XH, North Road, East Road, West Road and South Road) is in the township of Tipton in the West Midlands region of England. It is about 15km/10 miles to the west of the city of Birmingham. The project ...
BCHG Norwood Road - SHELTER Project
Name of organisation: BCHG - Black Country Housing Group
Year of finalization: 2002
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 22
Country: United Kingdom
Short Description: 22 individual homes owned by Dudley Council were in sound structural condition but only provided living accommodation that was very cold, damp and expensive to live in.
It was decided to increase the budget for modernisation works, already planned ...
BHA pilot Aleko Konstantinov Street, 2 - SHELTER Project
Name of organisation: BHA - The Bulgarian Housing Association
Year of finalization: 1938
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 12
Country: Bulgaria
Short Description: The project includes energy efficient renovation of building envelope and common parts as well as installation of RES (solar collectors).
BHA pilot Asen Zlatarov Street, 11 - SHELTER Project
Name of organisation: BHA - The Bulgarian Housing Association
Year of finalization: 1940
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 10
Country: Bulgaria
Short Description: The project includes energy efficient renovation of building envelope and common parts as well as installation of RES (solar collectors).
BHA pilot Chataldzha Street, 54 - SHELTER Project
Name of organisation: BHA - The Bulgarian Housing Association
Year of finalization: 1954
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 18
Country: Bulgaria
Short Description: The project includes energy efficient renovation of building envelope and common parts as well as installation of RES (solar collectors).
BHA pilot Zaharna Fabrika Housing Estate, block 4, 10 and 25
Name of organisation:
Year of finalization: 1950
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 39
Country: Bulgaria
Short Description: High energy consumption and the deteriorated state of condominium housing are urgent problems of the housing estates in all Eastern European big cities. In Bulgaria, the situation is even more complicated by the extremely high share of homeownership ...
Biella Retrofitting One
Name of organisation: ATC Biella
Year of finalization: 0
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 0
Country: Italy
Short Description: Biella Retrofitting One is promoted by ATC Biella in collaboration with Federcasa and Aeneas. The upgrading energy covers all social housing, located in Biella, owned for the bulk of the Agency for Territorial House (ATC) and partly by some residual owners ...
BIRD - Bioarchitettura Inclusione Risparmio (energetico) Domotica
Name of organisation: ALER di Brescia
Year of finalization: 2009
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 52
Country: Italy
Short Description: The technology used is that of dry construction with the highest levels of thermal insulation (class A CasaClima certification). All traditional power supply sources have been eliminated to achieve energy self-sufficiency from renewable sources. The energy ...
Bojsenburg - Change of heating system
Name of organisation: KopparStaden AB
Year of finalization: 2010
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 1058
Country: Sweden
Short Description: KopparStaden’s Bojsenburg residential area comprises 1058 residential apartments. Interest in a transfer to heating other than direct-acting electricity increased in pace with increased environmental awareness and rising electricity prices.
An inquiry ...
BRF Örnen Solar Energy
Name of organisation: HSB - The Swedish Cooperative Housing Association
Year of finalization: 2011
Type of project: other
Country: Sweden
Short Description:
Brogården Housing Estate
Name of organisation: Alingsåshem AB
Year of finalization: 2013
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 300
Country: Sweden
Short Description: The project ‘Brogården’ aims to create a sustainable area of housing that promotes social integration. A major component in this is that older people should be able to remain living in the area and not be compelled to move to special housing. Other ...
Cami de la Cova i Carrer Montserrat
Name of organisation: Foment de la Rehabilitació Urbana de Manresa, SA (FORUM, S.A.)
Year of finalization: 2012
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 108
Country: Spain
Short Description: Creation of public spaces of quality: restructuring of 3,585 m2 of squares and streets, adapting them to the new requirements for the use and mobility and modernizing service networks.
Improvement of the conditions of mobility: prioritization of pedestrian ...
Capitalization and support of ERDF Projects for Energy Efficiency in Rhône Alpes Region
Name of organisation: ARRA - Association Régionale Rhône-Alpes des Organismes de Logement Social
Year of finalization: 0
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 0
Country: France
Short Description: In may 2009, in the context of the revision procedure of the Article 7 of the ERDF Regulation, the European Union allowed to use 4% of the national ERDF amounts to improve energy efficiency in social housing.
In France, this has been integrated to the ...
CARABANCHEL 16
Name of organisation: EMVS - Empresa Municipal de la Vivienda y Suelo de Madrid
Year of finalization: 2007
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 88
Country: Spain
Short Description: The building consists of a single block of 98 meters in length by 16,40 of depth and with a height of 19,20 meters. Containing 88 homes distributed in five plants plus ground floor.
The construction occupies the 38,31 percent of the plot, the remaining ...
Castlefields Estate Regeneration
Name of organisation: Plus Dane Group
Year of finalization: 2013
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 397
Country: United Kingdom
Short Description: Plus dane group is a major partner in the Castlefields Regeneration Masterplan. The estate was originally developed as a ‘new town’ between 1968 and 1972. The design included concrete deck access flats and aerial walkways. Popular in its early days, ...
Climate-smart brf Toppsockret
Name of organisation: HSB - The Swedish Cooperative Housing Association
Year of finalization: 0
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 143
Country: Sweden
Short Description: BRF Toppsockret has under a period of ten years worked goal oriented towards lowering the energy use in an cost efficient way. This has resulted in thermal insulation, ventilation measures and lighting measures. Along with the work to lower energy use ...
Code for Sustainable Homes Level 5 House
Name of organisation: TCHG - Town & Country Housing Group
Year of finalization: 0
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 1
Country: United Kingdom
Short Description: Overview The construction of the house will achieve Level 5 of the Code for Sustainable Homes. Lessons learned will feed into other Code compliant schemes in our development programme.
It is a demonstration house but it has a relatively traditional ...
Collective Effort for Better Energy Performance of the Existing Housing Stock in Nord Pas de Calais Region
Name of organisation: Association Régionale pour l'Habitat Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Year of finalization: 0
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 0
Country: France
Short Description: In may 2009, in the context of the revision procedure of the Article 7 of the ERDF Regulation, the European Union allowed to use 4% of the national ERDF amounts to improve energy efficiency in social housing.
In France, this has been integrated to the ...
Comparto 15 - Sanpolino District - Brescia
Name of organisation: Coop Casa Brescia
Year of finalization: 2008
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 369
Country: Italy
Short Description: San Polino district is situated on the Est side few kilometers from the center of Brescia City. It is a sustainable district built up with the objective of environmental sustainability and high living comfort.
Consorzio ECO 15 is the operator who built ...
Comparto A/19 Violino
Name of organisation: Centro Studi La Famiglia soc. coop.
Year of finalization: 2006
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 120
Country: Italy
Short Description: Situated in the West part of the City, this recent housing area development (2006) is integrated part of a large social housing neighborhood with more than 3600 dwellings, fully developed by cooperatives providers in 1954. Based on a public call aimed ...
Construction of 10 semi-detached houses in La Brède (3 662 inhabitants)
Name of organisation:
Year of finalization: 2010
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 10
Country: France
Short Description:
COOP CASA - New head office
Name of organisation: Coop Casa Brescia
Year of finalization: 2009
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 0
Country: Italy
Short Description: Since 2009, Coop Casa has moved into the new head office wich is situated in Corso Bazoli, 41, in the middle of the new urban sustainable district named Sanpolino.
Coop Casa’s new head office is placed in a multi plan building (named edificio E) ...
Development of energy and environmental performance in social housing
Name of organisation: Association Régionale pour l'Habitat Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Year of finalization: 0
Type of project: other
Country: France
Short Description: The project aims to develop a common framework for social housing providers to address the existing fund opportunities by means of:
- an analysis on the existing housing stock and the creation of operative guidelines for replication;
- assistance ...
Dole: Rehabilitation Low consumption of 36 housing
Name of organisation: SA-Doloise du Jura
Year of finalization: 0
Type of project:
Number of units/dwellings: 122
Country: France
Short Description: Condition before the work:
The condition of the building was the following:
Loss of the building "Isolation"
- Need for energy flux: 83 000 or 180 W / m²
- After isolation: 28 000 or 60 W / m²
Heating:
- Requirements state: 166 kilowatts ...
Dynacité pilot - SHELTER Project
Name of organisation: Dynacité
Year of finalization: 2013
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 14
Country: France
Short Description: Dynacité aims to involve in a more cooperative way the all stakeholders from the design and all along the renovation process, to the maintenance of the dwellings. This cooperation model will allow implementing time and cost-effective renovations, and ...
Eklövet Hus 3 (Eklövet Building 3)
Name of organisation: AllboHus Fastighets AB
Year of finalization: 2009
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 24
Country: Sweden
Short Description: AllboHus had a couple of centrally located 4-storey buildings, constructed in the early 1960s, which were in need of renovation, primarily replacement of main pipes, ducts, drains and electricity cables, etc.
The company wanted to create a sustainable ...
Energy Performance Diagnosis of the Existing Housing Stock in Midi Pyrénées Region
Name of organisation: L'Union Sociale pour l'Habitat Midi Pyrénées
Year of finalization: 0
Type of project: other
Country: France
Short Description: In may 2009, in the context of the revision procedure of the Article 7 of the ERDF Regulation, the European Union allowed to use 4% of the national ERDF amounts to improve energy efficiency in social housing.
In France, this has been integrated to the ...
ERDF Programme for Energy Efficiency in Housing in Aquitaine Region
Name of organisation: AROSHA - Association Régionale des Organismes Sociaux pour l'Habitat
Year of finalization: 0
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 0
Country: France
Short Description: In may 2009, in the context of the revision procedure of the Article 7 of the ERDF Regulation, the European Union allowed to use 4% of the national ERDF amounts to improve energy efficiency in social housing.
In France, this has been integrated to the ...
Fasadrenovering av Orrholmen (Orrholmen Façade Renovation)
Name of organisation: KBAB - Karlstads Bostads AB
Year of finalization: 2009
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 630
Country: Sweden
Short Description: The project "Orrholmen Façade Renovation" had the objective of removing comfort problems such as uneven temperatures, draughts from windows and balcony partitions in the apartments, at the same time as reducing energy loss in the area. This objective ...
Genello- Compatible - Introduction of a EPC in social housing
Name of organisation:
Year of finalization: 0
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 0
Country: France
Short Description: The leader project LOGIREP provides 230 housing rehabilitation with AO design, production and guaranteed maintenance for 4 years. The aims established by the project are the 40%reduction of the actual energy consumption and the achievement of BBC Label: ...
General conditions for the modernization of dwellings in the territory of the former GDR
Name of organisation: Kompetenzzentrum Großsiedlungen e.V.
Year of finalization: 0
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 0
Country: Germany
Short Description: In July 1990, the GDR municipal housing administrations (KWV: kommunale Wohnungsverwaltungen) were converted into municipal housing companies and the stock of “nationally owned” (“volkseigen”) housing that the former KWVs had administered was ...
Generation Homes - REEMA homes
Name of organisation: Radian Group
Year of finalization: 0
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 20
Country: United Kingdom
Short Description: The project relates to the refurbishment of a neighbourhood of 20 semi-detached 3 bedroom homes which had come to the end of their useful life. The homes are constructed from a non-traditional prefabricated concrete system (PRC) known as REEMA. These ...
Generation Homes - Woodfields
Name of organisation: Radian Group
Year of finalization: 2007
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 6
Country: United Kingdom
Short Description: The project, undertaken with the support of the Energy Savings Trust, was to demonstrate how a minimum 60% reduction in household CO2 emission post refurbishment can be achieved by employing a systematic package of energy efficiency measures to a small ...
Green Savings Programme
Name of organisation: Union of Czech and Moravian Housing Co-operatives, SČMBD
Year of finalization: 2012
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 0
Country: Czech Republic
Short Description: Using ETS (AAU in Czech Republic) funds for building renovation
Basic Programme Structure
The programme is divided into three basic subsidised areas:
A. Energy savings in heating
A.1. Complex insulation
A.2. Partial thermal insulation
B. Construction ...
Henley Rise
Name of organisation: SYHA - South Yorkshire Housing Association
Year of finalization: 2002
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 23
Country: United Kingdom
Short Description: Henley Rise is SYHA’s model for future development. As an organisation we could see that future development proposals would need to change for us to provide fully sustainable, stable communities where people want to live. In particular we were concerned ...
Ilot de Bourgogne
Name of organisation: Logement Français
Year of finalization: 0
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 231
Country: France
Short Description: Following an energy audit, le Logement Français committed to refurbish L’Îlots de Bourgogne, a socially deprived area, with high level of energy performance without any rent increase:
- The project has a "Cerqual" certification and a HPE label ...
Integrated ICT Solutions for Energy Efficiency: the E3SoHo French pilot
Name of organisation: ICF Group
Year of finalization: 0
Type of project: other
Country: France
Short Description: Main objective:
Deployment, test and evaluation of integrated solutions based on ICT to improve energy savings and energy awareness consumption in Social housing with a focus on renovation.
The pilot will:
- demonstrate solutions to improve energy ...
Integrated ICT Solutions for Energy Efficiency: the E3SoHo Italian pilot
Name of organisation: A.R.T.E. Genova - Azienda Regionale Territoriale per l'Edilizia della Provincia di Genova
Year of finalization: 0
Type of project: other
Country: Italy
Short Description: Main objective:
Deployment, test and evaluation of integrated solutions based on ICT to improve energy savings and energy awareness consumption in Social housing with a focus on renovation.
The pilot will:
- allow an improvement of the follow-up ...
Integrated ICT Solutions for Energy Efficiency: the E3SoHo Polish pilot
Name of organisation:
Year of finalization: 0
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 48
Country: Poland
Short Description: Main objective:
Deployment, test and evaluation of integrated solutions based on ICT to improve energy savings and energy awareness consumption in Social housing with a focus on renovation. The pilot will:
- demonstrate solutions to improve energy ...
Integrated ICT Solutions for Energy Efficiency: the E3SoHo Spanish pilot
Name of organisation: Sociedad Municipal Zaragoza Vivienda
Year of finalization: 0
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 80
Country: Spain
Short Description: Main objective:
Deployment, test and evaluation of integrated solutions based on ICT to improve energy savings and energy awareness consumption in new development of Social housing..
The pilot will:
- allow an improvement of the follow-up and exploitation ...
Klimaat op Maat – Customised climate
Name of organisation: Zonnige Kempen
Year of finalization: 2007
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 11
Country: Belgium
Short Description: Klimaat op Maat (Customised Climate) is an adapted version of the project Klimaatwijken (Climate Neighbourhoods) where cities encourage occupants to have a different look at the use of energy. This approach was not directly relevant to social housing ...
L'Ophis at Saint-Genès-Champanelle: learning-by-doing (pilot) project for timber field
Name of organisation: Ophis Puy-de-Dôme
Year of finalization: 2011
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 20
Country: France
Short Description: 20 homes designed by architect Alexis Magnier that will allow tenants to save 28% on their hot water and heating bills.
Timber frame homes labelized BBC (low consumption building) built by Ophis: an exemplary operation, filmed continuously (www.ophis.fr), ...
Lågenergihuset
Name of organisation: Bostads AB Poseidon
Year of finalization: 2009
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 16
Country: Sweden
Short Description: Bostads AB Poseidon has a large number of apartment buildings of similar type which were built between 1967 and 1971. The buildings are in great need of renovation. To ensure that the renovation is carried out in the best way possible the company initiated ...
LogiRep pilot Résidence Saussaie - SHELTER Project
Name of organisation: LogiRep
Year of finalization: 2013
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 231
Country: France
Short Description: Energy renovation and urban renewal of 3 apartment blocks from 1966. First energy performance contract (CPE) for social housing in France for designing, modernising and extending a social housing development in Vitry-sur-Seine (southern suburbs of Paris) ...
Model for the analysis of social housing properties and their refurbishment
Name of organisation: ACER Reggio Emilia
Year of finalization: 2009
Type of project: other
Country: Italy
Short Description: The project intent to raise the attention on the energy saving potential in Emilia Romagna Region, on its foreseen impact on the economy and therefore to the need of refurbish of the housing stock and promote relative measures. It aims to boost the greening ...
Monza - Residenza Monte Pasubio
Name of organisation: AUPREMA
Year of finalization: 2010
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 19
Country: Italy
Short Description: The project is situated in a mixed residential urban location in a semi-central area of the municipality of Monza with a medium density housing.
The building type provides apartments of two or three rooms with habitable attics and basement, which houses ...
Neighbourhood Investment Unit
Name of organisation: Metropolitan Housing Trust
Year of finalization: 0
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 62
Country: United Kingdom
Short Description: Metropolitan Housing Trust London (MHT) developed a programme for refurbishing harder to treat Victorian street properties to a standard that goes well beyond the Government’s Decent Homes standard, with a whole house approach that involves decanting ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 110 dwellings in Walter-Felsenstein-Str, Berlin, Germany (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: Wohnungsgenossenschaft Marzahner Tor eG
Year of finalization: 2010
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 110
Country: Germany
Short Description: In 2009/2010 the facade, roof, basement and the distribution lines were insulated. New windows and a new two-pipe-heating system were installed. Long term success: saving of approx. 45% of end energy for heating and hot water (measured in 2011, 2012, ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 122 dwellings in the residence Le Provence, Port de Bouc, France
Name of organisation: Logirem
Year of finalization: 2014
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 122
Country: France
Short Description: This project entailed the refurbishment of the following three buildings:
Building A: 11 floors, living area: 3161 m²
Building B: 14 floors, living area: 4155 m²
Building C: 4 floors, living area: 1304 m²
Total living area (3 buildings): 8620 ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 125 dwellings in the residence Les Pins, Vitrolles, France
Name of organisation: Famille & Provence
Year of finalization: 2013
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 125
Country: France
Short Description: The refurbishment project of the three apartment towers Amstrong, Gagarin and Crisson of the Residence “Les Pins” in Vitrolles was initiated in 2007 and successfully concluded at the beginning of 2013.
The project, located in the residential area ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 129 dwellings in Tirschenreuter Ring, Berlin, Germany
Name of organisation: Degewo - Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Wohnungsbaus, gemeinnützige AG
Year of finalization: 2013
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 129
Country: Germany
Short Description: The aim of the project was a living world-oriented, comprehensive refurbishment of the building.
The main technical objectives of comprehensive energy-related modernisation were:
1. significant reduction of energy consumption and thus the warm operating ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 13 dwellings in Zaharna Fabrika, Sofia, Bulgaria
Name of organisation: CAC - Union of Homeowners Associations
Year of finalization: 2012
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 13
Country: Bulgaria
Short Description: The project was carried out because of the high price for heating and the uncomfortable indoor climate. The project was implemented within the framework of the National Renovation Program with a 75% of subsidy on the renovation costs. The building construction ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 131 dwellings and new construction of 45 dwellings in Via Caldera, Milano, Italy (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: Coop Ferruccio Degradi
Year of finalization: 2014
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 131
Country: Italy
Short Description: The project consists in both renovation and new construction of buildings. The buildings were built in the 1909 and in the 1960 and are currently occupied by 160 households, all with a contract of rent from the Cooperative. A significant share of the ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 137 dwellings in Liebenauer Hauptstrasse, Graz, Austria
Name of organisation: GIWOG - Gemeinnützige Industrie-Wohnungs-AG
Year of finalization: 2014
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 137
Country: Austria
Short Description: The project is one of the latest projects of retrofitting a multi-family block into passive house standard interest. Specific feature of the technical solution is the façade: a pre-fabricated panel system of a ventilated solar façade with integrated ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 14 dwellings in Johannesbäcksgatan, Uppsala, Sweden
Name of organisation: Uppsalahem AB
Year of finalization: 2010
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 14
Country: Sweden
Short Description: Uppsalahem began the fall of 2009 a pilot project for the renovation of one of its buildings in the neighbourhood Gröna gatan 2 in Uppsala.
The ambition of BeBo's demonstration projects is that development projects will halve its energy use. Energy ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 140 dwellings in Avenida Jacinto Benavente (Los Limoneros Project), Malaga, Spain
Name of organisation: OMAU - Observatorio de Medio Ambiente Urbano, Malaga City Council
Year of finalization: 2014
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 140
Country: Spain
Short Description: The retrofitting of the complex “Los Limoneros”, focused on the improvement of the EE and comfort levels for the resident. Currently, the energy consumption is very low, this is mainly due to the fact that optimum comfort conditions are not reached.
The ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 160 dwellings in Theodor-Kramer-Straße, Vienna, Austria (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: Heimbau - Gemeinnützige Bau-, Wohnungs- u. Siedlungs- genossenschaft reg.Gen.mbH
Year of finalization: 2008
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 160
Country: Austria
Short Description: This renovation project is an example of thermal renovation of a comparatively “young” building. Renovation costs could be kept low since the building had been equipped with elevators and central heating (district heating) from the beginning and the ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 17 dwellings in Prof. Giovanni Gorini Street, Sofia, Bulgaria
Name of organisation: CAC - Union of Homeowners Associations
Year of finalization: 2011
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 17
Country: Bulgaria
Short Description: The project was carried out because of the high price for heating and the uncomfortable indoor climate. The project was implemented within the framework of the National Renovation Program with a 75% of subsidy on the renovation costs. The building construction ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 18 dwellings in Rõõmu Street, Tartu, Estonia (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: EKÜL - The Estonian Union of Co-operative Housing Associations
Year of finalization: 2012
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 18
Country: Estonia
Short Description: The project was carried out because of high price for heat and uncomfortable indoor climate. Heating system was one pipe system with no possibility to regulate on the radiator level. Ventilation was designed as natural from windows, but due to the fact ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 18 dwellings in Tzar Samuil Street, Sofia, Bulgaria
Name of organisation: CAC - Union of Homeowners Associations
Year of finalization: 2011
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 18
Country: Bulgaria
Short Description: The project was carried out because of the high price for heating and the uncomfortable indoor climate. The project was implemented within the framework of the National Renovation Program with a 75% of subsidy on the renovation costs. The building construction ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 191 dwellings in Zirkusgasse, Vienna, Austria (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: BWSG - Gemeinnützige Allgemeine Bau Wohn und Siedlungsgenossenschaft
Year of finalization: 2012
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 191
Country: Austria
Short Description: This renovation project demonstrates the whole range of modernisation measures which might be required in older buildings.
The rental building was built in 1951/52 - after a bomb had turned down the existing older building - at a very poor quality ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 194 dwellings in the residence Les Roches, Nantes, France
Name of organisation: LogiOuest
Year of finalization: 2012
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 194
Country: France
Short Description: The aim of this refurbishment project was to improve the energy performance of the building but also to improve the living environment of the tenants, and to decrease the heating bill for the tenants.
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 21 dwellings in Boulevard Madrid, Sofia, Bulgaria
Name of organisation: CAC - Union of Homeowners Associations
Year of finalization: 2012
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 21
Country: Bulgaria
Short Description: The project was carried out because of the high price for heating and the uncomfortable indoor climate. The project was implemented within the framework of the National Renovation Program with a 75% of subsidy on the renovation costs. The building construction ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 21 dwellings in Tartu Street, Elva, Estonia
Name of organisation: EKÜL - The Estonian Union of Co-operative Housing Associations
Year of finalization: 2011
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 21
Country: Estonia
Short Description: The project was carried out because of high price for heat and uncomfortable indoor climate. Heating system was one pipe system with no possibility to regulate on the radiator level. Ventilation was designed as natural from windows, but due to the fact ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 25 dwellings in the residence Maréchal Leclerc, Bourgoin Jallieu, France
Name of organisation: Opac 38
Year of finalization: 2011
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 25
Country: France
Short Description: The aim of this refurbishment project was to improve the energy performance of the building but also to improve the living environment of the tenants, and to decrease the heating bill for the tenants. Different sources of founding were solicited to assemble ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 28 dwellings in Avenida Pio XII, Valencia, Spain
Name of organisation: IVE - Instituto Valenciano de la Edificación
Year of finalization: 2013
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 28
Country: Spain
Short Description: The 28 dwellings are distributed on 7 floors, with a distribution of 4 apartments per floor. The dwelling size range goes from 90 m2 to 122 m2. The building has a total area of 2.890 m2.
The building is a single volume with a rectangular shape. The ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 28 dwellings in Calle de Fontanares, Valencia, Spain
Name of organisation: IVE - Instituto Valenciano de la Edificación
Year of finalization: 2013
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 28
Country: Spain
Short Description: The building is a single volume with a rectangular shape. The 28 dwellings are distributed on 7 floors, with a distribution of 4 apartments per floor. The dwellings size range goes from 107 m2 to 126 m2. The building has a total area of 2.623 m2.
The ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 29 dwellings in Knyaz Boris I Street, Sofia, Bulgaria
Name of organisation: CAC - Union of Homeowners Associations
Year of finalization: 2012
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 29
Country: Bulgaria
Short Description: The project was carried out because of the high price for heating and the uncomfortable indoor climate. The project was implemented on the initiative of the homeowners association. The building construction type is brickwork on concrete skeleton. The ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 30 dwellings in Õismäe Street, Tallinn, Estonia (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: EKÜL - The Estonian Union of Co-operative Housing Associations
Year of finalization: 2011
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 30
Country: Estonia
Short Description: The project was carried out because of high price for heat and uncomfortable indoor climate. Heating system was one pipe system with no possibility to regulate on the radiator level. Ventilation was designed as natural from windows, but due to the fact ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 32 dwellings in Tartu Street, Võru, Estonia (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: EKÜL - The Estonian Union of Co-operative Housing Associations
Year of finalization: 2012
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 32
Country: Estonia
Short Description: The project was carried out because of high price for heat and uncomfortable indoor climate. Heating system was one pipe system with no possibility to regulate on the radiator level. Ventilation was designed as natural from windows, but due to the fact ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 38 dwellings in Via dei Querci, Firenze, Italy (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: Unica Soc. Coop. Firenze
Year of finalization: 2011
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 38
Country: Italy
Short Description: This study case is interesting since it represent an example of application of Energy Performance Contract by a Social Housing company. Social Housing companies made an energy assessment based on the heatinconsumption data and following the prescription ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 40 dwellings and new construction of 221 dwellings in Square Maïmat, Muret, France
Name of organisation: Promologis
Year of finalization: 2015
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 261
Country: France
Short Description: This large construction project that began in 2010 and will end in 2015 entails the following steps:
Global project:
- Demolition of a shopping center and 173 dwellings
- Construction of 221 dwelllings
- Retrofitting of 40 dwellings
South part:
Construction ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 40 dwellings in Võidu Street, Rakvere, Estonia (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: EKÜL - The Estonian Union of Co-operative Housing Associations
Year of finalization: 2012
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 40
Country: Estonia
Short Description: The project was carried out because of high price for heat and uncomfortable indoor climate. Heating system was one pipe system with no possibility to regulate on the radiator level. Ventilation was designed as natural from windows, but due to the fact ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 41 dwellings in the residence Le Bois in Hérouville Saint Clair, France
Name of organisation: Groupe SNI - Plaine Normande
Year of finalization: 2010
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 41
Country: France
Short Description: The aim of this refurbishment project was to improve the energy performance of the building but also to improve the living environment of the tenants, and to decrease the heating bill for the tenants. Different sources of founding were solicited to assemble ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 45 dwellings in Admonterstrasse, Krems, Austria
Name of organisation: GEDESAG - Gemeinnützige Donau-Ennstaler Siedlungs-Aktiengesellschaft
Year of finalization: 2002
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 45
Country: Austria
Short Description:
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 47 dwellings in Calle Txabarri, Sestao, Spain
Name of organisation: Sestao Berri
Year of finalization: 2013
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 47
Country: Spain
Short Description: The retrofitting consists mainly in the redistribution of housing and common elements in order to adapt them to current regulations. For this, the general structure of the building remains intact: it preserves the volume, its subdivision into four portals ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 49 dwellings in Schultheißallee, Nürnberg, Germany
Name of organisation: WBG - Nürnberg GmbH Immobilienunternehmen
Year of finalization: 2012
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 49
Country: Germany
Short Description: The 1964 constructed residential building in the Schultheißallee with 49 dwellings has been refurbished in the scope of the 4th project phase of the German Energy Agency (dena) model project "Low-energy house model for existing buildings".
- Insulation ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 5 dwellings in Zwaluwlaan, Wachtebeke, Belgium
Name of organisation: Sociale Huisvestingsmaatschappij Volkshaard
Year of finalization: 2012
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 5
Country: Belgium
Short Description: The main goal was to evaluate the technical and financial feasibility for a social housing company to transform the existing stock into a very energy efficient housing park. The standard procurement procedure was followed.
An architect was selected ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 50 dwellings in Makartstrasse, Linz, Austria (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: GIWOG - Gemeinnützige Industrie-Wohnungs-AG
Year of finalization: 2006
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 50
Country: Austria
Short Description: The r project is the first project of retrofitting a multi-family block into passive house standard. Moreover some other aspects of modernisation are of interest; since the 5-storey building was not equipped with elevators, 4 elevators were built in. ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 60 dwellings in Tuleviku Street, Rakvere, Estonia (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: EKÜL - The Estonian Union of Co-operative Housing Associations
Year of finalization: 2012
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 60
Country: Estonia
Short Description: The project was carried out because of high price for heat and uncomfortable indoor climate. Heating system was one pipe system with no possibility to regulate on the radiator level. Ventilation was designed as natural from windows, but due to the fact ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 67 dwellings in Franz-Stenzer-Str, Berlin, Germany (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: Wohnungsgenossenschaft Marzahner Tor eG
Year of finalization: 2011
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 64
Country: Germany
Short Description: In 2011 a hydraulic balancing was done in the vertical single-pipe heating system. Long term success: saving of 8 % by hydraulic balancing.
Back in 2000, the facade, roof, basement and the distribution lines were insulated. New windows were installed.
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of 82 dwellings in Via Raffaello Sanzio, Senigallia, Italy (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: ERAP Ancona
Year of finalization: 2012
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 82
Country: Italy
Short Description: The Villa Aosta social housing complex is located in front of the Adriatic sea. The housing complex is consist in one floor row buildings forming a courtyard open on three sides, on the fourth side 4 buildings emphasize the access to the "neighbourhood", ...
nZEC - Energy refurbishment of the Gaymer Memorial Cottage in Station Road, Attleborough, UK
Name of organisation: Hastoe Housing Association
Year of finalization: 2011
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 1
Country: United Kingdom
Short Description: Built in 1948 by the Gaymer Cider Company (a major local employer until 1990), the cottage was a single storey, two bedroom end terrace of four similar almshouses properties. The property was void. It was off the gas network with reliance on coal and ...
nZEC - New construction of 10 dwellings in the residence Le Hameau de l’Esperance, La Brède, France
Name of organisation: Mésolia Habitat
Year of finalization: 2010
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 10
Country: France
Short Description: The Hameau de l'Espérance (Hamlet of Hope) consists in 10 semi-detached houses with private gardens and garages, build at the heart of a concerted development zone (ZAC - Zone d'Aménagement Concerté) with the aim to combine sustainable development, ...
nZEC - New construction of 10 dwellings in Via Berlinguer, Montaione, Italy (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: Publicasa s.p.a.
Year of finalization: 2013
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 10
Country: Italy
Short Description: The project “Montaione, via Berlinguer” aims at realising a new building, made up of 10 apartments in the Municipaity of Montaione, to be reserved to lease rent (affitti agevolati) and it’s the first building owened by Publicasa spa.
Montaione ...
nZEC - New construction of 101 dwellings in Attemsgasse, Vienna, Austria (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: ÖSW - Österreichisches Siedlungswerk Gemeinnützige Wohnungsaktiengesellschaft-AG
Year of finalization: 2008
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 101
Country: Austria
Short Description: The project is a low energy building, built on a standard required by the housing promotion scheme (above the standard of the general building code). T
his standard has been raised in the meantime. Nevertheless the building represents a generation ...
nZEC - New construction of 104 dwellings in Engelbert Weiß Weg, Salzburg, Austria (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: GSWB - Gemeinnützige Salzburger Wohnbaugesellschaft m.b.H.
Year of finalization: 2009
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 104
Country: Austria
Short Description: The project is a “very low” energy building, built on a standard above the required one for new buildings providing an automatic ventilation with heat recovery and a solar plant.
The building is located close to the ...
nZEC - New construction of 12 dwellings in Via Pratolini, Castelfranco, Italy (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: APES - Azienda Pisana Edilizia Sociale
Year of finalization: 2012
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 12
Country: Italy
Short Description: Castelfranco di Sotto is located in Lower Valdarno, on the north bank of the Arno. The town of Castelfranco di Sotto is largely characterized by rolling hills and woodland, also including the prestigious Cerbaie. The most southern part of the municipality, ...
nZEC - New construction of 14 dwellings in Ravenscroft, Tye Green, Wimbish, UK
Name of organisation: Hastoe Housing Association
Year of finalization: 2011
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 14
Country: United Kingdom
Short Description: Hastoe’s requirement was for a social housing development that met all standard needs, and minimised bills to alleviate fuel poverty. The brief to their design team in June 2009 was to achieve this by being Passivhaus certified and meeting the Code ...
nZEC - New construction of 142 dwellings in Bazzana Inferiore, Assago, Italy
Name of organisation: Coop Ferruccio Degradi
Year of finalization: 2013
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 142
Country: Italy
Short Description: Cascina Bazzana, a development of Coop Ferruccio Degradi, is a new residential complex of 142 dwellings in four buildings completed in 2013. Each building has 4 floors plus attic and an underground level for car park and storage.
Cascina Bazzana was ...
nZEC - New construction of 16 dwellings in Via Martiri Palestinesi, Cinisello Balsamo, Italy
Name of organisation: Uniabita Soc. Coop. Cinisello Balsamo
Year of finalization: 2014
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 16
Country: Italy
Short Description: The building will be erected in nearby “Cascina Nigozza”, an historical building of remarkable value in the outskirt of the municipality of Cinisello Balsamo. For this reason, it has been researched by the designers a contemporary style which could ...
nZEC - New construction of 168 dwellings in Plaça Ovidi Montllor (Residence Alexandra), Barcelona, Spain (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: VIMUSA - Habitatges Municipals de Sabadell
Year of finalization: 2010
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 168
Country: Spain
Short Description: The building, with a constructed area of 18.972 m2, consists in 168 apartments for social renting with one or two bedrooms and includes a public library, and elderly facility centre and 112 parking places.
nZEC - New construction of 18 dwellings in Via Fenil Nuovo Molini, Lonato del Garda, Italy (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: Coop Casa Brescia
Year of finalization: 2012
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 18
Country: Italy
Short Description: The development, constructed near the city centre, between a public park and an agricultural area, is comprised of two buildings, each with three floors and with three units on each floor. The first two floors are made of concrete and bricks and the last ...
nZEC - New construction of 20 dwellings in Via De Gasperi, Botticino Mattina, Italy (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: Coop Casa Brescia
Year of finalization: 2003
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 20
Country: Italy
Short Description: This Coop Casa sc House project in Botticino Mattina was completed in 2003. This building marks the beginning of the path of Coop Casa towards the construction of buildings with low energy consumption. The ultimate goal was to develop solutions to be ...
nZEC - New construction of 21 dwellings in Anthering, Salzburg, Austria
Name of organisation: Heimat Österreich
Year of finalization: 2007
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 21
Country: Austria
Short Description:
nZEC - New construction of 242 dwellings in Bulevar de Salburua, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: VISESA - Vivienda y Suelo de Euskadi, S.A.
Year of finalization: 2011
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 242
Country: Spain
Short Description: The building consists of a 21-storey tower and a U-shaped continuous block of variable height from four to seven stories. On the ground floor the entrance halls and nine commercial portals are sited. There are two basement floors that occupy the entire ...
nZEC - New construction of 25 dwellings in Neukirchen an der Vöckla, Austria
Name of organisation: SG Lenzing
Year of finalization: 2010
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 25
Country: Austria
Short Description:
nZEC - New construction of 32 dwellings in Calle Còrsega (Cibeles Project), Barcelona, Spain
Name of organisation: PMHB - Patronat Municipal de l’Habitatge de Barcelona
Year of finalization: 2011
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 32
Country: Spain
Short Description: The building developed by the PMHB has obtained the highest energy rating, A. The promotion was designed by the architect team Exe Arquitectura Barcelona S.L.. The building has four underground levels, a ground floor and five upper floors, although the ...
nZEC - New construction of 32 dwellings in the EcoDistrict De Bonne, Grenoble, France
Name of organisation: Actis
Year of finalization: 2010
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 32
Country: France
Short Description: Located in a new suburb, De Bonne, which had ambitious objectives in terms of energy (this suburb was associated to the European project Concerto Sesac), the objectives for the construction of Le Partisan were in line with the global objectives of the ...
nZEC - New construction of 34 dwellings in the residence Jean Jaurès in Décines-Charpieu, France
Name of organisation: Grand Lyon Habitat
Year of finalization: 2010
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 34
Country: France
Short Description: The energy management strategy was an important aspect of the project with:
- The setup of an environmental supervising committee
- The use of bill of specifications including environmental prescriptions
- The participation of architects experienced ...
nZEC - New construction of 34 dwellings in Trollebergsvägen, Lund, Sweden
Name of organisation: Lunds kommuns fastighets AB
Year of finalization: 2001
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 34
Country: Sweden
Short Description: Construction technology is conventional with a frame made of concrete but with insulated curtain walls. Half the house is founded with the slab and half have heated basement with apartment storage. Roof construction is a cold unfurnished attic.
Thermal ...
nZEC - New construction of 34 dwellings in Via Fillia, Roma, Italy (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: AIC Soc. Coop. Roma
Year of finalization: 2008
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 34
Country: Italy
Short Description: This development consist of one building of 34 flats, for cooperative rental to housholds, set in the south east part of Rome at a latitude of 42°, in an area named “Via Longoni”.
The design is based on eco-sustainability. Materials and technologies ...
nZEC - New construction of 354 dwellings in General Eccher Strasse, Innsbruck, Austria (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: NHT - Neue Heimat Tirol
Year of finalization: 2009
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 354
Country: Austria
Short Description: In cooperation with the planning staff of the City of Innsbruck and the chamber of Architects, an architecture competition was launched in 2006. In an unanimous decision of the jury, the architecture office of Markus Prackwieser, Conrad Messner and Othmar ...
nZEC - New construction of 37 dwellings in Kreitnergasse, Vienna, Austria
Name of organisation: Eisenhof
Year of finalization: 2007
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 37
Country: Austria
Short Description:
nZEC - New construction of 40 dwellings in Oxtorget, Värnamo, Sweden
Name of organisation: Finnvedsbostäder AB
Year of finalization: 2006
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 40
Country: Sweden
Short Description: Oxtorget is built as a passive house with good insulation, windows and water saving measurements. There are green areas, recreation areas and schools within a walking distance and the town centre is easily available via the cycle way situated close by. ...
nZEC - New construction of 43 dwellings in Via Gentile da Fabriano, Pisa, Italy
Name of organisation: APES - Azienda Pisana Edilizia Sociale
Year of finalization: 2013
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 43
Country: Italy
Short Description: The entire complex was designed according to bioclimatic architectural principles. The building is oriented with the longitudinal dimension along the East-West axis and offers continuous façade exposed to South free of obstacles; this allows residents ...
nZEC - New construction of 48 dwellings in Viale Adriatico, Cisterna di Latina, Italy (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: ATER Provincia di Latina
Year of finalization: 2013
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 48
Country: Italy
Short Description: The project consists in the construction of a tower of 48 dwellings with a central heating system integrated with thermal and photovoltaic panels installed on the rooftop. The goal of this pilot is mainly to monitor the actual energy consumption for heating ...
nZEC - New construction of 5 dwellings in Oude Baan, Maasmechelen, Belgium
Name of organisation: Maaslands Huis
Year of finalization: 2012
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 5
Country: Belgium
Short Description: One of three demonstration projects social passive housing subsidised by the Flemish Government to evaluate the feasibility of building - on a large scale - certified passive house social dwelling.
The five passive houses are part of a larger project ...
nZEC - New construction of 54 dwellings in Norra Järnvägsgatan, Falun, Sweden
Name of organisation: KopparStaden AB
Year of finalization: 2012
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 54
Country: Sweden
Short Description: Vitsippan are passive, meaning they are heated by the energy already present in the houses, from the people and household appliances.
It saves both energy and money, and provide a comfortable indoor climate because the walls have the same temperature ...
nZEC - New construction of 6 dwellings in Gemeindestrasse, Launsdorf, Austria
Name of organisation: GWG Villach
Year of finalization: 2009
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 6
Country: Austria
Short Description:
nZEC - New construction of 8 dwellings in Beveren, Maalderij, Belgium
Name of organisation: Gewestelijke Maatschappij voor Huisvesting
Year of finalization: 2013
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 8
Country: Belgium
Short Description: The dwellings consist out of factory made components for timber frame buildings. The rough structure (windproof) was built in only three weeks. Besides the short construction period there was also a focus on energy.
nZEC - New construction of 8 dwellings in Via Nuova, Montelupo Fiorentino, Italy (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: Publicasa s.p.a.
Year of finalization: 2013
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 8
Country: Italy
Short Description: Montelupo Ex Cinema Excelsior consists in the demolition and new building of a former theatre, built at the beginning of the XX century and already subject to a refurbishment in the Fifties. In the last decades the theatre (mostly for movies) closed and ...
nZEC - New construction of 84 dwellings in Largo Aldo Capitini, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Name of organisation: Unica Soc. Coop. Firenze
Year of finalization: 2010
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 84
Country: Italy
Short Description: The development, set in the outskirt of Sesto Fiorentino in a green area, is part of a larger construction development for more than 600 living units, office premises, commercial spaces and recreational spaces.
nZEC - New construction of 9 dwellings in Kapelaan Francklaan, Pijpelheide, Belgium
Name of organisation: Zonnige Kempen
Year of finalization: 2013
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 9
Country: Belgium
Short Description: One of three demonstration projects social passive housing subsidised by the Flemish Government to evaluate the feasibility of building - on a large scale - certified passive house social dwelling.
The nine passive houses are part of a larger project ...
nZEC - New construction of 9 dwellings in Walgaustrasse, Weiler, Austria (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: VOGEWOSI - Vorarlberger Gemeinnützige Wohnungsbau - und Siedlungsgesellschaft m.b.H.
Year of finalization: 2009
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 9
Country: Austria
Short Description: The building is a small passive house which is typical for the region and the requirement for the standards for social housing.
The promotion scheme for social housing in Vorarlberg from 2007 made the passive house standard mandatory. Later this obligation ...
nZEC - New construction of 95 dwellings in Carrer de Roc Boronat, Barcelona, Spain (UNDER MONITORING)
Name of organisation: PMHB - Patronat Municipal de l’Habitatge de Barcelona
Year of finalization: 2012
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 95
Country: Spain
Short Description: The building developed by the PMHB is the first multifamily building in Barcelona that has obtained the highest energy rating. The promotion was designed by the architect team SaaS.
The 95 homes are distributed on three different scales: 7 floors, ...
Old Home SuperHome
Name of organisation: Sustainable Energy Academy
Year of finalization: 0
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 53
Country: United Kingdom
Short Description: Old Home SuperHome is an award winning project which helps homeowners to open their homes to the public to educate them in energy efficiency measures and inspire them to go on to undertake an energy efficient refurbishment themselves.
The homes are ...
Passivhaus at Sampson Close
Name of organisation: Orbit Group
Year of finalization: 2011
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 23
Country: United Kingdom
Short Description: Sampson Close, Coventry, is the largest social housing scheme in the UK to target Passivhaus Certification. Orbit Heart of England is developing a 23-home low energy scheme being built on a brown field site in Coventry. It includes a mix of terraced housing ...
POLYCITY Energetic and Urban Regeneration of the Arquata district in the city of Torino
Name of organisation: ATC Torino - Agenzia Territoriale per la Casa, Torino
Year of finalization: 2005
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 622
Country: Italy
Short Description: This district was built at the beginning of the 20th century. It is subject to construction constraints, particularly on the decorative facades. The project deals with the energy refurbishment and urban regeneration of this district both for housing buildings ...
Prästgårdens Förskola (Prästgården Pre-School)
Name of organisation: Eksta Bostads AB
Year of finalization: 2008
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 1
Country: Sweden
Short Description: The greatest difference in relation to an ordinary pre-school building construction is that Eksta, together with those who are to run the operation, jointly and at an early stage in the building process applied an overall approach in order to halve energy ...
Project Cité
Name of organisation: Stichting Stadswonen
Year of finalization: 2010
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 494
Country: Netherlands
Short Description: Situated at the “Kop van Zuid” in the city of Rotterdam, Cité is built for (international) students, graduates and young entrepreneurs. The green building is endowed with a geothermal heat pump, solar water heaters and a complete ventilation system. ...
Radomir 1 - Healthier and warmer dwellings
Name of organisation:
Year of finalization: 1997
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 21
Country: Bulgaria
Short Description: The objectives of this pilot project were to show the possibilities to save energy in resdiential buildings through the implementation of different energy saving measures and to assess the viability of different technologies used in building refurbishment. ...
Rehabilitación de Edificio Piloto en Grupo Residencial Alférez Rojas, de Zaragoza
Name of organisation: Sociedad Municipal Zaragoza Vivienda
Year of finalization: 2010
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 28
Country: Spain
Short Description: The intervention consists in:
IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY:
- Limitation of the energy demand: Placement of a double-skin to the outside with continuous isolation. Placement of double carpentry on the outer ply, waterproofing and insulation ...
Reshaping of a district: Construction of 221 dwellings and 1720m² of commercial and associative premises, and retrofitting of 40 dwellings
Name of organisation:
Year of finalization: 2014
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 261
Country: France
Short Description:
Retrofit Reality
Name of organisation: Gentoo Group Limited
Year of finalization: 2009
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 129
Country: United Kingdom
Short Description: The Retrofit Reality project seeks to learn lessons for the sector through intensive research into the best solutions for existing stock in terms of cost, quality, availability, installation, future maintenance and user compatibility. Gentoo Group has ...
Retrofitting of multi-apartment building Saha tee 2
Name of organisation: Saha tee 2 - Apartment Association
Year of finalization: 2008
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 60
Country: Estonia
Short Description: The renovation was started in 2003. The aim was to achieve energy saving and retrofit the building. The complex renovation was financed by apartment owners and a bank loan and was carried out in 2003- 2008.
Retrofitting of multi-apartment building Sterrenveld
Name of organisation: Gewestelijke maatschappij voor Volkshuisvesting
Year of finalization: 2007
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 61
Country: Belgium
Short Description: The project consists in the renovation of the "Sterrenveld" building from 89 to 61 apartments and the transformation of the old central heating plant in a polyvalent space for meeting, social activities and demonstration and offices.
An adjacent old ...
Retrofitting of multi-apartment building Sütiste tee 45
Name of organisation: Sütiste 45 - Apartment Association
Year of finalization: 2007
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 72
Country: Estonia
Short Description: The renovation was started in 2000 with the basic refurbishment measures. The aim was to achieve energy saving and retrofit the building. The complex renovation was financed by apartment owners and bank loan and carried out in 2002- 2007.
Retrofitting of multi-apartment building Turu 12A
Name of organisation: Turu 12A - Apartment Association
Year of finalization: 2008
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 60
Country: Estonia
Short Description: The renovation was started in 1997. The aim was to achieve an energy saving of 35% and retrofit the building. Preparations and planning took 5 years. The complex renovation was financed by apartment owners and a bank loan.
Retrofitting of Social Housing Ophis Puy de Dôme
Name of organisation: Ophis Puy-de-Dôme
Year of finalization: 2011
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 24
Country: France
Short Description: Retrofitting of Social Housing
Local Development Contract
Ongoing operations: Résidence ILN à Chamalières Ophis Puy de Dôme.
Client: Ophis Puy de Dôme
Architect: Atelier Max
Construction date: 1968
Duration: 12 months
Delivery date: end ...
SDE2012 - (e)co Team
Name of organisation:
Year of finalization: 2012
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 0
Country: Spain
Short Description: (e)co means equilibrium through cooperation, it is a project developed and built by students. It represents a new sustainability and low-cost model that reaches a real equilibrium between the environment, the society and the economy.
The 150 m2 dwelling ...
Sint Antoniusplein
Name of organisation: Zonnige Kempen
Year of finalization: 2005
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 13
Country: Belgium
Short Description: The project is a contribution to the upgrading of the town centre of Zoerle-Parwijs.
Heavy traffic, delapidated and unoccupied houses made the centre no longer comfortable to live in. When the municipality of Westerlo decided to get the traffic out ...
Solar Water Heating Programme
Name of organisation: NIHE - The Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Year of finalization: 2008
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Short Description: Aims and Objectives:
- To reduce fuel poverty for Housing Executive tenants;
- To reduce carbon dioxide emissions in Housing Executive dwellings;
- To maximise the number of solar panels installed for the funding available;
- To publicise the use ...
Steigereiland 2.0
Name of organisation: FARO Architects
Year of finalization: 2009
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 1
Country: Netherlands
Short Description: Overview
Residence 2.0 is energy-neutral and is build according the cradle-to-cradle principles. The design of the house is based on an earlier energy efficient edition of the home. The upper floors are the same, but the unique parts, like the balcony ...
Study on Energy Performance of the Centre Region
Name of organisation: L'Union Sociale pour l'Habitat de la Region Centre
Year of finalization: 0
Type of project: other
Country: France
Short Description: In may 2009, in the context of the revision procedure of the Article 7 of the ERDF Regulation, the European Union allowed to use 4% of the national ERDF amounts to improve energy efficiency in social housing.
In France, this has been integrated to the ...
Sustainable Hilda
Name of organisation: HSB - The Swedish Cooperative Housing Association
Year of finalization: 2014
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 767
Country: Sweden
Short Description: “Sustainable Hilda” is one of the first major renovation projects in one of a large number of housing estates, typical of their time, that were built in Sweden in the late 1960’s. This makes “Sustainable Hilda” unique in Sweden as well as internationally, ...
SWL Refurbishment of “Clos des Châtaigners” and “Clos des Charmes” - SHELTER Project
Name of organisation: SWL - La Société Wallonne du Logement
Year of finalization: 2013
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 72
Country: Belgium
Short Description: Global renovation of 72 housing units located in two “clos” in Tubize. – Belgium (Walloon Region) and built in the 70’s, with an experimental construction system designed to promote the use of steel in construction.
The work includes a building ...
Upgrading a group of terraced houses at ‘de Burd’
Name of organisation: Wonen Zuidwest Friesland
Year of finalization: 2007
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 2
Country: Netherlands
Short Description: Refurbishment of the existing houses. The facade of the properties have been upgraded in combination with improving on the insulation. A type of expandable foam has been used to insulate the walls (www.thermosteen.nl) and the 60 eps plates (www.recapan.nl) ...
Van Collenstraat
Name of organisation: Wonen Wijdemeren
Year of finalization: 2010
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 58
Country: Netherlands
Short Description: Wonen Wijdemeren has started a large scale refurbishment project, to improve the living conditions of the residents. There is a focus on energy saving techniques. New techniques for ventilation are applied; Climarad for a good indoor air quality (www.climarad.nl) ...
Villa Fastiggi
Name of organisation: COPES - Consorzio Organizzazione e Promozione Edilizia Sociale
Year of finalization: 2008
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 12
Country: Italy
Short Description: The project area is situated between the agricultural fields and the urban zone of Villa Fastiggi. The surrounding landscape is characterized by different context: the natural heritage and the villas of San Bartolomeo’s Hill in the north and north-east, ...
Villaggio Ecologico
Name of organisation: COIPES - Consorzio di Iniziative e Promozione dell’Edilizia Sociale
Year of finalization: 2008
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 67
Country: Italy
Short Description: The project area is situated far from main roads, in a green land with a canal on one site and threes and plants all around. The architectural design is thought taking into account the local rural architecture and tries to preserve the rural landscape ...
Waterstraat
Name of organisation: Zonnige Kempen
Year of finalization: 1999
Type of project: construction
Number of units/dwellings: 23
Country: Belgium
Short Description: This project demonstrates energy efficient design and building in Belgium and promotes energy efficient technologies in (social) housing. Prior to this project these techniques where considered to be expensive and little interest was paid to them.
The ...
Whitechapel Twenty Fifty
Name of organisation: Places for People
Year of finalization: 2009
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 5
Country: United Kingdom
Short Description: Our objectives were clear from the start. Our aim was to deliver 80% carbon reductions in mainstream housing using established solutions that work for the people who live in them. We wanted to:
- test the mix of measures and technologies;
- identify ...
Zaharna Fabrika 11 energy efficient condominium renovation
Name of organisation:
Year of finalization: 0
Type of project: refurbishment
Number of units/dwellings: 0
Country: Bulgaria
Short Description:
