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April 2019

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o Overview articles

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o News

o Events

o Practices

o Social media

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Overview articles

How is the EU supporting BIM and ICT development in the buildings sector?

BIM (Building Information Modelling) is the

process of creating and managing

information digitally across a building life-

cycle. The first European conference on BIM

and the energy performance of buildings

was held in June 2018. It aimed to present

the status of BIM, and the opportunities and

challenges regarding the use of BIM for the

regulatory assessment of the energy

performance of buildings.

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Decarbonising the non-residential building stock

The building stock in the EU Member States

is relatively old, on average 21.6 % of the

building stock was built before 1945, 45.4 %

was built before 1969 and 75.4 % before

1990. With the exception of Cyprus, Ireland

and Luxembourg, the proportion of

residential building stock built after 2000 is

below 25 %. A relatively old building stock

means that without significant investments

to improve its energy performance, the

average energy performance of the national

stock will remain low.

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News

Topic of the Month ‘Integration of renewable energy sources (RES) and new materials'

Every month, BUILD UP highlights

publications covering a specific topic. April’s

Topic of the Month is: ‘Integration of

renewable energy sources (RES) and new

materials’. The website is already open for

contributions and BUILD UP’s editorial

board is eager to receive your discussion

papers, news and articles.

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Register for BUILD UP skills workshop at CONSTRUMAT’19

Are IoT, BIM, robotics and smart buildings a

foreign language for your building

professionals? Join us at one of Europe’s

biggest building industry events to discover

and share how the buildings sector could

become fluent in digital technologies for

smart, energy-efficient buildings.

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Webinar: Assessing the energy performance of a building, put energy efficiency first

EuroACE presents the final version of its

Guide to EPBD Implementation in a series of

webinars in cooperation with BUILD UP. The

fourth and final webinar of the series will

take place on 8 April and will discuss the

topic of ‘Assessing the energy performance

of a building, put energy efficiency first’.

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European Commission launches EPBD art. 19a feasibility study

The European Commission has launched a

feasibility study to clarify the need,

possibilities and timeline for the potential

introduction of EU provisions in relation to

the inspection of stand-alone ventilation

systems and an optional building renovation

passport.

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Practices

Energy benchmarking in educational buildings through cluster analysis of energy retrofitting

In this paper, Italian school buildings’ stock

was analysed by cluster analysis with the aim

of providing a methodology able to identify

the best energy retrofit interventions from a

cost-benefit perspective, and to correlate

them with the specific characteristics of

educational buildings.

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Combined seismic and energy upgrading of existing buildings using advanced materials

Of the current EU building stock, 80 % was

built before the 1990s, while 40 % is pre-

1960s and a considerable amount is even

older and classified as cultural patrimony,

thus requiring preservation techniques if we

want to maintain this cultural heritage for

our future generations.

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Efficiency House Plus - Renovation of 2 Row Houses from 1938, Neu-Ulm Germany

In the southern part of Germany, the first

Efficiency House Plus projects from an

existing building stock were finished in

2015, with the renovation of two multi-

storey dwellings owned by the housing

company NUWOG. The two row house

complexes, built in 1938, were part of a

planning competition for universities in

cooperation with consultants.

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Bains de Laeken - Swimming pools complex Low-Energy Renovation - Brussels

The Bains de Laeken project combines the

reinterpretation of a modernist building

from the 1970s with the inevitable energy

renovation required by this type of building.

The project aims to extend the life of

important public sports equipment, thus

upgrading its quality to meet the current

standards of safety, hygiene and, of course,

energy-efficiency.

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Explore

EU-MERCI: good practices for energy efficiency projects

EU-MERCI stands for EU coordinated

MEthods and procedures based on Real

Cases for the effective implementation of

policies and measures supporting energy

efficiency in the Industry.

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STEPPING: new approach to energy performance contracts

The project aims to test a new approach to

applying the EPC scheme in the design and

awarding of energy efficiency intervention

for public building stock. This approach will

be used to develop validated guidelines on

MED EPC to be transferred and

disseminated to MED public institutions.

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A network for exchanging views on sustainable public procurement

The Procura+ Network offers participants

the chance to exchange experiences and

knowledge, both with fellow participants

and other experts in sustainable public

procurement.

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A programme for peer-to-peer learning for energy plans

The PROSPECT learning programme enables

peer-to-peer learning in regional and local

authorities in order to finance and

implement their sustainable energy and

climate action plans. The programme builds

upon successful financing schemes

implemented in cities and regions in the

European Union.

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Learn

Webinar on smart and technology-equipped buildings – new features from the amended EPBD

The iBRoad project is working on the

concept of Building Renovation Passports

combining an individual building renovation

roadmap. If you want to know more about

the iBRoad project and the Building

Renovation Passports do not miss the

opportunity to watch this webinar, produced

in collaboration with Build Up!

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Webinar on innovative business models and smart financing for the deep renovation of European buildings

This webinar, organised by the STUNNING

project in collaboration with Build Up,

addresses the project and innovative

business models and smart financing for the

deep renovation of European buildings. The

project aims to promote successful and

innovative building renovation packages

and business models around a virtual and

collaborative knowledge sharing platform:

the STUNNING Renovation Hub.

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Technical toolkit for renovation with add-ons

The Technical Toolkit guides and outlines

processes for stakeholders to understand,

assess and implement the technical

assessment required for successful building

renovation projects with Add-ons. The

energy-economic analysis for non-experts

and experts alike can be done with support

of the technology catalogue, which

combines different technical solutions,

possibilities, materials their technical

properties.

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Hotmaps: The open source mapping and planning tool for heating and cooling

The Hotmaps project aims to design a

toolbox to support public authorities,

energy agencies and urban planners in

strategic heating and cooling planning at

local, regional and national levels and in line

with EU policies. The beta-version of the

Hotmaps toolbox is now online. In the

following year, the tool will be updated and

new releases will be available.

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Events

Implementing the New Energy Performance of Buildings and Energy Efficiency Directives

During this International Practical Seminar

we bring together experienced practitioners

from all over Europe such as directors,

heads of unit and managers in public and

private bodies involved in the fields of

energy efficiency.

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EU GreenWeek 2019

The week will be built around the findings of

the Environmental Implementation Review,

and its suggestions for the future of these

laws.

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Barcelona Building Construmat BB CONSTRUMAT'19

A multi-tool, a meeting point, an innovation

incubator, a tannoy announcing disruptive

voices, a showroom for new products, a

platform for networking and a hub for

businesses.

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URBAN FUTURE global conference

The URBAN FUTURE global conference is

Europe’s largest event for sustainable cities.

It’s the place to meet the most passionate

and inspiring CityChangers from all over the

world.

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Social media

Build Up on Twitter

TripleAreno aims to provide

occupants and building

professionals the information &

tools to make #DeepRENOvation

Attractive, Acceptable and

Affordable. Take part in their

survey and contribute to this

project.

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Build Up on Linkedin

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get to know the excellent experts

and potential partners from the

industry. Sign up here!

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