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Build with CaRe at BRE Innovation Park PDF Print E-mail
Written by Hanna Blomdahl   
Thursday, 24 September 2009 14:10

With the objective to mainstream energy efficient buildings in Europe, the Build with CaRe partnership cooperates with important key organisations around the North Sea Region. In September Build with CaRe visited the Building Research Establishment outside Watford and was invited for a study tour in the innovation park wich features a range of sustaianble homes.

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Brussels to propose mandatory EU energy savings goal PDF Print E-mail
Written by Hanna Blomdahl   
Thursday, 15 October 2009 12:38

The European Commission plans to impose binding energy-efficiency targets on EU member states, according to a draft of the EU's revised Energy Efficiency Action Plan obtained by EurActiv. The draft also targets buildings as the highest priority.

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EU starts hammering out deal on buildings directive PDF Print E-mail
Written by Hanna Blomdahl   
Wednesday, 07 October 2009 14:33

The Swedish EU Presidency will meet with MEPs at the end of the month to hammer out an early second-reading agreement on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, but concluding a deal by the end of the year appears to be a long shot, according to an article in EurActiv.

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Low energy homes in Diss PDF Print E-mail
Written by Bruce Tofield   
Wednesday, 05 August 2009 12:59

The two low-energy homes at Skelton road in Diss, Norfolk, took three days to erect. The component parts are driven on to the site, and include prefabricated panels from Sweden with triple-glazed windows already installed, ready for lifting into place by crane. Build with Care partners University of East Anglia and West Suffolk College are supporting and monitoring the project.

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The Building Sector Must Change PDF Print E-mail
Written by Hanna Blomdahl   
Monday, 04 May 2009 14:16

New modeling by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) shows how energy use in buildings can be cut by 60 percent by 2050 “ essential to meeting global climate change targets “ but this will require immediate action to transform the building sector. This is the central message of the report from the WBCSD's four-year Efficiency in Buildings (EEB) research project.

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