April 24, 2014
by Carole Piton (CIPRA)
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With their natural wool, sheeps don’t get cold in winter and stay fresh in summer. So should be the same for buildings Socrates allegedly already said. That this is possible also now, even without conventional heating systems and with ecological materials, … Continue reading →
April 24, 2014
by Wolfgang Mehl (Nenet)
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24 politicians, civil servants and experts from Sweden (Dalarna, Norrbotten and Västerbotten regions) with background in construction visited Austria’s westernmost province of Vorarlberg as part of the MountEE project. Vorarlberg is well-known as a model region for sustainable and energy … Continue reading →
April 17, 2014
by Sebastien Eyraud (ASDER)
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The use of renewable energy is becoming a necessity. The issue of their deployment in the territories gather sometimes a lot of concern. The installation of solar panels tends to generalize. However, this should not be at the expense of … Continue reading →
April 15, 2014
by Angela Sanchini (ARES)
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The Italian Council of Ministers on 4 April approved a draft decree transposing on energy efficiency, which changes Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repeals Directives 2004 / 8/EC and 2006/32/EC. The decree introduces innovative measures aimed at promoting energy efficiency … Continue reading →
Last week we had the opportunity to interview Dietmar Lenz and Rainer Siegele who are involved in testing the Module 5 “Energy maintenance” of the Service package “sustainable:building in the municipality” in the Region of Vorarlberg (Austria)
The module 5 aims to control and optimize the energy consumtion and the cleaning process – during the planing phase, during the buildings works and by the use of the building.
They answer to our questions:
Dietmar Lenz, from Umweltverband Vorarlberg
“What was your experience by testing the module 5 “Energy and Maintenance?”
“Could you see any saves of the energy consumption thanks to the Module 5?”
Rainer Siegele, Mayor of Mäder, Pilot building
“What is your practical experience?”
April 2, 2014
by Apolline Faure
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The quantity of construction waste generated by building construction and public works sectors is eight times more important than domestic garbage. Almost all waste (inert, not dangerous or hazardous one) is produced by deconstruction, demolition, rehabilitation and new building construction … Continue reading →
April 1, 2014
by Jakob Ebner
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In Dalarna, Sweden, the MountEE project assists small municipalities with quality controll management, introducing the so called Sveby-modell and advocating the use of LCC-calculations. The new school in Aspeboda is a good example on how a competent development team can take control of the building … Continue reading →