June 18, 2015
by Guest Commentary
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Mid April 2015 the MountEE project on sustainable construction and renovation came to an end. All informations, lessons learned, realized pilot buildings and the final publication can be found at www.mountee.eu
April 3, 2015
by Apolline Faure
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Within MountEE, the Regional Natural Park of Pyrénées catalanes has organized in march a workshop on eco-materials. The goal of this workshop was to focus on the other dimension of sustainable building, beyond energy efficiency. But what are eco-materials? What … Continue reading
March 25, 2015
by Jakob Ebner
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During three years MountEE has been working with municipalities in the region of Dalarna in Sweden. Did we learn anything new? YES, we did! Some results were surprising, others emphasize what we already knew. Here some results: 1) There are … Continue reading
March 9, 2015
by Jakob Dietachmair (CIPRA)
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Last week the members of the MountEE-Team travelled from Sweden, France (Pyrenees and Alps), Germany and Austria to the small village of Polcenigo/Italy for the last partner meeting. The first day started with a very interesting input from stakeholders working … Continue reading
February 24, 2015
by Wolfgang Mehl (Nenet)
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The new Kiruna Town Hall is a lighthouse project within the comprehensive city transformation due to extended mining areas. In the coming 20-25 years, the mining will affect approximately 2 500 apartments as well as approximately 200 000 square meters … Continue reading
February 6, 2015
by Jakob Ebner
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It is not WHAT we say that makes people move, but HOW we say it. That was, roughly, the conclusion of a seminar held in the mountEE-municipality of Jokkmokk the north of Sweden, 2-4 of February 2015 on the topic … Continue reading
January 19, 2015
by Jakob Dietachmair (CIPRA)
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A few days before Christmas a delegation from the Chinese province Xinjiang came to Vorarlberg to learn more on sustainable construction and renovation processes. They’ve been invited from the German GIZ, the University of Vienna and CIPRA International. All of … Continue reading
January 15, 2015
by Wolfgang Mehl (Nenet)
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Vännäs is a small municipality in the inner parts of Västerbotten county in northern Sweden. The Nya Vegaskolan in is built as Passive House according to the international Passive House criteria (PHI). It will also be certified according to the … Continue reading
December 22, 2014
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…from the MountEE-Team! Dear friends of the MountEE-Blog, today we’d like to thank you for not just reading this Blog. In 2014 we’ve received numerous feedback, discussion points and questions from you on sustainable construction and renovation. The exchange … Continue reading
December 12, 2014
by Jakob Ebner
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I am technical engineer and have the opportunity to work with one our Mountee pilots in Dalarna – the new primary school (7000 m2) in the small municipality of Älvdalen. In order to evaluate different technical solutions and reach our … Continue reading