Refurbishment of Buildings

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Legislation: Council Directive 89/106/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to construction products

Good Practice Case Study: Concerto Project: POLYCITY - Energy networks in sustainable cities - Germany, Italy, Spain

Good Practice Case Study: The Energy Gain - a local training programme, Sweden

Good Practice Case Study: Energy-Saving Project Geislingen, Germany

Good Practice Case Study: Installation of ground source heat pumps in social housing homes Chy An Gweal, Penzance, Cornwall, UK

Good Practice Case Study: La Sauvenière, Belgium

Good Practice Case Study: RESINBUIL - Introduction of Renewable Energies Sources (RES) in Building Sector in Italy, Romania, Slovenia and Spain

Good Practice Case Study: Fossil Fuel Free Kristianstad, Sweden

Good Practice Case Study: Green-Schools, Ireland

Good Practice Case Study: European Green City (EGC) - Denmark

Good Practice Case Study: Sustainable Energy Solutions in Barcelona - Spain

Good Practice Case Study: Efficient lighting in Latvian Academy of Sport Education, Latvia

Good Practice Case Study: Assessment of Energy Saving Potential in Residential Buildings in Kaunas City on an Example of Typical Multi-Storey Building, Lithuania

Good Practice Case Study: Switching onto Sunlight in Wales - UK

Good Practice Case Study: Solar Roof Initiative - Berlin, Germany

Good Practice Case Study: Warm and comfortable living - The Netherlands

Good Practice Case Study: RESTART - Renewable Energy Strategies and Technology Applications for Regenerating Towns, Italy

Good Practice Case Study: CAKES - Calderdale & Kirklees Energy Savers, UK

Good Practice Case Study: Energy Benchmark Pool Frankfurt in Commercial Buildings: Information and exchange of experience as a success factor for efficient planning and running of commercial buildings, Germany

Good Practice Case Study: Warm and Well, UK

Good Practice Case Study: The Energy and Water Conservation Fund, UK

Good Practice Case Study: Energy and schools in Modena, Italy

Good Practice Case Study: Successfully establishing a regional market for Third Party Finance (TPF) in Upper Austria

Good Practice Case Study: Innovative systems for energy efficiency in the Liguria hospital sector in Italy

Good Practice Case Study: SIDA DemoEast programme in Estonia. Supply, delivery and installation of wood pellet burning equipment

Case Study: Energy Ambassador, France

Case Study: Utilization of thermal energy in the Podhale region - Poland

Case Study: The better floorlamps of the City of Zurich, Switzerland

Case Study: Stoppa onödan! - Stop the unnecessary!, Sweden

Case Study: Solar Energy on Social Houses, Italy

Case Study: A sustainable LCEC approach for social housing - Factor 4, France

Case Study: RES market places - Creating Renewable Energy Market places for Investors and Regional Actors in Rural Areas, Germany

Case Study: The RURASU project... bringing energy to rural areas, Greece

Case Study: Let's Learn to Save - The project of Synergy Environmental Education, Slovak Republic

Case Study: Eco n'Home Project

Case Study: SOLARGE - Enlarging Solar Thermal Systems in Multi-Family Houses, Hotels, Public and Social Buildings in Europe

Case Study: DEEP - Dissemination of Energy Efficiency Measures in the Public Buildings Sector

Case Study: GROUND-REACH - Reaching the Kyoto targets by means of a wide introduction of ground coupled heat pumps (GCHP) in the built environment

Case Study: EULEB - European High Quality Low Energy Buildings

Case Study: Green Lodges

Case Study: EffCoBuild - Energy Efficiency Communities - establishing pilot communities for the building sector

Case Study: Energy savings in Mende, Hungary

Case Study: Energy Efficiency in Industrial Lighting: Bulgaria - BSREC, Bulgaria

Case Study: Residential building refurbishment: innovative concepts and technologies - OPET Slovakia, Energy Centre Bratislava

Case Study: Second Seminar on City, Energy and Environment in Latin America - IDAE, Spain

Case Study: Road show on LCC for commercial buildings and lighting - OPET Sweden

Case Study: Energy efficiency in hospitals: A pilot project for energy efficiency in the public sector - OPET Slovenia - Jozef Stefan Institute, Energy Efficiency Centre, Slovenia

Case Study: OPET Building: Support of the implementation of EU regulation related to the efficient use of energy in the building sector - Romanian experience - Centre for Promotion of Clean and Efficient Energy in Romania - ENERO Romania

Case Study: Development of National Energy Audit Programme through training and transfer of knowledge and experience - Motiva Oy/OPET Finland, Finland

Case Study: Raising public awareness on the Green Paper on Security of Energy Supply - IDAE, Spain

Case Study: Life Cycle Cost Assessment - Motiva Oy, Finland

Case Study: Training of Solar Heating Installers - OPET Sweden

Case Study: Micro/Mini CHP in the Building Area - Energy Centre Hungary, Hungary

Case Study: Congress and support actions on the rational use of energy and renewables in municipalities: Energy and sustainable cities. Towards a healthier urban environment - IDAE, Spain

Case Study: Efficient lighting retrofit of Venetian historical chandeliers - Italy

Case Study: A Big Pilot Solar Thermal Installation in a Social House, Bulgaria

Case Study: Small CHP Unit Installed in Hotel Bankja palace, Bulgaria

Case Study: Small CHP Unit Installed in Vratitza textile factory, Bulgaria

Case Study: Information campaign about energy efficiency in private residential housing - "Do not throw away your money through the window" - Romania

Case Study: Reduction in the consumption of electricity - France

Case Study: The Advice on Energy Divided - France

Case Study: PV-NORD - Building Integrated Photovoltaics - Sweden

Case Study: Harwoods Adventure Playground, UK

Case Study: Tenant-owners' society (Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft) Bremer Höhe eG, Germany

Case Study: CareRes - Retrofitting a retirement home, Germany

Case Study: Cogeneration, heat recovery and frequency controllers at the Leuze Spa, Germany

Case Study: Approach for the Improvement of Energy Performance of a Stock of Buildings, France

Case Study: A solar-powered nursery in Rennes - France

Case Study: Renewal of municipal boiler installations in Lyon - France

Case Study: Energy Audits in Manor Houses - Ponte de Lima, Portugal

Case Study: Cogeneration to replace boilers - Arnhem, The Netherlands

Case Study: Systematic implementation of small and medium CHP plants - Frankfurt, Germany

Case Study: Additional comfort in Schools through the use of biomass - Vila Real, Portugal

Case Study: Sunny Resorts - Austria

Case Study: Energetic Optimization of Large Residential Buildings - Vienna, Graz, Austria

Case Study: Energy Rehabilitation in Buildings Located in Urban Areas - Lisbon (Portugal), Athens (Greece), Milan (Italy) and Martorell (Spain)

Case Study: Wood Waste Utilisation for District Heating - Campeni town, Alba County, Romania

Case Study: Tools for Thermal Refurbishment for CEE and EU Countries - Poland

Case Study: Modernisation of heat supply system - Byczyna, Poland

Case Study: Energy Conservation in Hotels: XENIOS - Development of an audit tool for hotel buildings and the promotion of rational energy use and renewable energy sources, Spain

Case Study: Speed control of the HP "Zemliane" main networks pump - Bulgaria

Case Study: EROS - Exemplary Retrofitting of an Old School in Stuttgart, Germany

Case Study: Energy Saving Trust (EST) Best Practices - Energy Efficiency Best Practice in Housing

Case Study: Regional Energy Performance Assessment counter - The Netherlands

Case Study: Reconstruction of heating at primary schools - Slovak Republic

Case Study: REVIVAL - Retrofitting for environmental viability improvement of valued architectural landmarks - Belgium

Case Study: The pilot project of multipurpose house with 100 % energy supply from RETs, Czech Republic

Case Study: Healthy Homes, UK

Case Study: Solar thermal energy for buildings in Barcelona - Spain

Case Study: Solar Energy installations on public buildings in Roma, Italy

Case Study: Wood fuelled urban heating in Dole, France

Case Study: Thermal solar energy in detached houses in Jämtland County, Sweden

Case Study: Bioclimatism in rebuilt district in Kalamata, Greece

Case Study: Transversal initiatives launched by the Energy service in Montpellier, France

Case Study: Efficient Energy use in preschool "VARPELIS" - Utena city, Lithuania

Case Study: Hailey Village Hall - PV installation, UK

Case Study: Wycombe Eco Centre, UK

Case Study: Wood Burners at the Living Rainforest, UK

Case Study: Installation of a Centralised System for Monitoring and Control of Heat in 13 Schools and Kindergartens in the Town of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

Case Study: Energy Efficiency Improvements in Existing Buildings: PHARE Project "Demonstration Project for Energy Efficiency in Multi-dwelling Houses with Individual Heating", Bulgaria

Case Study: Demand side management in Valmiera - MUNEE program in Latvia

Case Study: Solar collectors in Neslusa: Energy savings and the use of RES - a way towards sustainable development of towns and communities, Slovakia

Case Study: Passive Downdraught Evaporative Cooling (PDEC) applied to the central atrium space within the New Stock Exchange in Malta

Case Study: Solar energy installations on buildings in Echirolles, France

Case Study: Solar heat in Neckarsulm, Germany

Partner Search Request: Bureau d'étude, Français

Partner Search Request: Energy Efficient Urban Block, Portugal

Partner Search Request: Promotion of Regional Renewable Energy Development and Energy Efficiency in Buildings, UK

Partner Search Request: Decentralised Intelligent Energy Solutions for Energy-efficient Buildings (DIESEB), UK

Partner Search Request: Passive houses and low energy buildings, Sweden

Partner Search Request: Energy Check, Germany

Partner Search Request: BIP-LIMES, Italy

Partner Search Request: TEnor - Training Energy Advisors, Austria

Partner Search Request: Architects and building projects, UK

Partner Search Request: Impetus Consulting looking for IEE partners, UK

Partner Search Request: Energy Education in low-income households - Germany

Report: Concerto Project: SESAC - Sustainable Energy Systems in Advanced Cities

Report: ManagEnergy Sectoral Information Kit 1: Energy Use in Buildings

Report: City Instruments: Monitoring, Evaluating and Transferring Instruments to address Climate Change in Metropolitan Regions

Report: SHARE - Social Housing Action to Reduce Energy Consumption

Report: Low Carbon Buildings Programme - Grant Scheme - UK

Report: Congress and support actions on the rational use of energy and renewables in municipalities: Energy and sustainable cities. Towards a healthier urban environment - IDAE, Spain

Report: Four FP6 Eco-Buildings Demonstration Projects

Report: Intelligent Energy - Europe (IEE) - Projects in the buildings sector (start date of contracts January 2005)

Report: Intelligent Energy - Europe (IEE) - SAVE Projects (Energy efficiency)

Report: Awareness Programme for Policy Makers in Energy Efficiency in Low income housing (APPEEL)

Report: OPET Building - the European network for the promotion of energy technologies in the building sector

Report: Concerto Project: RENAISSANCE: Renewable ENergy Acting in SuStainable And Novel Community Enterprises - France, Spain & UK

Report: ManagEnergy Internet Broadcast: European Conference of Municipal Energy Managers / Europäischer Kongress de kommunalen Energibeauftragten

Report: SURBAN, the database on Sustainable urban development in Europe

Report: CEN Workshop on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)

Report: EnerBuild - Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Thematic Network on Energy in the Built Environment

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