| FP6 SUSTDEV Sustainable Energy Systems | ||||
| FP6 SUSTDEV 1.1.3 Ecobuildings | ||||
| Buildings | ||||
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The building sector is at present responsible for more than 40% of EU energy consumption. There are technologies under development, which could substantially improve (up to 30%) the energy performance of buildings, reducing the conventional energy demand in new and existing buildings and substantially contributing to reduce energy intensity, through combined measures of rational use of energy and integration of renewable energy technologies.
The Eco-buildings concept is expected to be the meeting point of short-term development and demonstration in order to support legislative and regulatory measures for energy efficiency and enhanced use of renewable energy solutions within the building sector, which go beyond the Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings.
The projects aim at a new approach for the design, construction and operation of new and/or refurbished buildings, which is based on the best combination of the double approach: to reduce substantially, and, if possible, to avoid the demand for heating, cooling and lighting and to supply the necessary heating, cooling and lighting in the most efficient way and based as much as possible on renewable energy sources and polygeneration.
Priority will be given to integrated research and demonstration projects aiming at improving substantially the energy performance of buildings at a large scale, transferring scientific knowledge into standards and industrial codes, and including the results of socio-economic research on integrated planning and behaviour of users. The projects must go clearly beyond the requirements of existing legislation and thus contribute to a further development of regulatory issues in this sector.
In setting this new approach, the integrated projects should bring together different skills and expertise (urban planners, architects, engineers, system integrators, investors, manufacturers, industry, energy suppliers, owners renters, etc), take advantage of advanced communication and information tools, and propose new methodologies and techniques.
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