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Often, the official language by Brussels’ politicians is hard to understand. This article deals with the main regulation of buildings and energy saving, nowadays and in future legislation. As buildings are being responsible for close to 40% of European energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, all EU regulations must address energy efficiency impact on the [...]
Why is Europe interested in the energy use of HVAC systems? Part 1: How it all started?
Sep 13, 2012Attending the meeting of the iServ project (Inspection of HVAC systems through Continuous Monitoring and Benchmarking, 2011-2014) along with the workshop in Athens brought interesting information about HVAC systems in Europe. The HVAC systems consume up to 11% of total EU use in 2007 and it is necessary to know what kind of action can [...]
SIMPLY Green – Another book by Swegon Air Academy!
Sep 4, 2012SIMPLY EPBD will get a “new sibling”! In next following weeks, Swegon Air Academy will publish a new book about environmental and energy certification systems for buildings. This book discusses five environmental certification systems (BREEAM, LEED, Green Star, DGNB and Miljöbyggnad) and three purely energy-based systems (EPBD, Minergie, Passivhaus) including brief description of CASBEE, [...]
REHVA seminar about policy development on energy efficiency in buildings
Dec 15, 2011REHVA Technical Seminar, October 28, 2011, Brussels, Belgium
In Brussels, October 28, 2011, information on the energy efficiency in buildings in the European Union (EU) was presented by Michaela Holl from the European Commission, DG Energy. The recast of Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) is not to compare the Member States, but rather [...]
