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Changes to the Energy Performance of Buildings Framework
Posted on: 3 April 2012
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These documents describe the April 2012 changes to the Energy Performance of Buildings framework aimed at making it easier for consumers to save money on their fuel bills.
Legal framework for energy-efficient renovation
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This document, covering the theme of legal framework for energy efficient renovation is the 2nd in a series of 6 mini-guides for the CASH project, a network of 11 partners which seeks to reduce the energy consumption of buildings and in buildings http://urbact.eu/en/projects/low-carbon-urban-environments/cash/homepage/. Availability of affordable and energy efficient housing is not only a technical or financial matter. European Directives, national/regional/local laws, decrees, ordinances and policies are forming the framework for cities to work within. This mini-guide describes the existing legal playing field for CASH partners from 9 European countries at the local level and shows how they can manoeuvre within the given possibilities to enhance energy performance of affordable housing for social landlords, low income owners or tenants. It also highlights the gaps, barriers, local needs and the potential solutions for a bottom-up approach more in line with local context.
Spreading the net: The multiple benefits of energy efficiency improvements
Posted on: 3 April 2012
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In this report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) describes the wider socioeconomic outcomes that can arise from energy efficiency improvement, aside from energy savings. The report enumerates many of the most prominent multiple benefits of energy efficiency and, although the list is not exhaustive, it provides a rich menu of the variety of the benefits that may be of interest to policy makers. Based on a review of existing literature, this report summarises the significance of each of these potential outcomes of energy efficiency measures.
Passivhaus ventilation: It’s not a lot of hot air
Posted on: 3 April 2012
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Mark Siddall, architect and Certified Passivhaus Designer, does a little myth busting and sets some facts straight, before exploring some areas where neither natural ventilation, mechanical ventilation, nor even the Passivhaus standard, have absolutely all the answers.
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