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Cities’ advice for sustainable housing
Posted on: 15 March 2013
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The URBACT CASH (Cities Action for Sustainable Housing) project has focused on sustainable renovation of social and affordable housing. The partner cities of the project have prepared a short guide. It does not describe the latest technologies available for energy efficient renovation, but rather covers all the other often overlooked aspects, which are critical for fighting fuel poverty, such as energy efficient renovation allowing the low income tenants to stay and low income owners to invest, cost reduction and optimization of the work through the association of stakeholders during the critical phases of the process creating synergies, building efficiency secured through the appropriate behavior resulting from empowerment. The guide has mostly been designed for cities and gives, for each topic, the state-of-the-art, key issues, in particular, barriers, gaps and solutions, and provides a set of successful examples from partners cities and it presents CASH project’s recommendations in the form of a declaration or resolution to industry partners.
CASH Final Conference. Brussels, 27-29 November 2012
Posted on: 13 March 2013
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In the new context of the EU Cohesion Policy 2014-2020, State members are asked to heavily invest in Energy Efficiency (EE) and Social issues. Member States with Managing Authorities are programming the use of these new structural funds. However, there are important barriers to energy efficiency implementation in social housing. The objective of the final CASH Conference was to share with managing authorities, the European Commission, in particular Directorate-General Regional and Urban policy and Directorate-General Energy, EU Parliament members and European organisations, the recommendations of the network to reduce these barriers and to come out with key programming criteria to make the best use of new structural funds for Energy Efficient renovation of social housing with a systemic approach and a mass perspective. Presentations and criteria from the Round Table are available online.
RIBA Research Symposium 2012. London, 4 October 2012
Posted on: 12 March 2013
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The refurbishment of existing housing stock presents a great opportunity for architects. With this context in mind, as well as the launch of the government’s Green Deal initiative, the RIBA’s 7th annual research symposium asked the question: what challenges and problems lie beneath the maxim ‘don’t move, improve’? Encompassing issues including conservation, sustainability and design quality, the symposium explored whether old houses can become modern homes. The event included case studies from both architects and academics, as well as the presentation of an exciting student design charrette showcasing how schools of architecture came together to tackle the challenge of retrofit. Presentations are available online.
Retrofit for the future
Posted on: 11 March 2013
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Retrofit for the Future catalysed the retrofit of over 100 homes across the UK, with an ambition of achieving an 80% reduction in the in-use CO2 emissions of each property. Coordinated by the Technology Strategy Board, the Retrofit for the Future competition encouraged collaboration between housing associations, designers, contractors and researchers, and has helped to stimulate new business opportunities in the retrofit market. This website hosts the first analysis of monitoring data provided by Retrofit for the Future projects. Here you will find a series of charts showing the performance of the properties, including energy use, CO2 emissions, internal temperatures, air tightness and occupant satisfaction.
Delivering and funding housing retrofit: a review of community models
Posted on: 11 March 2013
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Arup has launched a new report which provides best practice and international guidance to central government, local authorities, social housing providers and other organisations who are trying to implement retrofit programmes. The study, supported by the Institute for Sustainability, is the result of a year-long research project that reviewed over twenty case studies of international delivery and funding models for retrofit.
Training for rebuilding Europe: Retrofitting buildings, training and improved skills, and financing energy efficiency in buildings
Posted on: 1 March 2013
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Finding ways to improve the energy efficiency of residential properties, improving skills and financing retrofit projects is the focus of the TRAINREBUILD manual which is now available in both electronic and printed format. The guidance note has been produced by RICS with support from the TRAINREBUILD consortium and is the outcome of a two years project supported by the EU Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI).
Sustainable urban retrofit evaluation
Posted on: 28 February 2013
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Using Melbourne as a case-study, the report evaluates sustainable urban retrofits to provide a critical review of how one city is transitioning to low carbon to address climate change.
RE-Block: REviving high-rise Blocks for cohesive and green neighborhoods.
Posted on: 13 February 2013
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The main objective addressed by EU project, RE-Block, is to foster efficient regeneration of neighbourhoods comprising high rise estates, making them more attractive and improving their environmental quality, whilst creating an integrated tailor-made approach to combat poverty. Background information and the first newsletter, published in January 2013, is available online.
Retrofit Briefing
Posted on: 5 February 2013
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Retrofit Briefing is a new regular e-publication from BRE providing news, analysis and data on building retrofit and refurbishment. The e-publication is published 10 times a year, with each issue comprising at least 8 pages. It is available on annual subscription (10 issues) of £120 in PDF format only. A free copy of the first issue, January 2013, can be viewed online.
Retrofit Briefing
Posted on: 18 January 2013
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Retrofit Briefing is a new regular e-publication from BRE providing news, analysis and data on building retrofit and refurbishment. It provides the key facts and figures for decision makers, whether they are upgrading property, marketing new technologies or investing in the sector. The launch issue reports on how England’s cities are gearing up for the green deal. This bulletin is available on subscription but a sample can be viewed online.
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