EU Parliament negotiators reached an agreement with Council in late 2019 on new criteria to determine whether an economic activity is environmentally sustainable. The so-called ‘taxonomy regulation’ stipulates that the following environmental objectives should be considered when evaluating how sustainable an economic activity is: - climate change mitigation and adaptation; -
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ASBP Awards are now open for entries!
The awards are free to enter and are open to projects from across the UK built environment sector that have been completed and handed over by June 2018. Projects will be assessed against the ASBP’s ‘Six Pillars of Sustainable Construction’.Read more
An awards ceremony will take place at the ASBP’s third Healthy Buildings Conference and Expo which is due to take place in February 2019 at London South Bank University. ASBP thanks Steico, Cleveland Steel and Tubes and Thermafleece for supporting the ASBP Awards. Apply now.
Near Zero Energy renovation
A new multimillion euro research project which will demonstrate how buildings can be renovated to use ‘near zero energy’ has launched at Brunel University London. Featuring 17 partners from nine European countries and funded by Horizon 2020, the €8.4m project brings together academia and industry to develop a ‘Retrofit Kit’ that can be used to reduce energy consumption by 60-95% in renovated buildings.Read more
The Retrofit Kit will bring together a number of advanced, cost efficient, and energy-saving technologies – including smart windows with pre-heating and cooling technology, ventilation heat recovery, photovoltaic panels, and nature-based technologies – which can be fitted 30% quicker than typical renovations. It’s hoped that implementation of the technologies would have a payback period of under 15 years. Four demonstration sites will be created as part of the project, including one at Brunel, which will offer practical, real-world examples of ‘Near Zero Energy Buildings’ or ‘nZEBs’ retrofit.
