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  Environmental design for buildings
  EFIResources : resource efficient construction towards sustainable design

  The research project EFIResources: Resource Efficient Construction towards Sustainable Design supports European policies related to the efficient use of resources in construction. Its major goal is the development of a performance based approach for sustainable design, enabling to assess the res...

  The research project EFIResources: Resource Efficient Construction towards Sustainable Design supports European policies related to the efficient use of resources in construction. Its major goal is the development of a performance based approach for sustainable design, enabling to assess the resource efficiency of buildings, throughout the complete life cycle. The proposed approach aims at the harmonization between structural design and sustainability design of buildings, in order to enable an easier integration of structural and sustainability criteria in the design process, thus coping with the basic requirements for construction works of the Construction Products Regulation. In the structural design of buildings, the effect of loads on a structural member is compared with a reference value, in terms of either ultimate resistance (ultimate limit state) or admissible deformation (serviceability limit state) and safety is ensured when the load effect is lower than the reference value. Analogously, in the proposed approach for sustainable design, the life cycle environmental performance of a given building is compared with a reference value or benchmark, represented by the average value of the life cycle environmental performance of the stock of buildings, in a given area. In this case, the environmental performance of the building being assessed should be lower than the reference value to ensure a better environmental solution. The proposed approach has a twofold achievement: (i) by providing a benchmark for the environmental performance of buildings, it enables an easier interpretation of the performance of any given building and the identification of best practices, thus motivating the pursuit of measures leading to an enhanced building performance; (ii) the introduction of benchmarks for the environmental performance of buildings, which should to be updated over time, strives towards an effective reduction of the use of resources and relative environmental impacts in the building sector, so that the targets foreseen by the EU may become tangible in a realistic horizon of time. The performance based approach for sustainable design is fully described in this report, including the definition of a set of benchmarks for residential and office buildings.

  • Publicado em: 2018-10-17
  • Corporate Author(s): Joint Research Centre (Comissão Europeia)
  • Tema: building, building industry, building materials, construction policy, energy efficiency, environmental impact, environmental indicator, European standard, product design, product life, research report, resistance of materials, sustainable development, technical rule
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  Recommendations and guidelines to foster sustainable design
  EFIResources : resource efficient construction towards sustainable design

  The research project EFIResources: Resource Efficient Construction towards Sustainable Design was developed in order to support European policies related to the efficient use of resources in construction. Its major goal was the development of a performance based approach for sustainable design, ...

  The research project EFIResources: Resource Efficient Construction towards Sustainable Design was developed in order to support European policies related to the efficient use of resources in construction. Its major goal was the development of a performance based approach for sustainable design, enabling to assess the resource efficiency throughout the complete life cycle of buildings. The proposed approach aims at the harmonization between structural design and sustainability design of buildings, to enable an easier integration of structural and sustainability criteria in the design process, thus coping with the essential requirements for construction works of the Construction Products Regulation. The development of this approach was made in different steps. The first step consisted in the development of a consistent model to assess the life cycle performance of buildings, to enable comparability and to support the quantifications of benchmarks. All buildings considered in this project were assessed based in this model. Then, a graduated approach was adopted for the development of benchmarks, starting on a simple basis and improving in accuracy over time. Two sets of benchmarks were quantified for residential and office buildings. The last step consisted in the presentation of the performance based approach for sustainable design, which is based on the definition on benchmarks to strive to a reduction of the use of resources in construction. The limit state of sustainability was introduced that aims to complement the limit states for structural performance. This last report of the project EFIResources aims to summarize the main achievements of the project but also to emphasise some limitations of the developed approach. Hence, at the end of the report, the main achievements and limitations of the proposed approach are discussed and recommendations for future research work are provided.

  • Publicado em: 2018-10-17
  • Corporate Author(s): Joint Research Centre (Comissão Europeia)
  • Tema: building, building industry, building materials, construction policy, energy efficiency, environmental impact, environmental indicator, European standard, product design, product life, recommendation (EU), research report, resistance of materials, sustainable development, technical rule
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  High energy performing buildings
  Support for innovation and market uptake under Horizon 2020 energy efficiency

  The EU’s buildings sector needs to develop and deploy more innovative solutions in order to enhance the building stock’s energy efficiency and help meet energy and climate policy targets. The European Union is therefore supporting projects that address design and construction processes as well a...

  The EU’s buildings sector needs to develop and deploy more innovative solutions in order to enhance the building stock’s energy efficiency and help meet energy and climate policy targets. The European Union is therefore supporting projects that address design and construction processes as well as new technologies, with funding from the Horizon 2020 programme. The results developed by these projects address key challenges at each stage of the value chain for new nearly zero-energy buildings, deep renovation of existing buildings, and energy-smart buildings.

  • Publicado em: 2018-10-03
  • Corporate Author(s): Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Órgão e agência UE)
  • Tema: building, building industry, building technique, climate change policy, construction costs, energy efficiency, energy saving, EU financing, innovation, new technology, urban renewal
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  Development of a European approach to assess the fire performance of facades
  

  The objective of this project was to address a request from the Standing Committee of Construction (SCC) to provide EC Member States regulators with a means to regulate the fire performance of façade systems based on a European approach agreed by SCC. In addressing this objective, the project te...

  The objective of this project was to address a request from the Standing Committee of Construction (SCC) to provide EC Member States regulators with a means to regulate the fire performance of façade systems based on a European approach agreed by SCC. In addressing this objective, the project team was asked to consider a number of issues which are presented and discussed in this report. The initial stages of this project were focused on: - establishing a register of the regulatory requirements in all Member States in relation to the fire performance of façade systems, and - to identify those Member States who have regulatory requirements for the fire performance façade systems which go beyond the current EN 13501 (reaction to fire and fire resistance) classification systems and to collate the details of these additional requirements. Having confirmed the regulatory needs in the member states, as established by the SCC, the report goes on to present: - a testing and classification methodology based on BS 8414 - Fire performance of external cladding systems series and DIN 4102-20 - Fire behaviour of building materials and building components - Part 20: Complementary verification for the assessment of the fire behaviour of external wall claddings to address the identified key performance and classification characteristics - a verification and validation proposal, in the form of a round robin programme to support the development of the proposed testing and classification methodology. - an alternative test method which was developed on the basis of the comments from stakeholders during the project - a summary of comments received during the project. This report presents the research methodology and the results obtained as well as discussions on how and why certain choices have been made on the development of a European assessment procedure for the fire performance of façades in response to EU Tender ref 531/PP/GRO/IMA/16/1133/9108 based on the BS 8414 – Fire performance of external cladding systems series and DIN 4102-20 – Fire behavior of building components – Part 20: Complimentary verification for the assessment of the fire behavior of external wall claddings.

  • Publicado em: 2018-08-29
  • Corporate Author(s): BAM ; BRE ; Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (Comissão Europeia) ; Efectis ; EMI ; RISE Safety
  • Tema: building industry, building technique, glass industry, industrial research, iron and steel industry, research and development, research report, steel, technical standard
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  Innovative materials for seismic and energy retrofitting of the existing EU buildings
  

  The seismic and energy retrofitting of existing European buildings with innovative materials is addressed in this report. The need for retrofitting of old buildings emanates from their substandard design in terms of both earthquake resistance and thermal insulation. This is revealed during stron...

  The seismic and energy retrofitting of existing European buildings with innovative materials is addressed in this report. The need for retrofitting of old buildings emanates from their substandard design in terms of both earthquake resistance and thermal insulation. This is revealed during strong earthquakes that result in collapses and damages of old buildings and consequently in economic losses, severe injuries and loss of human lives. Moreover, the poor energy performance of old building envelopes increases their energy consumption. The objective of this report is to explore innovative solutions for seismic and energy retrofitting of existing buildings. Towards such an objective, this report conducts a state-of-the-art review on advanced materials and solutions for enhancing the safety, energy and resource efficiency of the deficient EU residential buildings. Following the consideration of the conventional and state-of-the-art building materials and solutions, the report goes beyond the state-of-the-art by introducing. At the end the main challenges that need to be addressed in building retrofitting projects are listed (cost, sustainability, durability), and recommendations for future research activities towards sustainable buildings retrofitting are proposed. Finally, the socio-economic and environmental impact expected from such research projects is preliminary assessed.

  • Publicado em: 2018-07-30
  • Corporate Author(s): Joint Research Centre (Comissão Europeia)
  • Tema: advanced materials, building, building industry, building insulation, building materials, building safety, building technique, concrete, earthquake, energy efficiency, environmental impact, materials technology, research report, thermal insulation, urban renewal
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8786 — OMERS/DV4/QIA/ABP/Real Estate JV) (Text with EEA relevance.)

  • Publicado em: 2018-08-03
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Competition (Comissão Europeia) ; European Commission
  • Tema: building industry, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, pension scheme, real estate business
• Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9161 — Brookfield/M Finance Capital/ECLA Paris Massy-Palaiseau Companies) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance.)

  • Publicado em: 2018-10-26
  • Corporate Author(s): European Commission
  • Tema: building industry, economic concentration, hotel industry, investment company, merger control, real estate business, renewable energy, student residence
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  New skills for the construction sector to achieve European energy targets
  

  Through its BUILD UP Skills initiative, the EU aims to equip the next generation of construction sector workers – from manual labourers to design professionals and senior management – with the skills and knowledge needed to ensure building and renovation projects meet stringent energy efficiency...

  Through its BUILD UP Skills initiative, the EU aims to equip the next generation of construction sector workers – from manual labourers to design professionals and senior management – with the skills and knowledge needed to ensure building and renovation projects meet stringent energy efficiency requirements. This new CORDIS Results Pack presents some of the showcase EU-funded projects that have designed and implemented impressive upskilling programmes to turn this ambition into a viable reality across Europe.

  • Publicado em: 2018-07-20
  • Corporate Author(s): Publications Office (Comissão Europeia)
  • Tema: building industry, clean technology, construction policy, energy efficiency, energy policy, innovation, sustainable development, updating of skills
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9006 — Deutsche Asphalt/Bunte/JV) (Text with EEA relevance.)

  • Publicado em: 2018-09-21
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Competition (Comissão Europeia) ; European Commission
  • Tema: building industry, economic concentration, merger control
• Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9030 — IFM/FCC/Aqualia) (Text with EEA relevance.)

  • Publicado em: 2018-08-21
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Competition (Comissão Europeia) ; European Commission
  • Tema: building industry, economic concentration, environmental industry, investment company, merger control, provision of services, renewable energy, waste management, water management