dotLAB Radio Host Patrick Haughey (Founder and MD of Audiobrand) had an insightful conversation with our coordinator Michele Vavallo (Solintel) on what the RenoZEB team has done to meet the targets mentioned above. Listen to the podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
The 3rd (and last for RenoZEB) event of the UIPI ‘Renovation Tour’ took place in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain) on 28 October 2021. Read the full report here.
And it's a wrap! The final video of the RenoZEB project is finally out on our YouTube channel, watch it now at https://youtu.be/GOiinv1v0Qw
RenoZEB project took part in two exciting sessions at the Sustainable Places 2021 hybrid event, the “Innovative Solutions Towards Building Renovations” virtual workshop and the “Renovation Cases and Tools” paper session. Watch the recordings here.
On 29 September 2021, RenoZEB was presented at the 2nd event of the UIPI ‘Renovation Tour’. It was a physical event held in Liege (Belgium) bringing together the Wallonn property owners. Read the full report here.
On 17 September 2021, RenoZEB partner UIPI kicked-off the ‘Renovation Tour’, a series of hybrid events to bring EU policies closer to citizens while presenting practical solutions such as the RenoZEB Multifunctional Plug & Play façade. The first event took place in Budapest (Hungary). Read the full report here.
During the National training in Spain, the RenoZEB partners presented the modular façade installed at the Durango demonstration site. The digital tools were also presented and demonstrated. Read more here.
After completing the building renovation, our brand new plate arrived safe and sound at the RenoZEB demonstration buildings in Võru - Estonia and Durango - Spain. Photos here
Estonia Training Days
During a 2-day event, the RenoZEB partners presented the newly developed facade system, including its construction and implementation aspects at the RenoZEB Demonstration Building in Võru (Estonia), as well as the digital tools facilitating the decision-making and the design of the façade itself. More info here.
The renovation of the multi-apartment demo building in Võru (Estonia) is nearing completion. The goal is to raise the energy label from the existing energy label “E” (231 kWh/m2 a) to label “B” (124 kWh/m2 a) - which is now a reached target. Read more here
The ACE podcast 'Architects in EU research' is a series of interviews with several architects who share with us their professional journey in the architectural world and how they got involved in EU-funded Projects on innovation and education. One episode of the podcast is dedicated to RenoZEB. Listen to it at this link.
RenoZEB project participated in three exciting sessions at Sustainable Places 2020 on-line event held between the 27th and the 30th of October.
RenoZEB project organised a Training Day for architects and CPD trainers about the new tools developed in the project for energy calculation, efficiency and optimisation of renovated buildings. This event provided architects from all over Europe with deep knowledge about the newest procedures and strategies for guaranteeing the implementation of key eco-friendly measures in the design process.
Read more here
UIPI organised an online talk about industrialisation as a solution towards a more efficient construction, housing and real estate sectors.
Watch Michele Vavallo's presentation and the stakeholders discussion on our YouTube channel
The pre-validation phase of the façade elements has been realised in KUBIK, the test-infrastructure managed by TECNALIA Research & Innovation in Bilbao, Spain. KUBIK is the first digital twin of a building in Spain. Static and dynamic information obtained automatically and based on BIM models enables performance assessments of innovative products and technologies. Read more here.
The RenoZEB project was selected to be introduced during the 7th Technology and Business Networking Event organized in the frame of the CERAMICA INNOVA – CEVISAMA Fair, in Valencia (Spain) on 6 February 2020. Read more
The event “Cluster International Conference”, organised by Bologna University - Department of Architecture, took place on 16 December 2019 in Bologna (Italy). The focus was on the state of scientific research in Europe regarding building energy efficiency and related issues. The interactive discussion was organised around the following five main topics:
In the activities related to the RenoZEB envelope prototype testing and validation, Focchi team has prototyped and tested further facade panels.
Two tests have already been conducted with positive results:
1) an acoustic mock-up test (on the left) under UNI EN ISO 16283-3:2016/EC 1-2016/EC 2-2016 and UNI EN ISO 717-1:2013 (IN-OUT test) with an acoustic insulation performance moved from 46dB of the only building envelope to 57dB after the installation of the RenoZEB panels;
2) a performance mock-up test (on the right) under UNI EN 13830:2005 passing positively the tests and achieving the standard for CE certification.
In the next weeks, a further test under EN 13823 (classification SBI) will be conducted to understand the reaction to fire of the RenoZEB panel.
RenoZEB was presented, among other 14 EU-funded projects, by the coordinator Michele Vavallo at the Stunning Final Conference. The event was held at CSTB - Paris.
If you want to know more about Stunning H2020 EU-project, you can visit the official website here
The session will bring together experiences from seven Horizon 2020 projects on energy renovation of buildings sector and facilitate a discussion that enables the creation of synergies and possibilities to cooperate and share valuable knowledge.
Programme & speakers: https://bit.ly/2Xh0WTi
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The modular Plug & Play Façade by Focchi was presented to the rest of the consortium.
Find more details at this page
During the project meeting in Tartu, partners had the possibility of visiting the demo building in Vöru, Estonia. The Rannaliiva building was built in the 80ies and host 16 dwellings in 2 floors, for an overall size living area of 1307 m2 (net area).
The project meting took place in Tartu, Estonia to see one of the real demonstration buildings, which will be renovated with the RenoZEB technologies.
During the kick-off meeting the 19 project partners with interdisciplinary profiles and experiences reiterated their commitment to work together on achieving RenoZEB’s objectives for the duration of the project, i.e. 42 months.
On 1 October 2017, RenoZEB, a new EU funded project under Horizon 2020, started. RenoZEB aims to unlock the nearly-zero energy building (nZEB) renovation market by increasing property value through a new systemic approach to retrofitting.
