Save the date: 3rd PEB HUB webinar
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2nd PEB HUB webinar Takeaways
Second Cultural-E Webinar on “Breaking Barriers in Plus Energy Building Design: Insights from frontrunners projects” During the second online webinar…
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Save the date: 2nd PEB HUB webinar
Join us for the second Cultural-E Webinar on “Breaking Barriers in Plus Energy Building Design: Insights from frontrunners projects” Learn…
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Call for projects: Join the PEB HUB Community!
Good news! Plus Energy Buildings (PEB) HUB is online and running! The PEB HUB is a dynamic platform where designers…
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Smart air movement for improving Residential Cooling Comfort
Results of a the experimental study validating a novel algorithm for automatic ceiling fan control in residential buildings published in…
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Breaking Barriers in Plus Energy Building Design: Insights from frontrunners projects – CULTURAL-E Webinar Takeaways
On March 18th, 2025, 40 people among academics, architects, and engineers gathered online to join the launch of the Cultural-E…
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Driving sustainable housing forward: decarbonizing buildings with Plus Energy solutions for comfortable and affordable living – Takeaways from the CULTURAL-E project Final Conference
The CULTURAL-E project recently hit a big milestone with its Final Conference, held on February 7, 2025, at Greenbizz in…
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Join us for the Cultural-E Webinar on “Breaking Barriers in Plus Energy Building Design: Insights from frontrunners projects”.
Join us for the official launch of the PEB HUB, the Plus Energy Building (PEB) repository and an online community…
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BUILDUP Article: Acceptable indoor environmental quality and energy efficiency standards: can buildings meet both (and for everyone)?
A sustainable society is one that protects the environment while fostering conditions that promote the mental and physical well-being of…
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Join us for the Cultural-E Final Conference in Brussels, 7th February 2025
As our project approaches its end, we are delighted to announce the Cultural-E final conference titled: “Driving sustainable housing forward:…
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Eurofinestra presents the Cultural-E project at ARCHITECT@WORK Milan 2024
On November 13 and 14 2024, Eurofinestra participated in the ARCHITECT@WORK Milan trade fair, a landmark event for architects…
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Cultural-E German demo was presented at Kribe Festival, Germany
The Cultural-E German Demonstration case was presented in Ostfildern Germany, where the German demonstration building is located. The event took place on…
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Plus Energy Buildings in Ostfildern (DE) – presentation of the Cultural-E German demo
The Cultural-E German Demonstration case presentation event took place in Ostfildern Germany, where the German demonstration building is located. With…
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Takeways from “Architects as facilitators of the energy transition: insights on two Plus Energy Buildings” workshop happened in Oslo (Norway)
On 18 October 2024, the awareness-raising event titled “Architects as facilitators of the energy transition: insights on two Plus Energy…
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Policy recommendations paper published – Speeding up the implementation of Net Zero Emission Buildings and Neighbourhoods through targeted financial policies
The transition to zero-emission and energy positive buildings, neighbourhoods and communities is key to unlocking the EU’s climate and energy…
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Join us at the event “Architects as facilitators of the energy transition” in Oslo
As the relevance of energy transition grows at the EU level, environmentally sustainable architecture plays a key role in reducing…
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Join the call for PEB projects and get featured on our PEB HUB
Within our EU-funded project Cultural-E, we are developing the Plus Energy Building HUB. The PEB HUB is a community-powered by…
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Speeding up the implementation of Net Zero Emission Buildings and Neighbourhoods through targeted financial policies
The revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) is ambitious, and many countries around Europe are lagging behind in implementing it.…
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Our takeaways on REbuild 2024
How to design and create comfortable buildings with positive energy balance? Comfort and indoor quality have been one of the…
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Presentation of the Italian demo ‘I Girasoli’ – watch the recording
The Cultural-E partners Abitcoop organised an open event on April 12 focused on the Italian demonstration building, located in Castenaso…
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Plus Energy Buildings in Castenaso – presentation of the Cultural-E Italian demo
The Cultural-E team kindly invites you to the presentation of its Italian demonstration building located in Castenaso (Bologna). The event…
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Cultural-E dissemination workshop at REBUILD 2024
The Cultural-E project and technologies will be presented at the REBUILD 2024. The first Italian event dedicated to the sustainable…
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Pitch session at ‘Journée TechPAC & Bâtiment’
In partnership with LGCGM – Université de Rennes 1, the testing and innovation centre Pôle Cristal is organising a technology…
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The Repository of reference building models of multi-residential PEBs is out!
Cultural-E project releases building simulation model executable files that will enable to simulate pre-defined building archetypes while tailoring the model…
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Eurofinestra AWS installation trial at MERKLEGRUPPE
Last 16th November 2023, Cultural-E partner Eurofinestra was on the premises of MERKLEGRUPPE – the façade manufacturer of the German…
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Cultural-E at COP28
The Cultural-E team was invited to the session ‘Research and Innovation for the Decarbonisation of Buildings’ of the COP28 EU…
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Have you missed our workshop at #EURegionWeek? Find the slides and recording here!
Have you missed our workshop ‘What is beyond energy efficiency? The overlooked values of Sustainable Plus Energy Buildings and Neighbourhoods’…
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Cultural-E ‘Factsheets reporting solution set description and metrics for each climate-cultural geo-cluster’ is out
Cultural-E deliverable D4.7 “Factsheets reporting solution set description and metrics for each climate-cultural geo-cluster” aims at merging previous results within…
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Join us in Brussels (and online) for the EU Week of Regions and Cities!
The sister projects Cultural-E, syn.ikia and EXCESS organise the workshop ‘What is beyond energy efficiency? The overlooked values of Sustainable Plus Energy Buildings…
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New article on Active Window System
A new article on the development of the Active Window System has been published on the italian magazine Ingenio. The…
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“Replicable solutions for sustainable Plus Energy Buildings” Webinar recording available
You can now watch the recording of the webinar “Replicable solutions for sustainable Plus Energy Buildings: a comprehensive evaluation including…
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Join our webinar on ‘Replicable solutions for sustainable Plus Energy Buildings’
Hosted by BUILD UP, the Cultural-E project organises a webinar on “Replicable solutions for sustainable Plus Energy Buildings: a comprehensive…
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Installation of the Active Window System prototypes for experimental campaign
The first real-scale Active Window System prototypes have been recently manufactured by Cultural-E partner Eurofinestra and installed in the outdoor…
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Understanding Positive Energy Buildings and Neighbourhoods – towards a common definition
While Net Zero Energy buildings are the new normal, Positive Energy Buildings represent the next step on the decarbonisation pathway…
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Cultural-E featured on SmartBuilt4EU 2023 brochures
The Cultural-E team has been featured on the SmartBuilt4EU 2023 brochure on the EU-funded Innovations together with sister projects syn.ikia…
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Have you missed our EUSEW 22 hybrid events? Watch the recordings!
The Cultural-E team recently organised three sessions in the framework of EUSEW 2022: ‘Co-benefits of Plus Energy Buildings in household…
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Guidelines for ceiling fan integration: a climatic chamber experimental study with human participants
In a warming climate, it is essential to curb the growing energy demand for comfort cooling in new and existing…
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Cultural-E will be presented at the SBE22Delft
Roberta Di Bari, Researcher and Project manager at Cultural-E partner University of Stuttgart, will present the project at the SBE22…
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Join us at EUSEW (European Sustainable Energy Week) in Brussels!
The Cultural-E team is glad to invite you to two events in the framework of EUSEW 2022: the project Mid-term…
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Eurofinestra representing Cultural-E at Klimahouse 2022
Cultural-E partner Eurofinestra attended the Klimahouse 2022, the international trade fair for energy efficiency in construction. Eurofinestra presented the new…
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Plus Energy Buildings: towards a generalisation in 2040? (Paris – FR)
Our French partners NOBATEK/INEF4 and Vilogia would like to invite you to the Maison de la Nouvelle Aquitaine – Paris on Friday…
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Cultural-E responded to the EPBD Review
The European Commission adopted on 15 December 2021 its legislative proposal for the revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings…
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Cultural-E Online Workshop for designers ‘Designing Positive Energy Buildings’
The Cultural-E team held the online workshop on ‘Designing Positive Energy Buildings’ on 16 February 2022 (10-12:00 CET). We presented…
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First occupants moved in the Cultural-E Norwegian pilot building!
The project Eiksveien 116 is a new building located in Bærum municipality, just outside of Oslo (Norway). It is an “assisted living & care…
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How to define Positive Energy Buildings? Join us for a co-creational workshop at Sustainable Places 2021 on 29 September (online)
The international interest in low, zero and beyond zero energy or zero emission buildings has grown. An ambitious step from…
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Mapping culture and climatic energy drivers: A new visual library to achieve successful Plus Energy Building design
A new online GIS tool is helping designers, researchers and policymakers to understand how different European climates and cultures can…
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Cultural-E 3rd newsletter is out now!
Cultural-E bi-annual newsletter provides information on the project progress and results, as well as links to articles, interviews, videos focused…
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Introducing the Beta Version of the 2CAP-Energy Atlas: A European Climate and Cultural Atlas for Plus Energy Building Design
Cultural-E is mapping built-environment-related climate and cultural differences that have a direct link with building energy consumption. This process entails…
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Cultural-E welcomes the New European Bauhaus
In October 2020 the European Commission launched the Renovation Wave Strategy, a plan aiming at reducing the energy performance of the EU…
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Cultural-E 2nd newsletter is out now!
Cultural-E bi-annual newsletter provides information on the project progress and results, as well as links to articles, interviews, videos focused…
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