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The ECODISTR-ICT project develops an integrated decision support tool that facilitates decision making on the retrofitting and renewal of existing districts and its composing buildings. It connects the main decision makers in urban district transformation programs, acting …

In BAMB, 16 partners from 8 European countries are working together with one mission – enabling a systemic shift in the building sector by investigating and creating circular solutions. The project is developing and integrating approaches, methods and tools that will enable …

A city operating entirely on clean energy. In theory, it's possible. But in real life? How to integrate new solutions in existing buildings, systems and people's lives? What are the technical, economic or social barriers? And how to overcome these? That's what we learn by …

In the SmarThor project, EnergyVille is developing an ICT platform that can control a fully integrated multi-energy system, using EnergyVille’s own algorithms. We aim for real-life and properly functioning demos in residential areas or industrial sites with an optimally …

The objective of the GEOENVI project, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, is to tackle environmental concerns about deep geothermal energy and work towards harmonized environmental regulations. Environmental risks and impacts will …

The overall target of this study is to establish sustainability requirements for the product group Batteries. The project team provides the European Commission with a technical, environmental and economic analysis of Batteries in accordance with relevant European Directives. …

The overall target of this study is to establish sustainability requirements for the product group Lifts. The project team provides the European Commission with a technical, environmental and economic analysis of Lifts in accordance with relevant European Directives. This so …

CIRCUSOL stands for “Circular Business Models for the Solar Power Industry”. It is an Innovation Action project funded by the Horizon 2020 program of the European Commission. It brings together 15 partners from 7 European countries to develop and demonstrate business …

For the project ‘Samengaan van gebouwzorg en energieoptimalisatie in historische woonerven’ (building care and energy optimization in historical home zones) a method was construed to energetically and ecologically revalue home zones in historical centres. The organizational, …

The Ecoscore is an environmental indicator describing on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best) how clean a vehicle is. The Ecoscore concept was already developed in the early noughties by a consortium including VITO and the VUB.