{"id":471,"date":"2014-01-13T16:31:03","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T16:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greenspacelive.com\/blog\/?p=471"},"modified":"2014-02-04T12:00:01","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T12:00:01","slug":"the-european-project-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenspacelive.com\/blog\/?p=471","title":{"rendered":"The European Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

In April 2012, we were confirmed as the UK\u2019s official consortium in The Affirmative Integrated Energy Design Action (AIDA) project. AIDA is a project funded by Intelligent Energy Europe with a view to supporting building professionals and local authorities in the designing and implementation of nZEB\u2019s (nearly Zero Energy Buildings). Through a series of study tours, sustainable policies and web-based BIM (Building Information Modelling) software; the AIDA project aims to increase the number of nZEB buildings throughout Europe, the number of building professionals trained on integrated energy design and the number of municipalities starting to build\/refurbish buildings to nZEB levels.<\/p>\n

We have already completed one study tour of a primary school in Wolverhampton, which was the UK\u2019s first Passivhaus certified primary school. The tour proved to be a success and the full document can be read\u00a0here (OakMeadow_successStory_2012_02_15<\/a>). In addition, our gEnergy tool is now ready to be presented in workshops during the study tours. gEnergy is being offered for use to project partners and participating municipalities, architects and engineers. It will be used to identify where improvements are needed in existing buildings and to demonstrate that proposed new designs meet nZEB requirements.<\/p>\n

On the 22nd<\/sup> of January we will be presenting our second study tour, a local island building; The Galson Trust Business Centre:<\/p>\n

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This will feature a design presentation and tour of the building, followed by a Q&A and a demonstration of our Energy Design Tools. Finally we will be stopping at the Galson Wind Turbine where our AIDA Project Manager will be giving a brief technical lecture. If you would like to be present at the study tour please follow the link and register:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.aidaproject.eu\/study_tours_en.php<\/a><\/p>\n

AIDA\u2019s core objective is the eventual widespread adoption of nZEB throughout Europe and to help the EU\u2019s 2020 objectives for reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions. We at GreenspaceLive are excited to be part of this collaboration project, and we hope it\u2019s the beginning of a sustainable future.<\/p>\n

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AIDA CONSORTIUM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vienna University of Technology – Energy Economics Group<\/a><\/p>\n

AEE – Institute for Sustainable Technologies<\/a><\/p>\n

CIMNE BEEGROUP, – Building Energy and Environment<\/a><\/p>\n

Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving – Energy Policy Analysis Department<\/a><\/p>\n

EURAC research – Institute for Renewable Energy<\/a><\/p>\n

Geonardo Environmental Technologies Ltd.<\/a><\/p>\n

HESPUL – \u00e9nergies renouvelables & efficacit\u00e9 \u00e9nerg\u00e9tique<\/a><\/p>\n

IREC – Catalonia Institute for Energy Research<\/a><\/p>\n

Greenspace Live Ltd.<\/a><\/p>\n

Energy Cities (sub-contractor)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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