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The European Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee will host a circular economy stakeholder conference from 20-21 February in Brussels. This event is a joint endeavour organised back-to-back with the EU Industry Day, this edition of the circular economy stakeholder conference will bring together industry representatives, public authorities, NGOs and citizens. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about

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The Juncker Commission’s contribution to the One Planet Summit, Paris, 12 December 2017 At the One Planet Summit, which took place in Paris on 12 December 2017 marking the second anniversary of the Paris Agreement, the European Commission presented ten initiatives in a new Action Plan for the Planet to show how the EU is working to create a modern economy and

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On 29 and 30 November 2017, GEA, one of the thirteen LowUP project partners graciously hosted the Second General Technical Meeting in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. To close the Day 1 of the LowUP General Assembly, a workshop using the Value Proposition Design methodology was organised by LGI. The objective of the workshop was to better understand customers’ needs and ascertain the corresponding added value of the three

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On 29 and 30 November 2017, GEA, one of the thirteen LowUP project partners graciously hosted the Second General Technical Meeting in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.   It’s been 12 months since the start of the LowUP project! During this meeting, the partners discussed the technical aspects of LowUP while assessing the progress made so far.  Pertinent questions relating to the exploitation of

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Original article published on 23 November 2017 on BUILDUp (The European portal for energy efficiency in buildings) website Heat Pumps in near Zero Emission Buildings (nZEB) – in the new issue of the HPT Magazine! Heat pumps is an excellent choice for low energy buildings! This is evidenced by the three projects (so called annexes) – within the Technology Collaboration Programme

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Original article published on 27 November 2017 on BUILDUp (The European portal for energy efficiency in buildings) website On 13 and 14 November, REHVA organized its traditional Brussels Summit, bringing together Members, Supporters, MoU Partners, EU stakeholders and several present and future collaborators. While day one of the Summit was strictly devoted to meetings, the second day was open to the public,

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The three systems will be demonstrated at four demo sites: a pilot office building in Seville (Spain, ACCIONA Construction); a water treatment plant in Madrid (Canal de Isabel II & ACCIONA Water); a Pulp and Paper mill in Setubal (Portugal, The Navigator Company); and a student hall in Badajoz (Spain, University of Extremadura). At this time, we have concluded the retrofitting works

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During the first year of the project, four demo sites have been evaluated in order to be equipped with their respective LowUP systems during the next year. In parallel, individual components have been designed and customized for each one of the sites.

LowUP – which stands for ‘Low valued energy sources UPgrading for buildings and industry uses’– will contribute to achieving Europe’s GHG reduction targets and increase energy efficiency. The project will develop and demonstrate three new efficient heating and cooling technologies that will significantly reduce both CO2 emissions and primary energy consumption. Led by the Spanish firm ACCIONA, LowUP gathers 13 partners

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The Association for Decentralised Energy and the Energy Institute will be holding their sixth annual Heat Conference on Thursday 30 November 2017, this year widening the event to incorporate a broader decentralised energy remit. Now is the time for the heat and decentralised energy sectors to show leadership.  The world is changing.  With a minority Government in office and our

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