No potential source of heating energy should be left unused if the German energy turnaround is to be successful. A promising pilot project has been realised in Jenbach, Austria: ground source energy from a railway tunnel is used to heat buildings.

The biggest seasonal borehole thermal energy storage system in Europe is being built in Braedstrup, Denmark. The aim is to store the energy collected in a gigantic solar thermal energy system in an array of borehole heat exchangers over the winter, thereby significantly increasing the solar component of the local district ...

An EU project aims to implement environmental design in academic education as the promotion of sustainability in the design of the built environment is a key-factor for addressing the challenges mankind faces in response to finite resource availability, energy consumption and climate change.

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Since being unveiled, the Masdar City project has proven a considerable topic of debate. Opinions range from excitement to scepticism.

Architects from New York proceeded the concepts of the Audi Urban Future Award 2010. Our reporter Frank Kaltenbach visited the exhibition at the New Museum.

More than 300 young participants developed ideas at the 6th ECOWEEK “Urban Communities and Green Architecture”.

The Chair of Sustainable Construction at ETH Zurich is conducting a major research study on how comparative Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) of residential buildings may be simplified in the future.

At the end of 2010, the European Union launched a new – currently voluntary – energy label for household appliances. The existing efficiency classification from A++ to G will remain, but there will a new addition of A+++ for especially efficient appliances.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics (IBP) intends to address sustainable and climate-conscious construction in different climate zones more strongly in the future. A fundamental part of this research project will be formed by an international graduate school – Climate Culture Building (CCB) – which is to support ...

In the German city of Bamberg, both city and county are working together towards a 100-percent supply of renewable energy. This should be realised by 2035 – reason enough for the Renewable Energies Agency to declare Bamberg the “Energy Municipality” of the month for August 2010.