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NEW VERSION: Policy Overview: Supporting Passive & Bioclimatic Approaches in NW-Africa & EU

We are sharing now a new version of the report that divusses policy landscape in the EU and Africa concerning the energy efficiency in buildings and how to tackle thermal comfort in warm climate zones. Download here The recently released report D2.4 aims to assess some successful or promising policies which might be effective in […]

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Local construction bioclimatic materials – an overview of the technical characteristics, types & manufacturers in NW-Africa & EU

ABC 21 has just published two reports (D2.3 & D3.7) that investigate the supply chain and technical characteristics of local construction materials, mostly bio-geo based and low energy embedded. The study shows that they are not only good options for decarbonising the building sector, but also present good thermal performances The report D2.3 investigates the

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NEW VERSION: Training & regulatory infrastructure concerning bioclimatic in the EU and Africa

We published a NEW VERSION of (D2.2), which intends to shed light on the current regulatory infrastructure on energy efficiency in buildings in the EU, North and West Africa regions  The survey included  European and African countries:  Germany, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Austria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Ghana, Togo, Senegal, and Nigeria. The goal

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New report on housing needs & building practices in Africa & Europe

ABC 21 has recently released a report (D2.1) analysing the housing needs, urbanisation trends and construction practices in most African and European countries. In Africa & Europe, though with quite different economic and social background conditions, the demand for housing remains high while the supply remains limited in quantity and often inadequate in quality. Large parts

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ABC 21@ COP26 session on Decarbonisation of the Building Sector – French Pavilion & Online

Thursday, Nov 11th 🕓13:30 CET/ 12:30 BST, Prof. Asmae Khaldoun from Al Akhawayn University in 🇲🇦 Morocco will present a brief of her work regarding local building materials and techniques and how they support the building sector decarbonisation. Ernest Dione from Direction de l’Environnement et des Etablissements Classés (DEEC) will also contribute shraing the initiatives

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ABC 21 @ COP26 EU side event – online session about Decarbonising Buildings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4yDVXBMF1E   On Friday, November 5th @ 15h30 CET, Prof. Asmae Kahldoun and Prof. Lorenzo Pagliani participated in a joint online session as a part of the EU side events of COP 26. The tile is “Decarbonising Buildings: the importance of energy efficiency and low-carbon construction materials” and is a joint cooperation with VELUX and

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