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12 November 2020

Guidebook for local authorities to drive local energy transition with positive energy buildings

The EXCESS project has developed a guidebook with recommendations for local authorities to make positive energy building (PEB) solutions a strategic element in their local energy planning. The report and guide are based on a series of interviews...

29 October 2020

EXCESS partners take forward PEB demo site in Granada at co-innovation workshop

On 7 October the third EXCESS co-innovation workshop took place online focusing on the EXCESS positive energy building demo site in Granada, Spain. The planned apartment complex part of the NIVALIS development area, which is establishing a smart,...

9 October 2020

Next steps identified for Austrian demo site at co-innovation workshop in Graz

EXCESS partners from the Prospex Institute (PI) designed and facilitated a co-innovation workshop focusing on the EXCESS demo site in the former industrial area of Graz (Austria). In accordance with strict COVID-19 safety key stakeholders involved in...

10 June 2020

Rolling out Plus Energy Buildings - views from an urban planner

By Sanela Pansinger, Joanneum Research Energy-efficient urban planning is state of the art and an important part of sustainable urban planning. It forms the prerequisites for the emergence or implementation of PEB. In the meantime, considerations on...

4 May 2020

EXCESS project proposes holistic definition of a Positive Energy Building

Statistically, 40 percent of energy consumption and 36 percent of emissions come from buildings. For that reason energy efficiency has become one of the EU’s top priorities and led it to acknowledge that buildings are key to achieving its goal...

21 April 2020

A presentation of the EXCESS demo site in Granada, Spain

Four ambitious demonstration projects - in which innovative yet cost-competitive building technology packages will be tested - lie at the heart of the EXCESS project. This month, we are presenting the Spanish PEB pilot project: The residential...