European Solar Day
As an awareness raising campaign, the European Solar Days aim to promote the use of the sun as an energy source for all solar applications, Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic, throughout Europe. The first European Solar Days will be celebrated on 16-17 May 2008 when over 4000 different events will be staged in ten European countries. (More information is available from the web site: www.solardays.eu)
For the SARA project, this initiative of the European Solar Days (16th-17th May 2008) has happened at an opportune moment for communication of the project results and messages regarding energy performance.
In Slovenia, the Mercator Center Ljubljana have organised a one-day event, on 17th of May in collaboration with our local agency Ape. This event was held in the new building as a way to conclude the dissemination of the SARA project and to coincide with this international initiative for solar energy. The programme included the presentation of a Solar Car by well known local environmental activist Mr. Andrej Klemenc, an animation programme for children on a theme of sun and energy in the children’s playground and an information point and exhibition in the new Mercator Centre illustrating the SARA project by means of posters and brochures.
In Barcelona, ICAEN arranged a technical tour of the SARA building in Barcelona for Friday May 16th. This was attended by over 20 technicians and energy managers. ICAEN and DMAH also organised an international training workshop with the participation of other SARA partners in order to present the Good Practice Guides in public. This event was held after the official solar energy days on 19th of May and attended by over 100 people.
In Austria, Arsenal organised a conference called “Eco-buildings - innovation and replicability”, on 20th of May. In this event the results of four SARA eco-buildings abroad in Spain, France, England and Slovenia and one eco-building in Vienna, the ENERGYbase were presented and, based on these practical examples, the following questions discussed:
How innovative are these buildings?
What about realisation experiences?
What about replicability of these measures and concepts?
More information
If your are interested to know more about the SARA participation to the European Solar Day, and to receive the press dossier concerning SARA participation and events.
Please contact Sylvain Koch-Mathian (Hespul): sylvain.koch-mathian@hespul.org
2nd Ecobuildings Symposuim
The 2nd Ecobuildings Symposuim was held in Stuttgart (Germany) on the 7 and 8th April 2008. This event was bring together the four Ecobuildings projects supported by the European Commission to present and discuss the results of these demonstration projects and debate conclusions to be made and directions to be taken for further innovation in the realm of high quality buildings. All participants were very enthusiastic about this events, that was the occasion to exchange results and lessons learned of the 4 Ecobuildings projects.
To read the Symposium Programme click below:
The visit of Tour de Salvagny Eco-School was a success.
In the framework of the EU Sustainable Energy Week, the Tour de Salvagny and Hespul organised a visit of its primary school.
This event was a veritable success. More than 60 persons participated in the visit. The majority of the public was composed of decision makers (80%) and architects.
This visit was the occasion to discuss the lessons learned during the design and the construction of the school and distributed a handbook for future building owners. This guide informs the participants about management and stakeholder interactions for the construction of an eco-building and is now available in French (click here) and soon in English.
The visit has generated a lot of enthusiasm among the different participants and will contribute to eco-building projects in the Rhone area.
Since its occupation and thanks to the innovative character of the building and the motivation of Tour de Salvagny Mayor, the school is a success story: the school is visit by local authorities and professionals approximately 4 times a month.
For more information: Tour de Salvagny Primary School specifications: www.sara-project.net/article.php3?id_article=13 EU Sustainable Energy Week: www.eusew.eu
SARA nominated for an international award.
SARA was nominated for a prize in the Demonstration & Dissemination category of the Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign Awards Ceremony that held in Brussels on January 29th 2008 during the European Sustainable Energy Week (www.eusew.eu).
Background to the award
In 2007, the University of Barcelona Solar Energy Group joined the Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign (www.sustenergy.org) in the name of, and on behalf of, the SARA project and project consortium.
The Campaign organises an annual awards ceremony to coincide with the European Union sustainable Energy Week (www.eusew.eu) held annually in Brussels, Belgium. The SARA project is 1 of 4 projects selected for nomination, by a committee of experts, from the 150+ projects that participate in the Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign. All four projects will be recognised and presented during the ceremony. A second committee selected one of the 4 projects to receive the award. Although SARA was not given the award the nomination in itself is recognition of the work and achievement of all those participating in the project.
Sustainable Building and Construction (2007 Conferences)
http://www.sb07.org/index.jsp
A series of international conferences on sustainable building was held around the world in 2007. These events provided an important focus for sustainable building and served as precursors to the global SB’08 conference which was in Melbourne in November 2008.
The European SB07 Events :
2nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition
Fiera Milano, Exhibition & Convention Centre, Milan, Italy
3-7 September 2007.
http://www.photovoltaic-conference.com/
4th International Conference for Teachers in Architecture and Engineering - TIA Teaching in Architecture Conference 2007
Teaching Sustainability - Theory, Methods, Best Practice
Danube University, Krems, Austria
14 -15 September 2007
The Danube University Krems, Department for Building and Environment togehther with TIA Teaching in Architecture - Energy and Environment World Network organised the 4th International Conference for Teachers in Architecture and Engineering.
The Sara project 3rd year meeting was held on the 24th and 25th May 2007 in Barcelona, Spain.
2nd Passive and low energy cooling (Palenc) and the 28th Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC)
Crete, Greece
27-29 September 2007
The Conference focused on the advanced low energy cooling and ventilation technologies for buildings.
http://palenc2007.conferences.gr/
European Info Day: essential information on the new call
Brussels, Belgium
19 April 2007
Information and advice on how to apply for IEE funding under the 2007 call, presentation of ongoing projects and first results and the broader policy context.
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/events/infodays_en.htm
Sustainable Regions and Municipalities 2007
Sweden
6-10 May 2007
Giving local and regional representatives an opportunity to discuss how to work towards sustainable regions and municipalities
http://www.transporteko-so.se
Thermal protection of buildings 2007
Slovakia
10 - 11 May 2007
http://www.intenziva.sk/page/index.php?id=219
Conference languages : Slovak, Czech & English with simultaneous interpretation
Global Cities
Lyon, France
14-16 May 2007
An annual international forum where 1,000 urban decision-makers and over 100 mayors and political leaders can exchange strategies, methods and concrete solutions to implement their global vision of a sustainable city.
http://www.globalcityforum.com/
EU Sustainable Energy Week
Brussels, (Belgium) and other European cities
29 January - 2 February 2007
Under the umbrella of the Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign (SEE), major stakeholders concerned with sustainable energy are together putting on the first EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW). It will take place in Brussels, Belgium, and in other cities across Europe from Monday 29 January to Friday 2 February, 2007.
The aim of the EUSEW is to become the key annual reference point for sustainable energy issues in Europe. The events organised during EUSEW cover key topics that highlight the multi-sectoral nature of sustainable energy development and stress the need for everyone to work together towards a common goal.
Association of University Directors of Estates (AUDE) Higher Education Environmental Performance Initiative, Southampton, UK
8 February 2007
Southampton University’s Environmental Manager Dr Neil Smith invited the AUDE and HEEPI to hold their 8th February 2007 meeting in the recently built George Thomas Building, Southahmpton’s SARA project building, 2nd place in last year’s HEEPI awards.
More information at the HEEPI web site : http://www.heepi.org.uk/
European Construction Technology Platform Conference 2006
Versailles, France
21 & 22 November 2006
The Sara project poster was displayed to visitors during this event.
http://www.ectp.org/plenary.asp
Catalan Association of Energy, Heating and Cooling Technicians (Associació Catalana de Tècnics en Energia, Climatització I Refrigeració - ACTECIR) Conference
SPAIN
NOVEMBER 9 2006
Xavier Martínez from Instal•lacions Arquitectòniques (AIA) and Francisco García from Controlli Iberica presented the Eco-efficiency Control strategy of the SARA project in general and the Barcelona primary health care building in particular at a conference organized by the ACTECIR.
Instal·lacions Arquitectòniques (AIA) is responsible for the engineering design of all the building installations,
Controlli Iberica is responsible the design and installation of the building management system.
World Habitat Day 2006 - United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
CASTEL DELL’OVO, NAPLES, (ITALY) OCTOBER 2ND 2006
The Global Observance of this year’s World Habitat Day took place in Naples, Italy.
Since 1986 the United Nations has designated the first Monday in October every year as World Habitat Day, choosing each year a different city to celebrate the event. The theme of this year’s World Habitat Day was “Cities, magnets of hope” and the goal to reflect on the state of human settlements and the basic right to adequate shelter for all, rich or poor.
This theme is to remind all of us that the world is witnessing the greatest migration in its history of people into towns and cities. In 1950, one-third of the world’s people lived in cities. Just 50 years later, this rose to one-half and will continue to grow to two-thirds, or 6 billion people, by 2050.
Solar Cities Conference, Eco-buildings event and SARA project meeting
OXFORD (ENGLAND) APRIL 5th 2005
All four current EC Eco-buildings projects were presented and discussed in a dedicated session on April 5th within the Solar Cities conference held in Oxford, UK. The full conference programme is available at: http://www.solarcities.org.uk
A SARA project meeting toke place immediately after the Conference, on Thursday 6th and Friday 7th of April. The meeting concluded with a visit to the University of Southampton Student Services building. This building is reviewed on page 3 of the 2nd SARA project bulletin
SITE VISIT - TOUR DE SALVAGNY PRIMARY SCHOOL
LA TOUR DE SALVAGNY (LYON) FRANCE NOVEMBER 30th 2005
More than 100 participants attended this site visit, co-organised by the local SAVE Energy Agency (ALE Lyon), Local Council, the Lyon Conurbation Council, the Rhone Alpes Regional Council and the regional office of the National Environment and Energy Agency (ADEME)
Participants varied from local councillors, architects, engineers, building managers and building owners.
For more information on the Tour de Salvagny Primary School see the project description
COMMON SYMPOSIUM of EU FP6 ECO-BUILDING PROJECTS
BERLIN, GERMAN MUSEUM FOR TECHNICS & TRANSPORT NOVEMBER 22nd - 23rd 2005
For more information please download the programme, and visit the Eco-buildings Common Web site:http://www.ecobuildings.info/Events.html
European Conference and Cooperation Exchange on Sustainable Energy Systems for Buildings and Regions 2005
VIENNA, AUSTRIA OCTOBER 5th - 8th 2005
Download the programme or obtain more information at http://www.irca.at/energy
Read a review of the Technical tour held during the conference
