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Virtual Reality in the Construction Industry is No Longer a Vision, but Today’s Reality

19.5.2026 – Virtual reality (VR) brings an whole new dimension to the education of construction professionals. It enables safe and repeatable training of work procedures in a realistic digital...

New CETAC Centres Will Help Municipalities Transition to Clean Energy

28.4.2026 – Although local authorities directly produce only about 4.8% of total greenhouse-gas emissions within their territories, they play a crucial role in leading the transition to clean energy....

New Standards Harmonise Energy Savings Calculations Across the EU

15.4.2026 – The stricter targets of the revised Energy Efficiency Directive raise difficult questions: what energy savings count? How will the savings actually be calculated? And how can the exchange...

Carbon as a Measure of Success: Why Is the Construction Industry Changing?

10.4.2026 – The construction industry is one of the largest producers of greenhouse-gas emissions. Rising energy prices, legislative pressure and investor demands for sustainability have made carbon...

Virtual Reality Delivers Safer, Faster, Cost‑Effective Training for Energy‑Efficient Construction

7.4.2026 – The construction industry is undergoing a fundamental transformation in response to ambitious climate and energy targets. Virtual reality is paving the way for safer, faster, and more...

Interest in quantifying energy savings achieved by vulnerable customers is growing

2.4.2026 – At a meeting of EU Member States on the Energy Efficiency Directive, calculations of energy and greenhouse gas savings for so-called vulnerable customers were presented. One of the...

Neighbourhood Energy Networks: A Key Solution for Decarbonising Urban Heat

25.3.2026 – HeaTogether is a European initiative accelerating the decarbonisation of existing urban building stocks through an often-overlooked solution: neighbourhood heating and cooling (H&C)...

Initial Assessment Reveals Poor Smart Readiness of Buildings (SRI) in the Czech Republic

20.3.2026 – The Czech Republic has completed its first nationwide test of buildings‘ readiness for smart solutions. As part of the SRI-ENACT project, the first-ever SRI auditors were trained and...

Innovative Energy Community Model Reduces Communities’ Heating Costs

17.3.2026 – In most European countries today, we face a fundamental challenge: how to ensure affordable, clean, and reliable heating in residential buildings in the future. Many households depend...