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| 26/11/2009 - Best Paper Award at the 30th AIVC Conference for a CETIAT researcher |
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The Best Paper Award of the 30th AIVC (Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre) Conference went to Laure Schwenzfeier, researcher at CETIAT in the field of ventilation of buildings.
This award recognises the paper: " Use of compact balanced single room ventilation units with heat recovery in existing dwellings " that provides results of the French research project Ventil'Renov, which was operated by CETIAT together with ALDES, CETE de Lyon, COSTIC, CSTB and Raphaël Morel Architecte, with a financial support from ADEME.
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| 16/06/2009 - European Commission launches BUILD UP web portal to help cut energy consumption for buildings |
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The European Commission launched in June 2009 the BUILD UP web portal a tool for sharing information on reducing energy use of buildings. Content will be regularly updated and enhanced by users themselves to cover a wide range of good practice in energy reduction and of information on legislation.
"The BUILD UP web portal will enable anyone from home owners to builders to look up and share best practice and information. At the same time, it will inform and update the market about the legislative framework. BUILD UP can be an extremely useful tool to improve building performance," said Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs.
Buildings are responsible for about 40% of total energy consumption in Europe and therefore improvements in building performance are crucial to achieving EU energy-savings targets and combating climate change, whilst contributing to energy security.
The EU adopted in 2002 the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), which provided the Member States with an integrated approach towards efficient energy use in the buildings sector. The Commission recognised there is still a considerable potential for cost-efficient energy savings that is not being exploited. Consequently, in November 2008, it proposed a recast of the EPBD that could generate additional energy savings of the equivalent of 60 to 80 million tonnes of oil per year by 2020 - equivalent to a further reduction by 5 to 6% of total EU energy consumption over that achievable by full implementation of the current Directive. Based on these proposals, the European Parliament adopted in April 2009 a legislative resolution calling for even more ambitious and demanding legislation. The position of the Council of the European Union is now awaited.
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| 20/09/2007 - Fan Noise 2007 - Third international symposium in Lyon (France) |
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Fan Noise International Conference was held in Lyon from 17 to 19 September 2007. It was co-organised by CETIAT and CETIM .
It has gathered more than 230 participants from 28 countries with about 50 papers exclusively dedicated to the noise of fans.
The proceddings are still available from the website shop.
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