14 December 2020 – Peter
Thirty-five million buildings will be renovated by 2030. That is what the European Commission aims to achieve with the Renovation Wave. At the same time, this is the objective and contribution to reduce CO2 emissions in the building sector. And: to kee …
10 December 2020 – Peter
The international exhibition Project Together! on the future of living in the city is coming to Delft, the Netherlands. The Delft municipality, TU Delft, architectural firm Inbo and developer cepezedprojects organise the exhibition together at Arsenaal …
8 December 2020 – Peter
The year 2020 brought with it unexpected shocks. Until the beginning of March, all was still normal. Then, completely out of the blue, the whole world changed. COVID-19 was among us and things came to a standstill. Countries closed their borders, impos …
7 December 2020 – Peter
On 2 December 2020, Dr Anita Blessing chaired the webinar on Virtually Plastic Free Houses + Social Impact of Circular Economy. Anita is senior Academic and Network Coordinator at EFL. As an introduction of this webinar, Peter Hoogeweg (EFL) updated th …
24 November 2020 – Peter
Housing in many European countries has become unaffordable for many. In fact, it is now considered to be one of the most important national issues in Europe and its solution is proving very challenging. RE-DWELL Recent research indicate that it is nece …
12 November 2020 – Peter
Recently, the European Commission launched its Renovation Wave initiative, intending to double Europe’s renovation rate in the next ten years and contribute to making the continent carbon neutral by 2050. And this initiative is not without a reason. Eu …
9 November 2020 – Peter
We have a new EFL website and, with it, a brand spanking new member’s area! All EFL members are kindly requested to register.Registering only takes two minutes and has many benefits: Easy contact with fellow EFL members Easy access to event registrati …
4 November 2020 – Peter
In the November edition of DW die Wohnungwirtschaft an article by Joost Nieuwenhuijzen and Peter Hoogeweg is being published. The article is about affordable living in the light of the European Green Deal. In the article, we take a look at sustainable …
1 November 2020 – Joost Nieuwenhuijzen
During the latest EFL webinar on 28 October, Dr. York Ostermeyer (Chalmers University, Chill Services) introduced us to a new tool that could help housing companies to gather the right data in order to optimise their energy usage and efficiently decarb …
1 November 2020 – Joost Nieuwenhuijzen
EFL held another successful conference last week on 22 – 23 October 2020, with participants from across the continent tuning in via MS Teams. Please find a short summary below. Thursday 22 October: Conference part 1. Theme: The Future of Housing There …