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The Kyoto Protocol, signed on 11 December 1997, became effective on 16 February 2005 and was ratified by 183 countries in 2010. From 1997 to 2010, many national initiatives have emerged. Professionals responded very differently to the new situation in their professional training. The demand for education and training on sustainable construction, however is large.
The knowledge gathered since 1997 is extensive but fragmented and scattered and therefore often remains unused. It turns out that there are two big gaps to fill:
Eight partners from five countries make the consortium of this project:
All eight partners are engaged in education on the topic of sustainable construction, or involved in the planning and construction of sustainable buildings.
The project is based on two types of information transfer:
The expected outcome is twofold:
The expected impact is the application of knowledge transferred in an interplay between academic research and vocational education. Providing a new everyday training tool, vocational training may be reduced to a few days. The learner becomes an actor himself in training and develops new relations to the teachers using the platform. The e-learning tool is primarily aimed at architects. Within the scope of this project it will be expanded to stand also for state and local authorities, developers, planners and other professionals.
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Presentations will be in English.
EXPERTS Rou nd Table & Keynotes :
Ramona Crusitu : BB M Grup, Bucarest
Renée Floret-Scheide : Renée Floret-Scheide Architecte, Paris
Luc Givry : ARVHA, Paris
Günter Lang : Lang Consulting, Vienna
Sotiris Papadopulos : OMADA 80, Athens
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Speakers
Lifelong Learning for Buildings worth Living In
Lifelong training is for buildings and real estate of particular importance. 40% of the total energy consumptions of the EU member states are caused by buildings and in buildings. 80 – 95% of this energy consumption and the appertaining CO²-emissions can be reduced as well. Together with that, building quality,health and comfort can be improved decisively.
In recent years this energy saving potential was recognized by different interest groups. This resulted in the realization of various political steering and funding activities to improve the energy efficiency of buildings as well as numerous developments in the field of construction planning and building technology. Thus new building standards like the low energy house and the passive house were developed. These standards stand out due to extraordinary low energy consumption.
The usable space in passive houses in Europe accounted for about 0.1 million m² in the year 2000. In 2012 Europe has reached a usable space of almost 20 millions m². In the year 2021 the usable space in passive house quality could reach 340 millions m² for new and existing buildings together. This development leads to an enormous demand of initiatives of vocational training and education for sustainable energy efficient buildings.
The EU building directive of 2010 (Directive 2010/31/EU) contains further considerations. From 2021 only so called nearly zero-energy buildings will be allowed to be constructed - buildings with a very high total energy efficiency, which will meet the energy needs mainly from renewable sources.
This development leads to an enormous demand of initiatives of training and further education towards innovative sustainable buildings.
CONSTRUCTION21 is the winner of a call of proposals "Intelligent Energy for Europe". This collaborative platform aims to help practitioners discover and develop new ways of sustainable building. A prototype runs in French since 2009 and it will be on line in six European countries in 2012 and in the whole European Union at a 5-year horizon.
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