Quality building renovations for everyone!
In a multi-stakeholder and challenging field of domestic practice - low client expectations, omission of the preparatory design phase, lack of resources, subsidy practices - there is little scope for...
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Sustainable renovation - forming the future
Re-using existing structures and materials, minimising the amount of new materials used and favouring climate-friendly building materials are key to achieving climate targets. This can also have long...
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SMEnergy – service centres to support the takekup of renewables among SMEs
Small and Medium-sized business Enterprises are confronted with many risks and uncertainties when they consider adopting renewable energy. Will it generate a return on investment? What are my options...
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EU Taxonomy: Greenwashing Impacts Global Climate Crisis
In March, 2021, when the deadline to determine which economic activities could be deemed “green” approached, the leaders of the Czech Republic, France, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary...
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Can you save the climate with nuclear power plants that will be flooded by rising sea levels?
Urgenda is a Dutch environmental NGO famous for suing the Dutch Government for not doing enough for climate protection and winning the lawsuit. The Urgenda Climate Case was the first in the world in...
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Nuclear energy: too expensive, polluting, weather-dependent and is declining globally
We have published several studies over the past few years on the arguments against nuclear energy: radioactive waste, operational discrepancies or the excessive delays and cost overruns of...
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Surprising data from the end days of the nuclear industry
Mycle Schneider, the coordinator and chief editor of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report ( WNISR) seems to have 48-hour days. When he is not coordinating, drafting and editing the annual report...
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Interview with Petteri Tiippana, Director General of the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority of Finland
Finland made headlines last year by cancelling a nuclear construction project, Hanhikivi, with the Russians. Their other recent news was to finally manage to start up the much awaited Olkiluoto 3...
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Nuclear power plants under construction - 2023
Based on IAEA data and providing an update on our infographics from 2022, information on reactors currently under construction are presented in the infographics downloadable below.
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Poland breaks off from coal and transitions to where?
Poland has been one of the last countries to start to abandon coal and transition towards zero carbon options. No wonder, it was self-sufficient in coal and the trade unions of the industry are also...
One Stop Shop – An effective financing model for renovation projects in municipalities?
The EU aims at an annual 3% renovation rate of buildings. However, we are far away from a Renovation Wave as the current renovation rate is roughly at 1%. Building renovations decrease energy...
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