On the 9th of May 2018, the Built
Environment Group of the Energy, Environment and Water Research Centre of the
Cyprus Institute hosted a workshop on Zero Energy Buildings. The workshop was
placed under the umbrella of the European Sustainable Energy Days event titled
“Zero Energy Buildings and Smart Sustainable Cities” that took place on the 9th
and 10th May 2018 and facilitated:
A workshop on Zero Energy Buildings under
the ‘Towards Zero Energy Hospitals in the Balkan Region (ZenH Balkan)’
A seminar on Smart, Sustainable Cities
under the JPI Urban-Europe project ‘Smart bioclimatic low-carbon urban areas as
innovative energy isles in the sustainable city (SUI)’
The event took place at the facilities of
the Cyprus Institute at Nicosia. It attracted the interest of hospital
representatives, architects, engineers and town planners. It also drew the
attention of the academic and research community, of the local public
authorities and governmental parties.
The participants received useful
information from presentations by invited experts and interactive stakeholders,
who covered significant aspects of Zero Energy Buildings (ZEB) such as, EC
Directives, National Policies, new Technologies and Best Practices. More specifically,
the topics presented were on “The Concept of NZEB”, “The Definition of NZEB in
Cyprus and its Implementation”, “ZEB in the Legislation of Balkan Countries”,
“The ZenH Balkan Project”, “Zero Energy Houses for Positive Energy Settlements
in Europe”, “The ZEBuildings for Smart, Sustainable Urban Isles”, “A Nearly
Zero Energy Museum hosted in a listed building”, “Energy Efficient
Refurbishment Towards nearly Zero Energy Houses for Cyprus”, “Assessing the
intangibles: the socioeconomic benefits of improving energy efficiency”, “The
role of microclimate towards ZEB in urban complexes”, “From ZEB to Carbon
neutral settlements”.
1st Workshop-Agenda
