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Equinox Passive House (Bulgaria), Ignatov Architects, Photo: Rossen Donev©
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ACE CORE ISSUE
8th round of EU-US negotiations on the TTIP Free Trade Agreement ACE Sector Study 2014 ACE MATTERS
UIA Regions Meetings, 9-13 February, Paris
ACE Secretary General Ian Pritchard attended the UIA Professional Practice Commission meeting in Paris on 10 and 11 February. Topics discussed included the Quality of Architecture, Mobility, BIM, Traineeship and Gender Equity. On 13 February, ACE President Luciano Lazzari attended the UIA Council Meeting with Regional Associations. Memorandum of Understanding with the Conselho de Arquitectura e Urbanismo do Brasil (CAU/BR)
The Architects' Council of Europe (ACE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Conselho de Arquitectura e Urbanismo do Brasil (CAU/BR) in December 2014. Read the MoU in English and French. ACE Position on Junkers's Investment Plan
The Architects’ Council of Europe welcomes the Commission’s € 315 billion Investment Plan as well as the recommendations made by the EU Task Force and the list of 2,000 projects that could potentially be implemented over the next three years. This Investment Plan echoes many of the ACE priorities and is a positive signal for investors in the construction sector. Read here the investment plan. In the January edition of DBR Magazine, ACE President Luciano Lazzari discusses four interconnected issues he believes will be essential for the industry in meeting the challenges ahead. Read his article on "Building a Long Term Vision". New Intern at ACE
in February, Enrique Martin Santolaya joined the ACE Secretariat team for a five-month internship. Enrique has a BA in Architecture and Urban Planning and a MSc in European Studies. He will give support to ACE's International programme and Architects' Against Climate Change work EU NEWS
Re-establishment and first meeting of the URBAN Intergroup EU Commission and IMCO 2015 Work Programme Eurostat: Production in construction up by 3% in 2014 EU-FUNDED PROJECTS
In 2014 ACE continued working on the three FP7 projects LEEMA, iNSPiRe and A2PBEER. Additionally ACE started a new ERSAMUS+ project in corporation with EAAE (European Association of Architectural Education). All projects relate to the building sector and address issues related to sustainability, energy efficiency, renovation, innovative materials and technologies. Through these projects ACE seeks to promote the architects’ role in building sustainably and energy retrofitting. LEEMA (January 2012- December 2015)
The project is developing five novel, inorganic insulation materials and building-insulation masonry components that will be suitable for applications both in new and retrofitted buildings. The developed materials have significantly lower embodied energy (by 70-90%), a lower unit cost (by 25-30%) and good technical and environmental performance. LEEMA was presented at BAU 2015, one of the World's leading trade fair for architecture and construction materials, 19-24 January 2015, in Munich (Germany). ACE thanks the Bavarian Architecture Chamber for supporting us in presenting the project results at their stand. Moreover, the project will be presented at the SEE conference in Sofia, Bulgaria on 11 March. You can access all publications here. iNSPiRe (October 2012- September 2016)
The iNSPiRe project has the objective to tackle the problem of high-energy consumption by producing systemic renovation packages that can be applied to residential and office buildings. The renovation packages aim at reducing the primary energy consumption of the renovated building to lower than 50kWh/m2/year, are suitable to a variety of climates, while ensuring optimum comfort for the building users. ACE co-organised a workshop on non-technical barriers for the market introduction of the renovation packages in Brussels on the 19-20 February 2015. ACE is planning demonstration sites visits for interested architects in the regions of Madrid, Spain, Verona, Italy and Ludwigsburg, Germany during 2015. Please contact the project officer, if you like to attend. A2PBEER (October 2013- September 2017)
The A2PBEER project has the objective of developing a systemic energy efficient buildings’ retrofitting methodology for public buildings and will take advantage of synergies derived from interventions at district level. ACE has in corporation with LIT designed a roll-up poster. The ACE project officer has together with LIT published an article on A2PBEER in the ESHA (European School Heads Association) magazine. Erasmus+: The ‘wicked’ project (September 2014- August 2017)
The Erasmus+ project ‘Confronting Wicked Problems: Adapting Architectural Education to the New Situation in Europe’ in cooperation with EAAE includes three Think Tanks on the areas of Profession, Heritage and Sustainability. The first round of meetings took place in Bucharest, Prague and Oslo in November/ December 2014. The next round of meetings and Learning/Teaching/Training Activities will take place in Delft, Genoa and Barcelona in April/ May. PROF-TRAC (March 2015- February 2019)
ACE is part of a consortium, which successfully submitted a proposal for a project concerning construction skills. This new project, PROF-TRAC, is starting at the beginning of March and aims at developing and maintaining an Open Education Platform for Continuing Professional Development. This platform addresses technical experts, architects and managers. The developed European qualification scheme will be part of a life- long-life learning process for continuing development and up-skilling of professionals. |
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