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Project

ECO-Life: Sustainable Zero Carbon ECO-Town Developments Improving Quality of Life across EU

Acronym
ECO-LIFE
Code
41A01209
Duration
01 January 2010 → 30 June 2016
Funding
European funding: framework programme
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Architectural design
    • Architecture
    • Art studies and sciences
    • Interior architecture
  • Engineering and technology
    • Architectural engineering
    • Architecture
    • Building engineering
    • Interior architecture
    • Electrical power engineering
    • Energy generation, conversion and storage engineering
Keywords
energy performance assessment district heating zero-carbon renewable energy neighbourhoods rational use of energy sustainable building building services passive house energy monitoring zero-energy quality assurance tests residential buildings buildingphysics
 
Project description
 

In three European countries (Belgium, Denmark and Lithuania), urban areas are transformed into sustainable zero-carbon communities. Innovative energy efficiency measures and technologies with 100% renewable energy sources are demonstrated and integrated in an overall sustainable neighbourhood design. The building physics section of Ghent University leads the energy monitoring and performance assessment of the communities, buildings and technologies (http://www.ecolife-project.eu/index.html).