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With the aim of developing buildings with almost zero energy consumption with a low carbon footprint and low cost, using natural and recycled materials and products, the Junta de Extremadura promotes the LIFE ReNatural project, which tests and promotes new construction solutions in Spain and Portugal . These are nature-based solutions (Natured-Based Solutions) as tools for local adaptation to climate change in buildings and cities.

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The LIFE ReNatural NZEB project was present at the LNEG stand at the largest international fair in the construction sector in Portugal, TeKtónica, marketplace for the construction sector, which took place from the 4th to the 7th of May 2023, with the presentation of projects in the area of Energy in the Built Environment. The LIFE ReNatural NZEB project aims to test and promote new materials and construction solutions to achieve Nearly Zero Energy Buildings with a low carbon footprint, using natural and recycled materials.

 

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on 11 May 2023 11:51 AM
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The Board builds two pilot homes in Ribera del Fresno based on natural materials to see how much energy efficiency improves.

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All the information on the website: https://.hoy.es/extremadura/extremadura-prueba-casas-cenizas-vez-cemento-ladrillo-20230324121319-nt.html 

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The natural and recycled materials sector is growing and the potential of these materials in various aspects can be demonstrated, as verified by the ReNaturalNZEB project, a Portuguese-Spanish consortium involving LNEG and ITeCons. However, Paula Duarte, coordinator of the initiative at LNEG, says that “demand is not yet pulling supply” and that the market still has to mature.

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The Junta de Extremadura is building three prototype homes in Ribera del Fresno (Badajoz) in which natural and sustainable materials are being used. The action, executed by the public company Urvipexsa, has a budget of 526,804 euros and is part of the LIFE Renatural NZEB project that aims to develop buildings with almost zero energy consumption with a low carbon footprint and low cost, using natural and recycled materials.

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on 23 Mar 2023 12:00 AM
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The Life ReNaturalNZEB project managed by the Junta de Extremadura seeks to "introduce renewable" and natural materials in buildings to seek sustainability in the construction process and building as well as their energy efficiency. This has been indicated by the general director of Architecture and Building Quality, Alfonso Gómez Goñi, who has explained that materials such as cork or rice husks are used.

 

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on 06 Mar 2023 1:46 PM
  • Rehabilitación energética
  • Materiales
  • LIFE ReNatural NZEB
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The Junta de Extremadura has been researching for a decade on how to rehabilitate homes with local materials and convert the places where we work, reside and live into sustainable and energy efficient spaces. This is how LIFE ReNatural was born, a project with European funding, whose main objective is the rehabilitation of buildings with sustainable materials.

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on 26 Jan 2023 10:06 AM
  • Energy rehabilitation
  • materials
  • LIFE ReNatural NZEB
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From June 20 to 22, 2022, the XVIII Iberian Congress and the XIV Ibero-American Solar Energy Congress -CIES 2022- took place on the university campus of Palma de Mallorca (Spain), bringing together researchers from the Ibero-American community, Spanish speakers and Portuguese, of the different fields of application of solar energy.

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on 20 Jun 2022 12:00 AM
  • congress
  • solar energy
  • LIFE ReNatural NZEB
on 01 Jun 2022 12:00 AM
  • LIFE EcoTimberCell
  • replicability
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Organized by the City Council of San Vicente de Alcántara with a biannual character in the month of April, the International Cork Fair fulfills a double mission. On the one hand, the economic revitalization of the cork sector, providing the opportunity to contact wineries, sommeliers, oenologists and sectors that have an impact on the local economy, increasing the sale of stoppers and corks in general. On the other hand, the objective is to highlight the importance of the culture associated with cork together with the environmental values ​​of this product, such as sustainability, contributing to the conservation of the cork oak ecosystem, resulting in a 100% biodegradable product.

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on 27 Apr 2022 12:00 AM
  • fairs
  • cork
  • LIFE ReNatural NZEB
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This conference aims to bring students and teachers of Vocational Training Training Cycles closer together with those responsible for different public administrations, public and private companies and other related groups. Activities of this type seek to promote the Green and Circular Economy as a model of socio-economic development. To this end, the presentations refer to the objectives set by the Green and Circular Economy at European and national level, within which the production, construction and maintenance of sustainable energy systems are framed, investigating the socioeconomic and environmental repercussions of these actions and their usefulness for vocational training graduates.

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on 09 Feb 2022 12:00 AM
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  • professional training
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At the request of the teaching staff of the Building Degree at the University of Extremadura, a training session on natural and recycled materials was organized within the framework of the LIFE ReNatural NZEB project.

Held at the INTROMAC facilities, the conference was structured in five main parts:

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on 17 Nov 2021 12:00 AM
  • conferences
  • training
  • materials
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The LIFE ReNaturalNZEB project was announced at the LNEG stand during the 5th edition of ENERTECH - Energy Technologies Fair, with the theme "The Challenges of the Energy Transition", which took place from November 11 to 13, 2021 at the city ​​of Sabugal, with the dissemination of a presentation and a brochure on the project and the exhibition of the Solar Building XXI model.

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on 11 Nov 2021 12:00 AM
  • fairs
  • technologies
  • LIFE ReNatural NZEB
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The Andalusian Housing and Rehabilitation Agency, belonging to the Ministry of Development, Infrastructure and Territory Planning of the Andalusian Government, organized the 1st Congress on Innovation and Sustainability in Social Housing.

The Congress was organized in a mixed format, held in person at the ETS Building Engineering of the University of Granada and broadcast online.

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on 10 Nov 2021 12:00 AM
  • congress
  • sustainability
  • social housing
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The General Directorate of Business, within the framework of the Localcir-Poctep project, organizes a program of advice and training in Green Economy and Circular Economy aimed at companies from Extremadura who wish to implement actions and strategies in these matters.

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on 24 Oct 2021 12:00 AM
  • Building
  • LIFE ReNatural NZEB
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As concerns about sustainability, efficiency, and well-being continue to grow, the construction industry must not only continue to embrace new technologies, processes, and materials, but must also continue to address the many challenges facing the existing building stock. . In this sense, the aim of the first CEES international conference was to bring together researchers, engineers, planners, stakeholders and policymakers from construction, energy and the environment to address these challenges.

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on 12 Oct 2021 12:00 AM
  • Construction
  • environment
  • sustainability
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As concerns about sustainability, efficiency, and well-being continue to grow, the construction industry must not only continue to embrace new technologies, processes, and materials, but must also continue to address the many challenges facing the existing building stock. . In this sense, the aim of the first CEES international conference was to bring together researchers, engineers, planners, stakeholders and policymakers from construction, energy and the environment to address these challenges.

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on 12 Oct 2021 12:00 AM
  • conferences
  • Construction
  • environment
  • sustainability
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The exhibition of sustainable construction materials took place between October 9 and 17, 2021, at Alma Shopping, in Coimbra. A sample of sustainable construction materials was made available, focused on the rediscovery of ancestral materials and their adaptation to contemporary functional requirements, the development of innovative eco-efficient materials, as well as the recovery of by-products and waste.

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on 09 Oct 2021 12:00 AM
  • Exhibition
  • Sustainable Construction
  • materials
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REBUILD Showroom & Congress is an event for the building sector that brings together the leaders of the sector and more than 200 exhibiting brands in an exclusive innovation showroom together with the National Congress of Advanced Architecture and Construction. A unique business platform at the confluence of new materials, offsite construction, sustainability, design, technology and energy efficiency.

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on 22 Sep 2021 12:00 AM
  • rebuild
  • Showroom