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Meet the Partners: The Municipality of Noordenveld
09 July 2020Next in our line-up of introductions to the Stronghouse partners is the Municipality of Noordenveld. In this predominantly rural area, in the northern Dutch province of Drenthe, sustainability is a …
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EU Sustainable Energy Week 2020
02 July 2020EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) is organised by the European Commission and the biggest annual event dedicated to renewables and efficient energy use in Europe. From 22-26 June 2020, more than a t…
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Meet the Partners: IGEMO
02 July 2020The Stronghouse project is well underway and while missing the face-to-face contact with our partners, we’ve discovered that online transnational cooperation is an excellent alternative. A ‘meet and g…
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MaREI Symposium & made-to-fit retrofit
15 June 2020One upside to the current limitations regarding international travel is that we can now attend more transnational exchanges than ever…online. By choosing on theme and relevance from the events being o…
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Successful schemes & subsidies
09 June 2020Subsidies to support the energy transition are often a great success but many government agencies are more inclined towards loans and revolving funds. Measures to reduce energy consumption or generate…
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Going Local - Kick-Starting the Economy
08 June 2020In a recent online meeting, Stronghouse partners updated each other on their differing national lockdown status. As the most stringent measures are gradually easing, we discussed the opportunities and…
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Getting an EU perspective
03 June 2020EU-wide, 15 billion euros of public resources are spent annually on energy renovation for all types of buildings. However, the impacts of these investments are not yet enough to reach EU emission targ…
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It’s complicated - calculating C02
12 May 2020Stronghouse has set a goal to reduce C02 emissions by 25 kiloton during the course of the project. Homeowners and neighbourhoods will use instruments shared, developed and disseminated through the con…
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Building a new world order
28 April 2020Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, media focus was on climate change, the impacts of our modern lifestyle on the planet and an urgent need to change - by 2040, or so. As a result of the current global rest…
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Our Agile Adaptation
23 April 2020During the Stronghouse kick-off we discovered how to adapt to this new phase of Corona conferencing and the value of IT technology when tackling social limitations. But we also brushed up on our agil…
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