November 28th, 2011 | Newsletter 2/2011
Finland’s largest university of applied sciences, Metropolia in Helsinki, launched this autumn a new international degree programme in civil engineering. The students will specialize in sustainable building engineering and become experts in, for example, energy efficiency of buildings.
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November 28th, 2011 | Newsletter 2/2011
The International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) recently approved a new affiliate – IBPSA-Nordic, which includes members from Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, and is open to other Baltic Sea countries. Read more at http://www.ibpsa.org/
November 28th, 2011 | Newsletter 2/2011
November 28th, 2011 | Newsletter 2/2011
The 2011 Autumn Swedvac Prize for best technical article based on diploma theses and academic theses was presented at the first EMTF Riksdag Swedvac Autumn Meeting, in Stockholm, November 9th.

Daniel Nilsson an Signhild Gehlin
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November 28th, 2011 | Newsletter 2/2011
Halton Foundation supports non-profit organisations and initiatives that promote wellbeing of people suffering from poor indoor environmental quality for environmental or economic conditions.
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November 28th, 2011 | Newsletter 2/2011
Behzad Abolhassani Monfared, researcher at Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, was granted 2nd place of this year’s three eurammon Natural Refrigeration Awards.
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November 28th, 2011 | Newsletter 2/2011
The new revised building regulations, BBR, from the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning, will enter into force on 1 January 2012. This is the result of an extensive revision carried out in dialogue with industry and government. The BBR sections on energy conservation and fire protection ….
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November 28th, 2011 | Newsletter 2/2011
The Swedish Energy Agency is currently preparing the construction of 500 near-zero-energy demonstration buildings, in hopes to start accepting applications 2012.
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November 28th, 2011 | Newsletter 2/2011
Reduction of prime energy consumption by ground source heat pumps in a warmer world
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November 28th, 2011 | Newsletter 2/2011
Efficiency of building related fan and pump operation. Application and system solutions.
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November 28th, 2011 | Newsletter 2/2011
Complement to Ilkka Salo’s article
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November 28th, 2011 | Newsletter 2/2011
Energy efficiency requirements for new buildings will be tightened in July 2012 through the new building code D3. In the near future the use of renewable energy will definitely be included in the regulations. According to EU provisions, public buildings should be at the nearly zero energy level after 2018 and the all other buildings after 2020.
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November 28th, 2011 | Newsletter 2/2011
FAMBSI is the Finnish cooperation organization for industrial, economic and environmental issues of the mechanical building services industries. FAMBSI is one of the branch associations within the Federation of Finnish Technology Industries. “Wellbeing indoors – in a sustainable world” has been the leading idea and slogan for FAMBSI for several years now.
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November 28th, 2011 | Newsletter 2/2011
The Finnish Association of Consulting Firms, SKOL, annual meeting 2010 approved a cooperation agreement with The Federation of Finnish Technology Industries from the beginning of 2011. The cooperation increases SKOL´s activity and lobbying as well as opportunities to improve economic policy and labor market activity, and legal services.
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