3ENCULT

Efficient ENergy for EU Cultural Heritage

The project 3ENCULT bridges the gap between conservation of historic buildings and climate protection, which is not an antagonism at all: historic buildings will only survive if maintained as living space. Energy efficient retrofit is useful for structural protection as well as for comfort reasons - comfort for users and 'comfort' for heritage collections. The joint task of conservation and energy efficient retrofit is highly interdisciplinary. The 3ENCULT consortium consists of scientists and stakeholders, especially on the level of SMEs, from the fields of diagnostics, conservation, building physics, sustainability, architecture and lighting up to cybernetics, thus guaranteeing both, the development of sustainable solutions and the impact on European economy. Eight case studies will demonstrate and verify solutions that are applicable to the majority of European built heritage in urban areas. Building owners and local historic preservation agencies are integrated in local case study teams.
3ENCULT will demonstrate the feasibility of 'Factor 4' to 'Factor 10' reduction in energy demand, depending on the case and the heritage value. The main objectives are the development of passive and active solutions for conservation and energy efficient retrofit including available products as well as new developments by involved SMEs, the definition of diagnosis and monitoring instruments, the long term monitoring (also for IEQ controlling) and the planning and evaluation tools and concepts supporting the implementation, the quality assurance and control of success of the energy retrofit measures. Guidelines will be disseminated to the scientific and public community. Finally, position papers will be issued suggesting possible integrations and/or implementations of the present regulation framework for improving energy efficiency of historic buildings in urban areas and in particular EPBD and Environmental Impact Assessment as well as Aalborg Commitments and Leipzig Charter.

 

Coordinator
Accademia Europea Per La Ricerca Applicata Ed Il Perfezionamento Professionale Bolzano-Accademia Europea Bolzano (Italy)

 

Other participants
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA
- Dip. di Ingegneria Civile, Chimica, Ambientale e dei Materiali-DICAM
- Resp. scientifico: Prof. Francesco Ubertini
Youris.Com (Belgium)
Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole (Denmark)
Remmers Baustofftechnik Gmbh (Germany)
Grupo Unisolar S.A. (Spain)
Artemis S.r.l. (Italy)
Federatie Van Verenigingen Voor Verwarming En Luchtbehandeling In Europa Vereniging (Netherlands)
Institut Fuer Diagnostik Und Konservierung Von Denkmalen In Sachsen Und Sachsen-Anhalt E.v. (Germany)
Comune Di Bologna (Italy)
Technische Universitaet Darmstadt (Germany)
Atrea Sro (Czech Republic)
Gelbison Electronics S.r.l.. (Italy)
Menuiserie Andre Sarl (France)
Wolfgang Feist (Germany)
Local Environmental Initiatives-Freiburg-Iclei-European Secretariatinternationaler Rat Fur Kommunale Umweltinitiativen Europasekret Gmbh (Germany)
Universitaet Innsbruck (Austria)
Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek – TNO (Netherlands)
Technische Universitaet Dresden (Germany)
Fundacion Cartif (Spain)
Ove Arup & Partners International Limited (UK)
Bartenbach Lichtlabor Gmbh (Austria)

 

Start date 01/10/2010

End date 31/03/2014

Duration 48 months 

Project Reference 260162

Project cost 6.643.959 Euro

Project Funding 4.990.475 Euro

Subprogramme Area EeB.ENV.2010.3.2.4-1 Compatible solutions for improving the energy efficiency of historic buildings in urban areas

Contract type Collaborative project