The Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC) is an entity that supports the UNEP’s International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC), based in Japan.
Passive house design
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Knowledge partnerKnowledge partnerCountry of registrationJapanRelation to CTCNNetwork MemberKnowledge PartnerSector(s) of expertiseRenewable energyEnergy efficiencyForestryTransportWaste management
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An overall policy and recommendations for low energy buildings in China.
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The China National Engineering Research Center for Human Settlements (CNERCHS) is carrying out a REEEP project "Promoting low energy building program in China". This project supports the development of a strategy for the sustainable development of the energy consumption in the construction industry in China.
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Demonstration of the ecological aspect of the 32 non-basement terraced single family dwellings (Germany).
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Demonstration of the ecological aspect of 20 highly insulated terraced houses (Sweden).
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This report provides information on European projects in regard to low energy buildings.
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This report studies the development of criteria for assessing the compatibility of financial investments with the international goal to limit global temperature increase to below 2°C above pre-industrial levels. The findings are intended as a starting point and a key input for a longer term process to develop consensus-based 2°C investing criteria. The focus here is placed on investments in projects and physical assets, in particular of development and climate finance organisations.
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The IEA Technology Roadmap Energy-Efficient Buildings: Heating and Cooling Equipment shows how technologies such as solar thermal, heat pumps, thermal energy storage and combined heat and power for buildings have the potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 2 gigatonnes (Gt) by 2050--around one-quarter of today"s emissions from buildings--and save 710 million tonnes oil equivalent (Mtoe) of energy by 2050.