The What-if-Analysis is a software tool that aims at providing building users with tailored recommendations on how they can reduce building energy consumption and energy costs. For that purpose, different strategies for engaging user into more energy-efficient behavior have been investigated and a catalogue of energy conservation measures has been elaborated. These energy conservation measures […]
Last BUILD UP webinar counted on the participation of the EU-funded projects dealing with energy users engagement to improve energy performances in buildings. Although many people are concerned about the environment, this does not always translate into taking practical steps to reduce domestic energy consumption. There are several social, psychological and economic barriers in changing […]
Article written by the EU platform CORDIS. To read the full article click here. An EU initiative is utilising gamification and other strategies to change energy consumption habits in buildings. Buildings are responsible for approximately 40 % of energy consumption and 36 % of CO2 emissions in the EU, according to the European Commission. It’s also […]
The eTEACHER’s coordinator, CEMOSA, attended Greencities’ event in Malaga. The exchange with initiatives aligned with eTEACHER’s topics and mission is a crucial source of inputs over the course of the project. On 27th March, Gloria Calleja and Jacobo Peralta, from the Spanish company CEMOSA and coordinators of the eTEACHER H2020 project, have attended the Greencities […]
Saving the planet can mean saving money and having fun. This is not wishful thinking but a reality that is happening with gamification all over the world Playing games could be a solution to saving energy. Using energy more efficiently is, of course, a crucial part of fighting climate change, since oil and fossil fuels […]
Welcome to the second edition of the eTEACHER project newsletter! We are about to complete our first half of the project. After 16 months of hard work, we are glad to see how our vision of changing the behavior of buildings energy users is taking shape, through a set of empowering ICT tools to facilitate […]