Climate Positive Circular Communities
_Duration 2022 – 2026
_Programme Horizon 2020
_Call H2020-LC-GD-2020-7
_Total Project Budget € 21.316.651,63
_Grant Agreement model Lump Sum
Short description
The ARV project creates Climate Positive Circular Communities (CPCC) in Europe and increases the building renovation rate on the continent. The overall aim of ARV (Norwegian word for “heritage” or “legacy”) is to demonstrate and validate attractive, resilient, and affordable solutions that significantly speed up deep energy renovations and deployment of energy and climate measures in the construction and energy industries. The core of the ARV project lies in the six large-scale demonstration projects in six European cities (Oslo in Norway, Sonderborg in Denmark, Karvina in the Czech Republic, Utrecht in the Netherlands, Palma in Spain and Trento in Italy). These communities will be developed as Climate Positive Circular Communities, which is a concept that rests on three main pillars: Circular economy, integration of people, buildings and energy systems and simplicity – achieved by means of digitalisation and industrialisation.
The Architects´ Council of Europe’s involvement
The Architects’ Council of Europe led the dissemination and communication activities of the project, overseeing the coordination of the project website, visual identity, brochure, banner, newsletter, and social media content. It also facilitated the organisation of events in the demonstration communities of Palma de Mallorca, Oslo, Sonderborg, and Karvina, as well as events for industry professionals and policymakers, including the final project event. In addition, the Architects’ Council of Europe will contribute to the development of guidelines for designers and architects related to CPCCs.
Expected project results
ARV provides guidelines and a policy framework for future energy-efficient, circular and digital solutions in the construction industry, such as the Blueprint for planning, (re)design, (re)construction, operation, and use of climate positive circular communities, design configuration for a modular, scalable, Integrated retrofitting concept for positive energy mid- & high-rise buildings embedded in a green neighbourhood in Utrecht, Design guidelines for refurbished and new buildings in the positive circular community in Palma, Karvina, Oslo, Trento and Utrecht, and Policy Recommendation Paper on speeding up the implementation of zero-emission buildings and neighbourhoods through targeted financial policies. The results can be found on the ARV website.
Coordinator
Norwegian University of Science and Technology – Norway
Project Partners
_ Architects´ Council of Europe – Belgium
_ Czech Technical University in Prague – Czech Republic
_ Technical University of Denmark – Denmark
_ Danfoss Engineers Technologies – Denmark
_ Enfor – Denmark
_ ProjectZero – Denmark
_ Eurac Research – Italy
_ Sintef – Norway
_ Ayuntament de Palma de Mallorca – Spain
_ Instituto Balear de la Vivienda – Spain
_ Fundació Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya – Spain
_ Metrovacesa – Spain
_ University of Applied Sciences Utrecht – Netherlands
_ Housing Europe – Belgium
_ Buro De Haan – Netherlands
_ Center Danmark – Denmark
_ Sønderborg Andelsboligforening – Denmark
_ Green Digital Finance Alliance – Switzerland
_ Bo-Ex 91 – Netherlands
_ Rc Panels – Netherlands
_ Utrecht University – Netherlands
_ City of Utrecht – Netherlands
_ Bos Installatiewerken – Netherlands
_ Iwell – Netherlands
_ Mex Architects – Netherlands
_ Woonin – Netherlands
_ Statutory City of Karviná – Czech Republic
_ Dolomiti Energia – Italy
_ Habitech-Trentino Technology District for Energy and the Environment – Italy
_ Università Degli Studi di Trento – Italy
_ Politecnico di Torino – Italy
_ City of Oslo – Norway
_ Nano Power – Czech Republic
_ Aiguasol Consulting – Spain
For more information
ARV website | Twitter page | LinkedIn page | YouTube channel
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 101036723
