On Thursday 4 February 2016, the strategic platform Brussels Retrofit XL organises its KNOWLEDGE SESSION on SUSTAINABLE ENERGY IN THE CITY which was postponed last November. more information available below and on the Events page. Whereas sustainable energy is often associated with large off-shore wind farms or hydro-electric power stations, cities have the potential to […]
In the autumn of 2015, the strategic platform Brussels Retrofit XL organises its “Retrofitting Thursdays”, a series of events related to retrofitting activities in the Brussels Region. The sessions are organised according to different themes and aim to guide building professionals through innovative renovation practices relevant in an urban context. Thursday 26 november 2015 KNOWLEDGE […]
On Thursday 26 November 2015, the strategic platform Brussels Retrofit XL organises a KNOWLEDGE SESSION on SUSTAINABLE ENERGY IN THE CITY. Whereas sustainable energy is often associated with large off-shore wind farms or hydro-electric power stations, cities have the potential to generate, capture and store a part of their energy needs on-site. Both wind and […]
Brussels and Belgian stakeholders showed a lot of interest for the potential of wind energy in urban environments. On May 11th, 2015 the Wintegrate team organised a workshop on urban wind energy where they presented an update on there research results. Some pictures below:
On Monday May 11th, 2015 VUB-INDI organises with their project Wintegrate a workshop on ‘Wind energy and wind conditions in the built environment in Brussels’. Small wind turbines have shown to be a viable source of sustainable electricity, also in urban environments. With wind speeds of about 5-6 m/s on the rooftops of high-rise buildings, […]
The public defence of the doctoral research “Feasibility and performance assessment of small and medium-sized wind turbines” will take place on Friday 27th March at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. In his research, Jochem Vermeir identifies the main factors affecting the economic viability of small and medium wind turbines (hereafter SMWTs) and proposes a framework for more […]