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Helios Phoenix expands Olympian Parks
Helios Phoenix, the sole owner of the Olympian Parks industrial portfolio, announced on Tuesday plans to extend both locations in Brasov and Timisoara with over 20,000 sqm.
The industrial portfolio with an existing total area of 45,000 sqm, owned initially by GE Capital Real Estate together with Helios Phoenix, was transferred last year in full […]
SIPs ARE RESOURCE EFFICIENT
There is less wood used in the construction of the […]
PASSIVE BUILDINGS
The term passive house refers to a rigorous […]
ZERO ENERGY AND ENERGY PLUS
Beyond ultra-low-energy buildings are those that […]
LOW ENERGY HOUSING
Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through […]
WHAT IS A GREEN BUILDING?
Green building (also known as green construction or sustainable building)
WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY?
In 1987, the World Commission on Environment and Development defined sustainability as:
EMBEDDED ENERGY
Embedded Energy is the sum of all the energy required to produce any goods or services, considered as if that energy was incorporated or ’embedded’ in the product itself.
The concept can be useful in determining the effectiveness of energy-producing or energy-saving devices, or the “real” replacement cost of a building, and, because energy-inputs usually […]