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The SURE-Africa Project : Sustainable Urban Renewal – Energy Efficient Buildings for Africa
| Summary: | This paper summarizes the results achieved by the 3-year E.U. SURE-Africa project. The project aims at strengthening knowledge and its application in practice, contributing to a sustainable development through the vital area of energy efficiency in buildings and cities, and, ultimately, to reduce poverty. Academic and professional expertise from three E.U. Universities - namely the Higher Technical Institute (IST, Coord, Portugal), the University of Cambridge (UK) and the University of Lund (Sweden) - was organised to set up a data-base of information, in cooperation with Academic Institutions in Portuguese-speaking African countries (Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde and Guinea), with information about tools, case studies and teaching material in the field of sustainable, energy-efficient building and urban design. Seminars, workshops and conferences were carried out, and best-practice Manuals are also being published as a final outcome of the project. |
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| Main Authors: | Guedes, Manuel Correia |
| Other Authors: | Chenvidyakarn, Torwong; Cantuária, Gustavo; Borges, Klas; Alves, Luís Manuel Monteiro; Aleixo, Joana; Pereira, Italma |
| Subject: | ARQUITETURA RENOVAÇÕES URBANAS EFICIÊNCIA ENERGÉTICA EDIFÍCIOS ÁFRICA ARCHITECTURE URBAN RENOVATION ENERGY EFFICIENCY BUILDINGS AFRICA SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | article |
| Access type: | open access |
| Associated institution: | Grupo Lusófona |
| Language: | English |
| Origin: | ReCiL - Repositório Científico Lusófona |
| Summary: | This paper summarizes the results achieved by the 3-year E.U. SURE-Africa project. The project aims at strengthening knowledge and its application in practice, contributing to a sustainable development through the vital area of energy efficiency in buildings and cities, and, ultimately, to reduce poverty. Academic and professional expertise from three E.U. Universities - namely the Higher Technical Institute (IST, Coord, Portugal), the University of Cambridge (UK) and the University of Lund (Sweden) - was organised to set up a data-base of information, in cooperation with Academic Institutions in Portuguese-speaking African countries (Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde and Guinea), with information about tools, case studies and teaching material in the field of sustainable, energy-efficient building and urban design. Seminars, workshops and conferences were carried out, and best-practice Manuals are also being published as a final outcome of the project. |
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