Project overview
Zero energy buildings for zero energy neighbourhoods
Public zero-energy buildings produce enough renewable energy to meet their own annual energy consumption requirements. They help regions and cities to save energy and money. But what to do in historic neighbourhoods with rigid building protection rules? The ZEB4ZEN project develops a transferrable transnational methodology and regional action plans for achieving zero-emission standards, which they also test in pilot actions in historic city neighbourhoods.
2,04m €
Project Budget
80%
of the Budget is funded by ERDF
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Project partners
Lead partner
Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar
Department for energy efficiency
Project partner
Communication office and staff of the mayor
Communication office and staff of the mayor
Engineering and Industrial Design - Institute for Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Department of Conservation of Built Heritage
Roadmap
News
P2 Green
NEWS
11.04.2024
Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences and the ZEB4ZEN Project invited to present at the Working group of the German UNESCO Cities
Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences was invited to present the INTERREG ZEB4ZEN project at the meeting of the Working Group of German UNESCO Cities held on April 11, 2024 in Quedlinburg.
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NEWS
19.03.2024
“The goal is to find a way to almost completely decarbonize the city district”
Matija Vajdić, Head of the RES, Climate, and Environmental Protection Department at EIHP and project manager of the ZEB4ZEN, gave an interview to the daily newspaper Poslovni dnevnik. He spoke about the 'Energy and Climate Change' program and domestic and international projects implemented by EIHP. One such project is ...
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NEWS
18.02.2024
Zamość functioning without energy consumption? Lublin University of Technology is running a special project
Scientists from four countries are working on modern methods to improve the energy efficiency of historic districts in Zamość, Karlovac and Palmanov. Why did you choose such places? The cities are extremely valuable (Zamość and Palmanova are on the UNESCO World Heritage List), they have a rich history and ...
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NEWS
13.02.2024
Historic cities with almost zero energy consumption? Scientists have a solution
The vision of the historic centers of Zamość, Karlovac and Palmanova, functioning almost without energy consumption, is becoming a reality thanks to an international project. Scientists from four countries are working on modern methods to improve the energy efficiency of historic districts in Zamość, Karlovac and Palmanov. Why there? ...
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NEWS
21.09.2023
Interreg Central Europe: the ZEB4ZEN project is creating a digital twin of Zamość
"Ideal cities" created during the Renaissance, such as Zamość, Palmanova and Karlovac, which are currently completely energy inefficient, are to become "ideal cities" with zero energy consumption in the future. The international project ZEB4ZEN (English name: Zero energy buildings for zero energy neighbourhoods), co-financed by the Interreg Central Europe ...
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NEWS
23.06.2023
Zero energy buildings for zero energy neighborhoods – an international project of the Department of Monument Conservation
The Department of Monument Conservation at the Faculty of Construction and Architecture is participating in a three-year (04/2023-06/2026) international project entitled "Zero energy buildings for zero Energy neighbourhoods" (ZEB4ZEN) under the Interreg Central Europe program. The project involves scientific units from Croatia - Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar (Project Leader), ...
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NEWS
26.05.2023
Energy restoration of cultural heritage? Entire neighbourhoods, not building by building? It’s possible!
When discussing the restoration of cultural heritage and the historic core of a city, you constantly come up against a wall - conservators, restorers... But it doesn't have to be like that. The ZEB4ZEN project is developing a methodology for energetically renovating historical cores and entire neighbourhoods and defining ...
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NEWS
03.05.2023
The kick-off meeting of the ZEB4ZEN project
Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar (EIHP) organized the kick-off meeting of the ZEB4ZEN project (Zero energy buildings for zero energy neighbourhoods) on April 26 and 27, which was attended by the partners of the countries participating in the project.
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NEWS
27.04.2023
Karlovac in the EU project of modernization of historic centers with smart solutions
After yesterday's start in Zagreb, at the Hrvoje Požar Energy Institute, the continuation of the kick-off meeting of the ZEB4ZEN (Zero energy buildings for zero energy neighbourhoods) project was held today in the City of Karlovac in the implementation of which the City of Karlovac participates as a project partner.
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NEWS
27.04.2023
Karlovac, Italian Palmanova and Polish Zamość in the European pilot project of revitalization and modernization of historical heritage
After yesterday's start in Zagreb, at the Hrvoje Požar Energy Institute, the continuation of the kick-off meeting of the ZEB4ZEN (Zero energy buildings for zero energy neighbourhoods) project was held today in the City of Karlovac in the implementation of which the City of Karlovac participates as a project ...
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NEWS
13.04.2023
ZEB4ZEN started implementation: The goal is to transform historical centers into almost zero-energy districts
The project, worth more than two million euros, in which the Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar (EIHP) acts for the first time as the holder of a consortium of an international team of experts within the framework of the transnational cooperation program (Interreg), officially began its implementation on April 1, 2023.
Events
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EVENT
19.04.2024
A satellite event of the Festival of the New European Bauhaus
APE FVG and Palmanova Municipality, project partners in ZEB4ZEN, will join the Festival of the New European Bauhaus with a satellite event in Palmanova on April 19, 2024, and present the ZEB4ZEN project.
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EVENT
Croatia
31.01.2024
Sunny roofs of Croatian cities
A unique manual for city administration employees, SUNNY ROOFS OF CROATIAN CITIES, was presented on Wednesday, January 31, at an event held in the House of Europe, organized by the Association of Cities, ZGRADOnačelnik.hr and the Representation of the European Commission in Croatia.
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