Flyer Forum Ecofab

Forum ECOfab , the eco-construction in practice.

Three days on ECO construction in Lower Normandy, 4.5. 6. October 2013 with the Conseil Général de la Manche, the Parc des Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin, the CAPEB , the GRETA network and many other regional partners under the cross-channel INTERREG IV A programme.

Stare at it, download it or print it from below!

Flyer Ecofab

ECOpathways booklet

Here is the ECOpathways booklet which presents all of the results of our project.

Inside you will find :
- data on national regulations tackling climate change,
-VET curricula,
- transnational workshops description.

You can read it, download it or print it below.

Seminar in Gdansk, Poland

The agenda of ECO pathways seminar in Gdansk April 16th-18th  2013 has now been issued.




Objectives:

• Presentations about ecological building technologies in Poland
• Vocational training workshop on dry wall systems planned for French, German, Polish and Spanish apprentices. 
• Steering committee: brainstorming on the booklet and evaluation of the project
• Study visits to hydro energy complex and wooden houses manufacturer.
• Reflections and discussion on eco building and thermal regulations.

Get the agenda here 
Get the Minutes from the Steering Committee here 
Presentation "Polish system of Education" (Ms. Monika Bienkowska, PSB Gdansk)
Presentations in Gdansk - Green Houses, Rockwool, Geberit
See the photos here

Seminar in Brandeburg, Germany

November 19-20-21, 2012

Goals:

• To carry on discussion over the vocational system for the construction trade and the ways it addresses the issue of sustainability.
• Prepare the Seminar in Gdansk whose aim is to evaluate the outcome and define prospects for further collaboration, including mobility for beneficiaries, focus on the Polish vocational system
• To define the dissemination plan until the end of the project and possibly beyond …

Download the agenda here
Download the Minutes of the Steering Committee here
See the photos here

Articles:

Visit to Mettlabaum Windeck by PanstowoweSzkoly Budownictwa GDANSK
Visit to the Museum of Industry and Old Steelwork by Ayuntamientode Martos
Visit to the Praxihaus by Greta Calvados

 

Seminar in Martos, Spain

The agenda of ECO pathways seminar in Martos October 15th-18th october 2012 has now been issued.

Objectives:

• Discussion about the four organizations teaching curriculum methodology.
• Vocational training working day on Eco Building planned for French, German, Polish and Spanish apprentices. 
• Eco Building evolution.
• Study visits to energy efficiency buildings. Reflections on Eco Building.

Get the agenda here

French Thermal Regulations for 2013

The "RT 2012" is the presentation of the French thermal regulations to be applied  to  the construction of  private  housing from January 1st 2013 onwards.

Read here

HASTINGS' ORGANIC GARDEN AND GREEN CONSTRUCTION EVENT : PRESS RELEASE AND PICTURES

News about ECO construction in Basse-Normandie and East Sussex. French Partners of the GRETA network also belong to ECO fab under Interreg IV A (France-Channel England). Please check out our leaflet !

French and English teams took part in a collaborative challenge to create projects for an ECO pod in the organic garden of a social centre in Hastings. Partners organised a very successful Franco-English event on the 22nd 23rd June called Pathway to construction, attented by over one thousand people.

• View or download the press release in French.
• Watch pictures from the event.