SDG 13 Climate action

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The targets for this SDG can be seen here.

Reduce energy and material consumption
– isolate walls, roofs, floors
– dubble, triple galzery
Use renewable energy and sustainable materials


– solar panels
– solar heating
– wind energy
– water power
– less concrete
– more biobased materials
Use heat or materials as long as possible
– regain heat of the ventilation system
– regain heat from the showerwater
– recycle materials
– maintain
– repair, refurbish, remanufacture, repurpose, reuse, recycle, recover
– look at the whole lifecycle
– passive buidling
– airtight building

Old houses can be renovated with good insulation and solar panels.

Learning activities

Blower door test Xunta Spain Level 3
Energy and heat recovery Xunta Spain Level 4
Thermal insulation cladding Fomedil Bari Italy Level
Thermal efficient carpentry Xunta Spain Level 3-5
Installing and activating a solar water heater Graafschapcollege Netherlands Level 4
The installations in my home KWIC Netherlands level 4
Sustainability in buidling and constructing KWIC Netherlands level 4

A video about zero at the meter building lesson modules

This video shows how the Koning Willem I College has incorporated zero on the meter building in the whole curriculum of their building courses. It is subtiteled in English.
At Universidat Laboral Coruna Spain they have heat pumps with the environmental friendly propane to teach students how to work safely with the inflamable propane.

Triple glazery

Low temperature floor heating.

The heat pump system of the VET school KWIC ‘s-Hertogenbosch

Air heatpump Hybrid heatpump Ground heatpump

Heat pump systems Closed or open systems or systems in gardens.

Heat recovery of shower water

Airtight houses which hardly lose heat any more.

How to find places where heat is lost. Blower door test.

Energy efficient lighting

Self supporting autarkic houses

Climate adaptive building

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