Functional Monitoring: an essential tool in the efficient operation of buildings

Monitorização Funcional

Functional Monitoring in buildings plays a crucial role in efficient and sustainable management. The continuous Monitoring and evaluation of the performance and operation of the energy-consuming systems and equipment of a building define the process. The process is carried out by collecting and analysing the equipment’s consumption data and functional parameters in real-time or periodically,

Urban gardens: green roofs, vertical gardens and vertical forests

FUSE Valley

The most recent record of 8 billion inhabitants on Earth reminds us of historical population growth levels, the mobilization of the population towards urban centres and, consequently, the alarming signs of disruption of the environment and resources. On the other hand, we see a growing concern of the population with the environment, the space where

Sustainable tourism: rest without leaving marks on the planet

turismo sustentável

Awareness of issues related to climate change and, consequently, sustainability and the need to preserve natural resources is irrefutable. However, the road to effective change is still long and crosses all sectors of activity, including tourism! Tourism growth in the last three decades has brought social, economic and environmental challenges.   In a month typically

Panattoni announces its first investment in Portugal through the hand of Castro Group

Panattoni, a leading industrial and logistic development and investment fund in both European and North American markets, enters Portugal through the Castro Group and promotes the largest logistics project in the North of the country.   Panattoni, a leading industrial and logistic development and investment fund in both European and North American markets, announced its

New challenges in the logistics sector

Companies that operate in the logistics sector or depend on a large scale are currently faced with new challenges, changes, opportunities, and even uncertainties. If, before the Covid-19 pandemic, these changes were already noticeable, even if it was a sector guided by efficiency, today we can understand even more that logistics is one of the

Placemaking – community inclusion in building vibrant public spaces

Placemaking

Currently, there is a greater awareness of people for the importance of spaces and their impact on the day-to-day and the well-being of their users.   Have you heard about Placemaking?   Placemaking goes far beyond the requalification of public spaces and is considered a process that aims to transform and improve a given place

What is the future of Construction?

Futuro da construção

If technology, industrialization and sustainability are the significant changes that we will have to witness in the coming years in construction, durability, efficiency, adaptability and cost and waste reduction are the main premises for the future of the building. Even a more inattentive look can see that the construction sector generally has a very high