Climate Positive Circular Communities

The ARV project aims to demonstrate and validate attractive, resilient, and affordable solutions that significantly speed-up deep energy renovations in four different climatic zones in Europe and deployment of energy and climate measures in the construction and energy industries. Since the project works towards the implementation of climate-positive circular communities in Europe, focusing on net zero-emission buildings and neighbourhoods, ARV will provide guidelines and a policy framework for future energy-efficient, circular, and digital solutions in the construction industry. 

ARV will conduct six large-scale demonstration projects of climate positive circular communities in six European cities, showcasing a range of innovations related to the whole value chain of the industry. 

The communities have been carefully selected to represent the different European climates and contexts, and due to their high ambitions in environmental, social and economic sustainability. Special attention was given to social housing and public buildings. They are located in Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, and Spain. Together, they will demonstrate more than 50 innovations in more than 150,000 m2 of buildings.