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Urban development is undergoing a profound transformation as cities strive to balance growth with sustainability. The concept of Green Building Neighbourhoods (GBNs), developed within PROBONO project, has emerged as a cornerstone for creating resilient, inclusive, and environmentally responsible urban spaces. Within this context, Madrid Living Lab located in Madrid Nuevo Norte, one of Europe’s most ambitious urban regeneration projects, serves as a living lab for integrating

Design for disassembly” (DfD also called Design for Deconstruction) is intended to ensure the future reuse of building materials, preferably as directly as possible. Since it is difficult to predict, especially about the future, it is also challenging to foresee whether the materials we build with today can and will be reused in the future. While there is general agreement on the principles that should ensure DfD in a construction project, mechanical joints, clean materials,

The PROBONO project is hosting a public webinar on 29 January 2026 , highlighting a series of technical and social innovation tools being implemented within three of its Living Labs: Dublin , Aarhus , and Porto . As European cities face growing challenges in transitioning towards sustainable, people-centred neighbourhoods, the PROBONO Living Labs offer concrete examples of how new technologies and community-oriented approaches are being tested on the ground. This one-hour

Five Horizon projects, CHRONICLE, PROBONO, REEFLEX, eFORT, and FORTESIE , will come together at ENLIT Europe 2025 in Bilbao to host a hybrid Social Innovation Workshop titled “Not Just Technology: The Human Side of Innovation Success.” The session will explore how inclusion, trust, and citizen engagement define whether innovation succeeds - both onsite and online. Introduction Behind every smart grid, connected building, or renewable system lies a simple truth: technology a

In the field of European research projects, standardisation is a key instrument for dissemination. PROBONO actively uses standardisation...

The EU has set a target of achieving 700 GW of installed solar capacity by 2030, which corresponds to a solar panel area of around 3,700...

Madrid has pledged to be carbon neutral by 2050, but how do its residents feel about climate action today? While policies shape the...

Why collaborative urban planning matters ? Cities today face complex sustainability challenges that span environmental, social, and...