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Aluminium
is utilised for a host of applications in building and construction
and is the material of choice for curtain walling, window frames and
other glazed structures. It is extensively used for rolling blinds,
doors, exterior cladding and roofing, suspended ceilings, wall panels
and partitions, heating and ventilation equipment, solar shading
devices, light reflectors and complete prefabricated buildings.

The
reasons for this sustainable success, including aluminium cradle to
cradle lifecycle and its contribution to energy efficiency of
buildings, are explained in the new brochure “Sustainability of
Aluminium in Buildings”.

To
download the brochure in you preferred language, click hereafter:
English,
Italian,
French,
German,
(Dutch, Spanish and Greek are under development).

Winners
of the European Aluminium in Renovation Award 2009 unveiled at the
European Parliament - Brussels

18 November 2009 -
Isabelle Durant, vice-president of the European Parliament and
co-president of Belgium’s green party Ecolo, presented the winners of
the second European Aluminium in Renovation Award 2009, in the
European Parliament’s Brussels premises.

It is highly symbolic
that such an award ceremony should be held on the very day and in the
very place when and where, a few hours earlier, the European
Parliament, Council and Commission had announced their agreement on
Europe’s next directive on the energy performance of buildings. This
legislation is praised as the most ambitious effort so far to reduce
Europe’s energy consumption and cut back its CO2 emissions. The
European Aluminium Association was proud to contribute to the success
of the day, showcasing no less than 8 award and prize winning
renovation projects selected among 130 candidates from 15 EU
countries, all illustrating how well aluminium suits the needs of
state of the art, energy efficient and sustainable renovation in
preserving and improving Europe’s building stock.

Award Jury
Chairman Prof. Jan Bouwer, unveiling the names of the winning
projects, explained: “Of the 130 entries received at regional
level, 31 were nominated for the European final: 9 in the residential
category, and 22 in the non-residential one. One European Aluminium
Award was awarded in each of these categories, along with 4 special
prizes and an ex-aequo jury prize for energy efficiency.” The
jury chairman expressed his great pleasure in observing that the
quality of the nominated projects was of an increasingly high
standard. The jury was impressed by the careful use and
well-considered design of aluminium in matching the architectural
quality of the buildings under renovation.

The full
movie presenting the nominees and unveiling the winners is available
here.
The winners are: