The Architects’ Council of Europe together with the partners from the Cultural-E project welcome you from 8:30 to 16:00 at Greenbizz, in Brussels to participate in the Cultural-E Final conference titled: “Driving sustainable housing forward: decarbonizing buildings with Plus Energy solutions for comfortable and affordable living“.

Cultural-E is a EU-funded project with the goal to propose modular and replicable solutions for Plus Energy Buildings (PEBs), accounting for climate and cultural differences, while engaging all key players involved in the building life cycle.  

It will be your chance to learn more about Plus Energy Buildings and to see the results of the Cultural-E project. First-hand interaction with the project partners will help you deepen your knowledge about the technologies used to realise the Plus Energy Buildings demonstration cases. 

Read below the Final Agenda:  

  8:30 – 9:00 – Registration and Welcome coffee     

 9:00 – 9:10 – Welcome and opening of the final conference, Annamaria Belleri, EURAC                         

 9:10 – 9:25 – Design guidelines for Plus Energy Buildings, Annamaria Belleri, EURAC                            

9:25 – 9:45 – Climate and cultural drivers for PEB design and launch of the PEB HUB repository, Beatriz Pineda, RMIT Europe        

9:45 -10:30 – Panel Discussion on “What are the design challenges and opportunities for Plus Energy Buildings?”                                                                    

Moderator: Annamaria Belleri, EURAC

Participants:

• Antoine Dugue, NOBATEK

• Beatriz Pineda, RMIT partners

• Hermann Leis, SIZ-EGS

• Roberta Di Bari, UNISTUTT

• Wilmer Pasut, UNIVE

10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 – Pitch session: Plus Energy Buildings technology sets and Demonstration Buildings   

Technologies:

• Cloud-based House Management System – José de las Heras, AdvanticSys

• Decentralised packed heat pump system – Bertrand Delpech, BRUNEL on belhalf of Ventive

• Active Window System – Giovanni Toniato, Eurofinestra

• Smart air movement for thermal comfort – Fabrizio Miorin, Vortice

Demonstration cases:

• Eiksveien 116 (Bærum, Norway) – John Einar Thommesen, SINTEF, on behalf of Bærum Kommune

• Résidence Phillipe Le Hardi (Roubaix, France) and French democase (Tourcoing, France) – Hugo Viot, Nobatek

• Residenza I Girasoli (Castenaso, Italy) – Simona Arletti, Abitcoop

• Ostfildern-Ruit (Ostfildern, Germany) – Hermann Leis, SIZ-EGS

Overview of developed technologies as introduction to the exhibition, Antoine Dugue, Nobatek

12:30 – 14:00 – Lunch break and exhibition of the technology providers and guided tour of Greenbizz with Architect Sabine Leribaux

14:00 – 14:15 – Presentation on Co-benefits – Andrea Bigano, CMCC                                                         

14:15 – 15:30 – Policy session: Powering the future, why we need Plus Energy Buildings?                       

Chaired by Judit Kimpian, ACE, ESA WG

Participants:

• Andrea Bigano, CMCC

• Eleftherios Bourdakis, CINEA, EU Commission

• Roberto Lollini, EURAC

• Victoria Taranu, BPIE

• William Nelissen, Wonen in Limburg, Excess project

15:30 -16:00 – Networking, farewell coffee and closure of the conference                    

Download the full agenda here.

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