Join us for the Cultural-E Final Conference in Brussels, 7th February 2025

As our project approaches its end, we are delighted to announce the Cultural-E final conference titled: “Driving sustainable housing forward: decarbonizing buildings with Plus Energy solutions for comfortable and affordable living“.

The event will take place at Greenbizz, in Brussels on February 7th from 8:30 to 16:00.

Cultural-E aims at providing climate and culture-based design and market valuable technology solutions for Plus Energy Buildings (PEBs). Therefore, this event will be your chance to discover more about Plus Energy Buildings and to learn about the results developed during these years. First-hand interaction with the project partners will help you as well to deepen your knowledge about the technologies used to realise the Plus Energy Buildings demonstration cases.

Download the full agenda here.

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                                                                                                     

Registation at this link!

Download the full agenda here.

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