Bottom-up adaptive heritage reuse: policies and practices
OpenHeritage Policy Conference
On 17 May 2022, the University of Ghent and the OpenHeritage project invite you to join a Policy Conference exploring policies and practices that support the adaptive reuse of cultural heritage. This conference will be held in a hybrid format, enabling participants to join either in-person in ICLEI ...
A framework for risk management and climate adaptation for historic areas
There is widespread conversation around the impacts of climate change and climate hazards on cities. However, there is much less discussion on how climate change will impact (and is impacting) historic areas, which are markedly at risk.
To this end, the ARCH project has developed a framework for be...
Building a sustainable and meaningful data flow of the EU Building stock
The European building landscape is transforming, and big data is leading the way.
In this session, participants will follow this journey through the lens of practical and tangible examples. They will discover how building-related data can serve as a transmission piece between building and renovatio...
Re-purpose. Re-charge. Re-think. Heritage and e-mobility at the crossroads
Organised under the title “Re-purpose. Re-charge. Re-think. Heritage and e-mobility at the crossroads”, the 9th edition of the Informed Cities Forum will cast light on cultural heritage and electric mobility.
The Informed Cities Forum event series is a popular European in...
Building a sustainable and meaningful data flow of the EU building stock
This 90-minute virtual workshop entitled “Building a sustainable and meaningful data flow of the EU Building stock” will spotlight the potential, status and possible pitfalls of large-scale and systematic building data collection in Europe for promoting a cost- and energy-effective trans...
Positive Energy Buildings and Neighborhoods in Europe: from policy to implementation
Enabling urban decarbonisation with Plus Energy Building solutions
Join EU Horizon porjects EXCESS and syn.ikia to explore and define the concept of Positive Energy Buildings (PEB) and neighbourhood districts (PED) to establish, assess, and document the impact of positive energy buildings on a more cost-effective, just, socially balanced and fair energy transition ...
Best practices in the smart integration of buildings and transport
Background
Electrification in the transport, building and industry sectors (e.g. e-vehicles, smart buildings) plays a crucial role on the path towards climate neutrality.
The European Commission estimates in its Energy System Integration Strategy that this electrification will double the amount of...
The potential of big data to revolutionise the building sector
The building sector accounts for a significant percentage of total global energy-related CO2 emissions. Competitive solutions must be found to revolutionise energy efficiency and management in buildings, and 'big data' has the potential to contribute to that search.
This first MATRYCS workshop will...
Popular objectives, controversial measures - Increasing the acceptance of ambitious measures in cities
European Green Week Conference Session
Reducing pollution and improving air quality in cities is an objective usually finding widespread support across policy levels and in the population. The question of which measures and actions to take to move towards this objective on the other side are frequently leading to heated debates and even ...
