This event will present and discuss the large range of results and insights of the 5 years EXCESS project on Plus Energy Buildings. The results will be put in the current policy discourse that is moving towards Zero Emissions Building and Climate Neutral Cities. Target audience are academia, policy makes, practitioners and city officials.

Agenda (Download the agenda here, or join us online here)

10:30 – 12:00 Excursion to the Austrian Demo and presentation of the Climate Pioneer City Graz

• Site visit of the Austrian demo (Multifunctional facades in a former industrial area)
• Key Note onsite: Climate Pioneer City Graz – Austrian Partnership for Climate Neutral Cities 2030, Christian Nussmueller, City of Graz

13:00 - 15:30 Policy Session Part 1: EXCESS results and lessons
13:00 - 13:15 Opening remarks and introduction, Joanneum Research
13:15 - 14:15 EXCESS and its key results, Joanneum Research, VTT
14:15 - 14:40 EXCESS policy roadmap incl. discussion, Joaquin Villar, Andalusian Energy Agency
14:40 - 15:20 Interactive Session moderated by Prospex Institute

15:20 - 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:30 Policy Session Part 2: From Plus Energy Buildings to Climate Neutral Districts
15:30 - 15:50 Decarbonising districts: The role of digital tools. Insights from the Horizon Europe
project EBENTO, Elena Leal Lorente, ETRA
15:50 - 16:15 The path towards Climate Neutral Districts, Simon Schneider, FH Technikum Vienna
16:15 - 16:40 Pathways to Climate Neutral Districts: Insights from the DUT projects PED StepWise
and HeatCoop, Gerhard Hofer, e7 energy innovation & engineering

16:40 - 17:30 Panel Discussion: PEDs as nucleus for Climate Neutral Districts

• Christoph Gollner, Transition Pathway Coordinator, DUT
• Judith Borsboom, (Locality, the Netherlands)
• Victoria Taranu (BPIE, Brussels)
• Florencio Manteca (CENER)

Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdTIrhd7QoavNdbwNq_J823RWY0jUHv_uyJWnrtO0m0k127VQ/viewform?pli=1

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