Hosted by BUILD UP, the Cultural-E project organises a webinar titled "Replicable solutions for sustainable Plus Energy Buildings: a comprehensive evaluation including energy performance, LCA, LCC and new business models”. The Cultural-E goal is going a step beyond Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEBs) towards the future of Plus Energy Buildings (PEBs). The team is approaching this topic by looking at climate and cultural differences in the use of residential buildings around Europe. The event will take place the 16th May 2023 at 10.00H CET. 

The Cultural-E goal is going a step beyond Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEBs) towards the future of Plus Energy Buildings (PEBs). The team is approaching this topic by looking at climate and cultural differences in the use of residential buildings around Europe. By the end of the five years the project will have built four new Plus Energy Buildings in France, Germany, Italy and Norway. Cultural-E will also produce design tools, smart technologies, methodologies and policy.

This webinar will consist of an overview on Positive Energy Buildings and solution sets as developed within the Cultural-E project, followed by 3 presentations on specific topics related to the theme. In particular, the first presentation will provide an overview on what Positive Energy Buildings are and how different technological solution sets can be used in these buildings. Moreover, these aspects need to take into account the cultural background of four geo-clusters, representative of Europe’s diversity. 

The second presentation will provide an insight on how the different variables (i.e., cultural, technological, climatic) affect the energy performance of these buildings and how harmonizing the control strategies is essential in cases where different technological systems are involved. 

The third presentation will focus on the environmental aspects related to the considered solution sets, considering the whole life cycle of the building. Lastly, consideration on the life cycle costing are drawn, with a discussion on new possibilities in terms of business model that arise from these building typologies.

The expected outcome of this workshop is to disseminate the project outcomes, focusing on the different aspects of the developed solution sets, namely the energy performance and control strategies, the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), the Life Cycle Costing (LCC) and new business models. Moreover, an active interaction with the audience is foreseen, in particular at the end of each presentation, when the audience will have the possibility to provide their opinion through a discussion that will be guided by the presenter.

Agenda

10.00 – 10.05: Presentation of BUILD UP, introduction to the webinar topic, and presentation of the agenda    
BUILD UP Team member

10.05 – 10.20: Overview on Positive Energy Buildings and solution sets    
Francesco Isaia, Postdoctoral Researcher, Eurac

10.20 – 10.40: Energy performance assessment and harmonized control strategies   
Francesco Turrin, Researcher, Eurac

10.40 – 10.45: Poll discussion #1    
Moderated  by Franesco Turrin

10.45 – 11.05: Environmental lifecycle impact (LCA)    
Roberta Di Bari, Research Associate, University of Stuttgart

11.05 – 11.10: Poll discussion #2    
Moderated by Roberta Di Bari 

11.10 – 11.30: LCC (Life-Cycle Cost) and discussion on new business models    
Dr. Hermann Leis, Research Associate, siz energieplus

11.30 – 11.35: Poll discussion #3    
Moderated  by Dr Hermann Leis

11.35 – 11.55: Q&A discussion    
Moderated  by BUILD UP

11.55 – 12.00: Closing remarks and thank you from BUILD UP     
BUILD UP Team member