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The 52nd Breakfast at Sustainability's "Cultural traces and carbon footprints: Aligning Heritage Preservation with Energy Efficiency" will take place online on 24 November 2026, 10:00 to 12:00.
How can historic windows be upgraded to improve energy performance and comfort while preserving their architectural character? This question will guide the HeriTACE x FuturHist webinar on 15 October 2026.
The International Conference on Moisture in Buildings (ICMB27) will take place at Ghent University, Belgium, from 13–17 September 2027. Abstract submissions are open until 30 November 2026.
Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) are increasingly recognized as a key technology for accelerating urban decarbonization.
HeriTACE was proudly represented at the 4th International Sustainable Energy Conference (ISEC 2026) in Graz, Austria, where Prof. Dr. Lieve Helsen (KU Leuven) delivered one of the conference's plenary keynote addresses and contributed to high-level discussions on the future of digitalisation and artificial intelligence in sustainable heating and cooling.
At the Heat Pump Conference (HPC) 2026, Prof. Dr. Lieve Helsen from KU Leuven’s Thermal Systems Simulation (SySi) Team presented the keynote “When systems connect – integration makes the difference and physics makes the intelligence” during the session “Heat pumps in high-density urban areas.”
Builtwins makes strong progress within the HeriTACe Horizon Europe project through the deployment of Model Predictive Control (MPC) in a residential heritage building pilot.
On September 16, 2025, I had the opportunity to attend and present at the Smart Energy Systems Conference (SESAAU2025) in Copenhagen.
On 21 November 2025, the MADE EXPO 2025 hosted the event “Innovation and European Standards for Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings,” promoted by Federcostruzioni, Assorestauro, HeriTACE and our related projects CALECHE and FuturHist where HeriTACE has been presented by Dr. Alessia Buda.