Deep ret­ro­fits

Deep ret­ro­fits (in Eng­lish)

Sat­urday, 4 May 2019, 2:20 pm, Kam­mer­mu­siksaal (level 1)

This ses­si­on will pre­sent a num­ber of pro­jects from across Eu­ro­pe on the im­port­ant to­pic of buil­ding re­tro­fit­ting. The EU-fun­ded SIN­FO­NIA pro­ject, of which the Pas­si­ve Hou­se In­sti­tu­te has be­en a part­ner, has in­ves­ti­ga­ted the dis­trict le­vel re­tro­fit­ting of ci­ties and the tools re­qui­red to ena­ble the­se pro­jects to be rea­li­sed cost-ef­fec­tive­ly.  The ci­ty of Inns­bruck, Aus­tria was one of the lead ci­ties of the SIN­FO­NIA pro­ject and key les­sons from this tri­al pro­ject will be pre­sen­ted.

Dis­trict hea­ting still has a ro­le to play in the fu­ture of hou­sing and a spe­ci­al pre­sen­ta­ti­on on the in­te­gra­ti­on of dis­trict hea­ting with Pas­si­ve Hou­se buil­dings will be held in this ses­si­on. Two pro­ject spe­ci­fic pre­sen­ta­ti­ons will be held in this ses­si­on, one de­tai­ling the re­tro­fit of a tall buil­ding in Ita­ly and the other on the re­tro­fit­ting of two schools in Aus­tria. The­se lec­tu­res will pre­sent in de­tail the key les­sons from the­se dif­fe­ring pro­jects.

This pro­ject has re­ceived fund­ing from the European Uni­on’s Sev­enth Pro­gramme
for re­search, tech­no­lo­gic­al de­vel­op­ment and de­mon­stra­tion un­der grant agree­ment No 609019.