Tuesday, 24 March 2026

From 8:30: Foyer TUtheSky: Registration and coffee
9:00–11:00 TUtheSky Hall: Session 5: Passive strategies and the human factor
Chair: Bernhard Lipp | IBO Vienna
Human adaptability and its role in climate change
Runa T. Hellwig | TU Berlin
Designing heat-resilient buildings without active cooling
Lutz Dorsch | Salzburg University of Applied Sciences; Runa Hellwig | TU Berlin
Flying Gardens – Climate change adaptation through urban regeneration
Nikolaus Stützle | Rataplan Architecture Vienna
Building-integrated Greenery as a Passive Cooling Strategy: Impact Analysis on Existing Buildings
Rudolf Bintinger | IBO
11:00–11:30: Coffee break
11:30–13:00 TUtheSky Hall: Session 6: Redeveloping  (industrial) existing structures (continued)
Chair: Johannes Kislinger | ah3 Architekten, Horn
Wooden architecture in an urban context: transformation and expansion
Johanna Kairi | Stora Enso Wood Products, Ybbs
Rethinking sustainability: From existing buildings to innovative campuses
Mirna Bukovčan | Rieder Smart Elements, Maishofen
RE:STOCK INDUSTRY – Digital Methods for Vertical Transformation and Reuse of Industrial Buildings
Nikolaus Kremslehner | Fraunhofer Austria Research GmbH
Discussion
13:00–14:00: Lunch break
14:00–15:30 TUtheSky Hall: Session 7: Building technology in renovation
Chair: Runa T. Hellwig | TU Berlin
Sani60ies – Demonstration of minimally invasive thermal and energy-efficient renovation of classic residential buildings from the 1950s and 1960s
Philipp Stern | Institute of Building Research & Innovation, IBR&I, Vienna
Energy-self-sufficient radiator boosters for reducing the flow temperature with a field test in the Alterlaa residential park (Vienna)
Felix Wimmer | Institute of Building Research & Innovation, IBR&I, Vienna
SMARTSAN – Intelligent minimally invasive renovation measures for CO2 reduction in buildings
Bernhard Lipp, Caroline Thurner | IBO, Vienna
Closing remarks
14:00–15:30 Seminar room BA 10A: Workshop 3: Where are your comfort limits? Demands for comfortable and energy-flexible living and working environments. [Language: German]
Chair: Edit Paráda (Presenter);  Lucia Damberger | University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien
Where are your comfort limits – in living areas, in office spaces, in meeting rooms? Bring your experiences and expectations and help us to design our project to meet user needs. Our workshop combines a short keynote  with interactive formats. More  here:
Registration
15:30–16:00: Coffee break
16:00–18:00 TUtheSky Hall: Workshop 4: Enerflex Buildings – Energy flexibility in practice
Chair: Thomas Zelger, Elisabeth Kerschbaum | University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien
Where are we now – and where are we headed?

Buildings play a key role in the volatile energy system of the future. Energy flexibility makes it possible to shift loads, better integrate renewable energy and tap into new business models – without losing sight of user comfort.

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Registration
16:00–18:00 Seminar room BA 10A:: Workshop 5: From Action Plan to Implementation: Activating Investments in Renovation [Language: German]
Chair: Susanne Formanek| RENOWAVE.AT
How can we accelerate investments in building renovation – and what does it take to actually implement good ideas? At Bauz!26 we will present the new financing action plan, which was developed in the course of RENOINVEST and invite you to think, discuss and help shape.
Welcome and Introduction
  • A concise insight into the most important measures of the Financing Action Plan of RENOINVEST
  • How to stimulate investments into renovation
  • Perspectives from different areas – from financing to regulation to implementation
  • Room for exchange, questions and collaborative further development
Details and Registration

Programme subject to change!