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NEB SATELLITE EVENT – Delivering Affordable and Climate-Resilient Housing for All

Cities, housing providers and architects across Europe are increasingly joining forces to address climate resilience while ensuring that housing remains affordable and inclusive. This conference will take place on 11 June 2026, from 09:30 to 16:30, at Comet Louise, as a satellite event of the New European Bauhaus Festival. Across Europe, climate change is already reshaping […]

Takeaways from the Seminar: Oslo’s First Plus-Energy School – What Are the Innovative Solutions?

WEBINAR | Building a beautiful, sustainable, and inclusive Europe: From the Green Deal Call (GDC) to the New European Bauhaus (NEB)

Dr. Reza Mokhtari, Recent PhD Graduate from DTU Construct on Dynamic Heat Pricing and Demand-Side Flexibility

Reza Mokhtari successfully defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark (DTU Construct), entitled “Dynamic Heat Price: A Key Solution to Unlock Demand-side Flexibility of District Heating Systems.” The research investigated the implementation of dynamic pricing in district heating, focusing on a residential neighborhood in the ARV Sønderborg pilot […]

ARV at the Decarbonisation summit: Neighbourhood-scale renovation with a social purpose

Seminar: Oslo’s first positive energy school —What are the innovative solutions?

Transformational Plans for Palma’s Seafront: GESA Building — Architectural Competition and Energy Innovations

ARV Showcases Climate-Positive Urban Innovations at Smart City Expo World Congress 2025

Case Study #1: The Karviná Project – A Holistic Approach in Czechia

Strategic citizen engagement: the Trento demo showcased at Sustainable Places 2025

ARV awareness-raising workshop ‘Architects as facilitators of the energy transition: insights from the ARV experience in Karviná’

It’s Conference Season for the District Heating and Cooling Sector – and the ARV Project Was There Too!

Co-Creation in Climate Innovation: Learning from a Plus-Energy School in Oslo

Design and operation of renewable energy and storage systems in a plus energy school in Oslo Demo, Norway

Energy flexibility in the renovation of residential building blocks in ARV Utrecht Demo, the Netherlands

A special ARV Project Day took place in Karviná for students from local primary and secondary schools on April 30th, 2025.

Inspiring the Next Generation: ARV Project Day Engages Karviná’s Youth

The ARV Demonstration building in Trento is nearing completion.

The construction of the new multi-functional hub in the “Ex-Zuffo” parking lot of Trento — part of the Italian Demonstrator of the ARV project — is entering its final phase. Let’s take a look at what has already been completed and what’s coming next. What’s been done so far? After the excavation works, the first […]

3rd “Architects as facilitators of the energy transition” workshop happened in Sønderborg (Denmark)

Spreading Climate-Positive Circular Communities Across Europe: Lessons from the Frontlines of Housing Innovation, International Social Housing Festival 2025 – Dublin, Ireland

ARV participation in the International Social Housing Festival 2025, Dublin, Ireland.

ARV is contributing to the International Social Housing Festival 2025 in Dublin (Ireland) with the workshop “Spreading Climate Positive Circular Communities around Europe”. The main theme of the Festival, “Storytelling” centres on the experiences, ideas, and voices of all those engaged in housing—from public, cooperative, and social housing providers to tenants, policymakers, and advocates for […]

The ARV paper “Reconciliation of wind power forecasts in spatial hierarchies” was recognised as a top-cited article in the Wiley publication!

The paper “Reconciliation of wind power forecasts in spatial hierarchies” gained as the top cited article on the Wiley publication. In this paper, the authors consider an application of reconciliation to state-of-the-art hierarchical forecasts of wind power production intended for the day-ahead market. The focus is on reconciling wind power production forecasts on horizons beyond […]

Architects as facilitators of the energy transition – ARV Workshop in Sønderborg on 19 May 2025

ARV Utrecht (NL) demonstration site visit and key insights.

On 5th February 2025, Patrick Child, Deputy Director General for Environment at the European Commission visited ARV Utrecht Energy Lab as part of a series of insightful visits across the Utrecht region. During his time here, he explored various key institutions, including RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, HU University of Applied […]

Palma hosted a day dedicated to showcasing Virtual and Augmented Reality tools in Nou Llevant

Palma City Council organized a conference to explain to the residents of La Soledad and Nou Llevant the ‘Retrofitting guidance service’ as the Private Public Partnership (PPP) ARV innovation for the large-scale energy retrofitting of the neigbourhood

Tramiteco, the management retrofiting entity, also collaborated in the organization.

GeothermSkin just installed in Trento (IT) demonstration building

ARV Success story – Using augmented reality models to engage stakeholders on retrofitting buildings

ARV Participation in the 16th International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings (SEB-24) (18-20 of September, Santa Cruz, Madeira, Portugal)

2nd “Architects as facilitators of the energy transition: insights on two Plus Energy Buildings” workshop happened in Oslo (Norway)

Workshop in Sønderborg explores the feasible energy efficient measures in housing associations and district heating networks – ARV event in Sønderborg (Denmark), 19-20 September 2024

Policy recommendations paper published – Speeding up the implementation of Net Zero Emission Buildings and Neighbourhoods through targeted financial policies

1st “Architects as facilitators of the energy transition” workshop happened in Palma de Mallorca (Spain)

On 13 September 2024, the awareness-raising event titled “Architects as facilitators of the energy transition: experiences from Palma” was held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The event was aimed at architects who are interested in learning more about the ARV Climate Positive Circular Communities (CPCC) and are eager to play a pivotal role in reducing […]

ARV partipation in the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) Cross-programme Buildings Clustering Meeting

Seminar on Activating Heat Demand Flexibility for Sustainable Heating

Architects as facilitators of the energy transition – ARV Workshop in Oslo on 18 October 2024

ARV is participating in “Solar and Storage Event” in Zürich, 17-18 September, 2024

Demonstration of feasible energy efficient measures in housing associations and in district heating networks, 19-20 September 2024

ARV participation in Sustainable Places 2024 on the topic of “New European Bauhaus: R&D Project Challenge”, 24 September 2024

Architects as facilitators of the energy transition – ARV Workshop in Palma de Mallorca on 13 September 2024

ARV Living Lab Workshop in Karviná, January-April 2024

Workshop in Utrecht explores urban renewal in post-war social housing estates, 05 June 2024

Workshop in Trento explores one-stop-shops for sustainable integrated renovation, 21 May 2024

Circular construction and materials for a sustainable building sector – BUILDUP Article

ARV Living Lab Workshop in Palma, 23rd May 2024

One of the key objectives of the ARV project in Palma is to raise climate awareness among the population. Specifically, ARV wants to raise awareness among the younger generations so that they grow up to be environmentally friendly people.

Three PhD positions available within ARV

We have two exciting PhD positions available in the framework of the ARV project: 1) PhD scholarship in Energy Management of Energy Flexibility Assets in Sports Facilities at DTU – Technical University of Denmark in collaboration with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) The deadline is 1 July 2024 (23:59 Danish time). More […]