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PROGRAMM

March 26, 2026 from 9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.

S.05

DECARBOMIZATION OF BUILDING SERVICES AND ENERGY INTEGRATION 2 (Sagittarius Room)
Chairman: Ilaria Ballarini, Politecnico di Torino

9.00 a.m.

Participants Registration

10.00 a.m.

Keynote speech
Flexible Heating and Cooling: Unlocking Energy Flexibility with Heat Pumps
Alessia Arteconi, Mechanical Engineering Department, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

11.00 a.m.

Moving time for parallel sessions

11.05 a.m.

Sponsor session introduction

11.10 a.m.

Scaling positive energy districts through integrated active exoskeleton retrofitting: a rec-driven application to a social housing cluster
Stasi Roberto, Semeraro Simona, Vecchi Francesca, Ruggiero Francesco, Berardi Umberto, Politecnico di Bari, Italy

11.25 a.m.

Dual-use building rooftops for agrivoltaic applications in warm-temperate climates - a neutrosophic decision analysis
Minelli Federico, University of Naples Federico II - Department of Industrial Engineering, Naples, Italy

11.40 a.m.

Fifth-generation or cold district heating: comparative analysis of energy and environmental benefits
Capretta Emidio, Ordine degli Ingegneri, Ascoli Piceno, Italy

11.55 a.m.

District heating driven single-effect double-lift absorption chiller with optimized COP
Dmitrij Gorlovsky, Johnson Controls Systems & Service GmbH, Mannheim, Germany
Fujii Tatsuo, Johnson Controls Building Efficiency, Tsuchira, Japan

12.10 p.m.

Perspectives of deployment of Large Heat Pumps (LHPs) combined with waste heat recovery and powered by renewable green electricity in fourth-Genera tion District Heating (4GDH)
Gandini Jacques, Managing Director of Studio GANDINI S.R.L. the Italian independent consulting company specialized in sustainable HVAC & decarbonization of Buildings, Verona, Italy
Colacchi Roberto, Senior Product Manager, Strategic Marketing of Daikin Applied Europe S.P.A., Cecchina, Rome, Italy

12.25 p.m.

Electrifying residential heating systems toward carbon-neutral buildings: a retrofitted building stock in northern Italy
Mu Weixian, Cardelli Riccardo, Ferrari Simone, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Davoglio Guido, Tekser s.r.l., Milano, Italy
Mannino Antonino, Abitare Società Cooperativa, Milano, Italy

12.40 p.m.

Control solutions for variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems in office buildings
Truffo Davide, Quintero Marin Desiree, Airzone Italia, Milano, Italy
Fernandes Hernandes Francisco, Grupo de Energía de la Universidad de Málaga, Spain
Pena Suarez, Bandera Cantalejo Juan Antonio, Gonzalez Muriano Mari Carmen, Altra Corporaciòn, Malaga, Spain

1.00 p.m.

Networking Light Lunch

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