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Facade Construction Conference 2025

“Future Perspectives in Façade Construction” will take place on Friday, November 7, 2025, starting at 10:00 a.m. in a hybrid format. We look forward to your participation!

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HS Atrium 1, opens an external URL in a new window, Science Center TU Wien
Franz-Grill-Straße 9
1030 Vienna

online via Zoom

Program

Welcome

 10:00  Ernst HEIDUK, Research Unit of Building Physics, TU-Wien (AT)

Austrian Chinese research activities on Low Carbon Buildings regarding Daylighting, Shading and BIPV

  10:10  Martin HAUER, Bartenbach GmbH und Universität Innsbruck (AT),
              Tian ZHEN, Hunan University, Hunan (CN) - online

Experiences and results of the “Prefab.Facade” project

 10:40  Benjamin KROMOSER, Inst. of Green Civil Engineering, BOKU Wien (AT)

Climate-positive, circular timber frame construction – A pragmatic experiment

 11:10  Rainer VALENTIN, Vallentin + Reichmann Architekten, München (DE)

Renovation of the European Patent Office in Vienna, architecture, energy, and climate protection concept

 11:40   Hannes ACHAMMER, ATP architekten ingenieure, Wien (AT),
            Jakob SCHULZ, ATP sustain, Wien (AT)

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch and discussion possibility

Renovation of Energie 360° office building, energy concept, PV facade, and fire protection - online

 13:00   Holger SYHRE, Fa. Energie360°, Zürich (CH) - online

Berresgasse balcony solar project – PV in social housing

 13:30   Ludwig GATTRINGER, Fa. Innovametall, Freistadt (AT)
              Christoph STAFFA, Projektleiter, Gem. Bau- u. Wohngen. Wien -Süd., Wien (AT)

Guide and web tool from the German project “SolarEnvelopeCenter” - online

 14:00   Frank ENSSLEN, Group Solar Building Envelopes Fraunhofer ISE)

 14:30 – 15:00 Coffee Break and discussion possibility

Large PV-Facades and how to make them beautiful, safe and cost-effective - online

 15:00   Anders SMITH, Fa. Solarlab, Viby und Kopenhagen (DK)

Representation of Facade Constructions in Digital Models

 15:30   Thomas BEDNAR, Research Unit of Building Physics, TU Wien (AT)

Closing of the Event

 16:00 - 16:30

How to get there

The Science Center is very easy to reach by bike.
The easiest way to get there by public transport is to take bus 69A, which stops just a few stops away from the main train station.
For drivers, there are only paid parking spaces available (https://www.wipark.at/standorte/3-bezirk/tu-science-center-ob, opens an external URL in a new window).

Please send any questions, requests, or suggestions to fbt@tuwien.ac.at