Programme – DecarbCities

Programme

DecarbCities is taking place on 11-12 May at MuseumsQuartier in Vienna.

How can cities phase-out fossil fuels from the existing building stock? The main aim of the 3rd edition of DecarbCities is to fuel the ongoing debate on national and regional energy and climate plans as well as renovation strategies, as mandated by the European legislation on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and building efficiency. 

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Conference Day

11 May
12 May

Time	Duration	Sessions
13^:00 - 16^:00	3h	Registration and Welcome coffee The registration process will continue during the visit to the large-scale heat pumps at Therme Wien for the participants who want to only participate in the conference.
13^:40 - 15^:30	1:50min	Group 1 – Visit to the large-scale heat pumps at Therme Wien These 2 MW heat pumps recover waste heat from the thermal baths to supply around 1,900 households via the district heating system. The participants will be directed toward the bus stop located close to the venue and will be transported to Therme Wien. Format: Site visit
14^:10 - 16^:00	1:50min	Group 2 – Visit to the large-scale heat pumps at Therme Wien These 2 MW heat pumps recover waste heat from the thermal baths to supply around 1,900 households via the district heating system. The participants will be directed toward the bus stop located close to the venue and will be transported to Therme Wien. Format: Site visit
16^:15 - 16^:45	0:30min	Welcome – DecarbCities revisited What has progressed in the past 2 years? Where do we stand today? Jürgen Czernohorszky Executive City Councillor for Climate, Environment, Democracy and Personnel, City of Vienna Thomas Nowak, Secretary-General, EHPA Claire Roumet, Director, Energy Cities Conference room: Arena21 Format: On-stage discussion
16^:45 - 17^:15	0:30min	How to develop an ambitious H&C roadmap? Inspirations from Vienna How to replace more than 400,000 gas boilers by 2040 in the city? This session will present the plan of Vienna developed with its key stakeholders. Jürgen Czernohorszky, Executive City Councillor for Climate, Environment, Democracy and Personnel, City of Vienna — Download presentation Michael Strebl, CEO Wien Energie Conference room: Arena21 Format: Keynote
17^:15 - 18^:30	1:15min	Faster together! Perspectives from front-runners in Europe This session will underline how cities from other countries, like Germany and the Netherlands, intend to implement their transitions, and how their national context is different from the Austrian one. Moderator: Claire Roumet, Director, Energy Cities Brigitte Bach, CEO, Salzburg AG Christine Kugler, Permanent city counselor, head of Department of Climate Change and Environment, City of Munich Astrid Madsen, Energy Expert in the Netherlands, Astrid Madsen BV. Bernd Vogl, Energy Planning Department, City of Vienna Conference room: Arena21 Format: On-stage discussion
18^:30 - 19^:00	0:30min	Dialogue with the audience and wrap-up – Claire Roumet, Director, Energy Cities Conference room: Arena21 Format: Keynote speech
19^:00 - 21^:00	2h	Networking dinner Room: Ovalhalle

Time	Duration	Sessions
09^:00 - 09^:30	0:30min	Registration  & Welcome coffee
09^:30 - 09^:40	0:10min	Welcome by Thomas Nowak, Secretary General, EHPA Conference room: Arena21
09^:40 - 10^:10	0:30min	Keynote speech – Jan Rosenow, Director of European Programmes, Regulatory Assistance Project — Download Presentation Conference room: Arena21 Format: Keynote speech
10^:10 - 11^:10	1h	High–Level Panel Debate 1: Clean is the new affordable! How to support the most vulnerable in the transition of the building stock on the short- and mid-term perspectives? Moderator: Hrvoje Krapanic, General Manager Environmental Readiness CEE, Daikin Airconditioning Central Europe Raymond C. Decorvet, Senior Account Executive, Global Business Development ETES, MAN Energy Solutions Schweiz AG Stephan Auer-Stüger, Member of the Vienna City Parliament Daniela Kletzan-Slamanig, Senior Economist, Austrian Institute of Economic Research Conference room: Arena21 Format: On-stage discussion
11^:10 - 11^:40	0:30min	Coffee break Room: Ovalhalle
11^:40 - 13^:00	1:20min	World Café Roundtable discussions on existing tools/best practices for local players to design and roll out their strategy (technologies, planning and decision-making tools, business models, start-up ideas) Check the 10 World Café roundtable presentations here Room: Ovalhalle Format: Roundtable discussions
13^:00 - 14^:15	1:15min	Lunch  Room: Ovalhalle
14^:15 - 15^:15	1h	Panel Debate 2: Solutions to decarbonise multi-family buildings: let’s do it! This session will look at different technical solutions for the decarbonisation of multi-family buildings with gas boilers in the flats. How can it be done. What are the pros and cons and what are the costs of each solution. This will be discussed after two short presentations of projects that have been implemented recently. Moderator: Sabine Froning, Managing Director, Communication works (confirmed) Presentations: Daniela Huber, Head of Facility Management, Sozialbau AG — Download Presentation Andreas Kahr, Heat Pump Business Manager, Vaillant Group, Austria Panel: Peter Holzer, Senior Researcher and Associate Partner, Institute of Building Research & Innovation Thomas Nowak, Secretary General, EHPA Daniela Huber, Head of Facility Management, Sozialbau AG Andreas Kahr, Heat Pump Business Manager, Vaillant Group, Austria Conference room: Arena21
15^:15 - 15^:45	0:30min	Coffee break Room: Ovalhalle
15^:45 - 16^:45	1h	Final Panel Debate: What do we need from the EU-level? Are the proposals from the European Commission ambitious enough? Moderator: Thomas Nowak, Secretary General, EHPA Introductory Speech: Ciaran Cuffe, Member of the European Parliament Panel: Marjolaine Meynier Millefert, Member of the French Parliament (confirmed online) Karl Ochsner, Chairman, Ochsner Energie Technik GmbH Ciaran Cuffe, Member of the European Parliament Lisa Fischer, Programme Leader, E3G Judith Neyer, BMK Conference room: Arena21 Format: On-stage discussion
16^:45 - 17^:00	0:15min	Conclusion and Goodbye – Thomas Nowak, Secretary General, EHPA Conference room: Arena21