Big interest in the DigiBECS Workshop

The Digitalization of the built environment – Challenges and Solutions workshop was held at Digital Futures, on September 12 and 13. It attracted participants from all of the Dig-IT Lab partners and from several research teams at KTH.

The two day workshop was an opportunity for the diverse and international group connected on the common themes of buildings and digitalization to meet and share knowledge. The program featured four sessions with a key note speech for each topic, followed by industry pitches and group discussions.

The topics were:

  • Smart Grids and Buildings: The Renewable Energy Nexus
    Keynote speech: “Digital Twins for district energy system modelling”, Ursula Eicker
  • Digitalization for Lifecycle Sustainability
    Keynote speech: ”Technology revolution within building evolution: How can pathways align?”, Carmel Lindkvist (NTNU)
  • Data-Driven Optimization for Sustainable Building Operations
    Keynote speech: Frederic Wurtz
  • Policy, Regulation, and Market Transformation
    Keynote speech: ”Using AI to accelerate planning and building certification”, Sara J. Wilkinson

All photos by: Qianwen Xu