As the EU accelerates its energy transition, environmentally sustainable architecture plays a vital role in reducing carbon emissions from buildings and promoting sustainability. Today’s architectural innovation goes beyond aesthetics, creating spaces that are functional, community-focused, and socially engaging. How can design act as a catalyst for awareness of the energy transition? And how can new approaches and tools shape spaces in line with the NEB principles: beautiful, sustainable, and collaborative?
These questions will guide discussion at ‘Architects as Facilitators of the Energy Transition: Insights from the ARV Experience in Karviná’, on 12th November in Prague, Czech Republic. The event, held in Czech, is organised by CVUT, the Czech demonstration leader of ARV EU-funded project, in partnership with the Architects’ Council of Europe, as a side event of the Architects’ Council of Europe Conference "Affordable and Quality Housing for All”.
Participants will explore practical, transferable solutions for sustainable building design within the Karviná Climate Positive Circular Community.
The ARV project demonstrates and validates solutions that are visually appealing, resilient, and cost-effective, aiming to accelerate deep energy renovations across Europe’s diverse climatic zones and support broader adoption of energy and climate measures in the construction and energy sectors.
