The next EFN Conference FAÇADE 2025 will be held in Milan on 27th November 2025 in the context of Energiesprong Renovation Days. This three-day event, from 26 to 28 November, will focus on innovative strategies and technologies for energy retrofitting buildings, bringing international experts, professionals, and institutional stakeholders together to discuss energy transition challenges and opportunities in existing buildings.
The EFN Conference FAÇADE 2025 is organised with the European project INFINITE which will present results on prefabricated multifunctional façades applied to real demo buildings. There will be discussions on technical advancements in building envelopes and innovations in façades, and their implications for the sustainability and efficiency of new and old buildings.
AGENDA
8:30 – 9:00 Registration
9:00 – 9:20 Welcome and opening
Enrico S. Mazzucchelli, EFN – DABC (Dipartimento di Architettura, Ingegneria delle Costruzioni e Ambiente Costruito, Politecnico di Milano)
Paolo Rigone, UNICMI (Unione Nazionale delle Industrie delle Costruzioni Metalliche dell’Involucro e dei serramenti)
9:15 – 11:15 SESSION 1 (Sponsored by Rockwool): Industry and Innovation: advanced products and technologies for facade retrofitting
Chair: Giacomo Scrinzi, DABC PoliMi / Francesco Isaia, Eurac Research
Climate adaptation in building envelopes – renovation strategies – Naciem Nowrouzi, ARUP Milano
Energy and Carbon Performance of Opaque Ventilated Façades: A Multidisciplinary CFD and Dynamic Thermal Modelling Case Study – Kate Dougherty, Fabrizia Cosimelli, Nina Glover, Saba Maskin, WSP
EnergieSprong for Education, Return of Experience of a mix of innovation and low carbon solution for deep renovation – Christian De Nacquard, Bouygues Construction – H2020 INFINITE
Challenging in sustainability at product level for the building renovation: which strategy? – Stefano Avesani, Eco-loop
The Open Face Program: a structured and holistic approach to façade design and engineering – Alessandra Luna Navarro, TU Delft – Open Face
11:15 – 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 – 13:30 SESSION 2 (Sponsored by Pellini): From research to practice: tools, methodologies and technologies for building envelope regeneration
Chair: Sofia Pastori, DABC – PoliMI / Roberto Lollini, Eurac Research
Scalable Renovation Strategies as a Pathway to the Decarbonisation of Buildings and Cities – Thaleia Konstantinou, TU Delft
Regenerative envelope to transform the city into a resilient and biodiverse ecosystem – Rosa Romano, Università degli Studi di Firenze
The e-SAFE Prefabricated Façade Solutions for Energy and Seismic Building Renovation – Carola Tardo, Università degli Studi di Catania
ZERAF – Transforming Buildings into Adaptive, Future-Proof Assets – Miren Juaristi, Eurac Research
INFINITE – integrated and industrialized solutions for faster and more efficient retrofitting – Diego Tamburrini, Eurac Research (H2020 INFINITE)
Supporting staged massive Net Zero Retrofit with collective buy-in-schemes, project Reno Tides – Alessandro Zanini, EDERA
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch break
14:30 – 15:30 Round table – Towards an innovative building stock deep renovation (sponsored by Manni Group)
Chair: Enrico S. Mazzucchelli, DABC – PoliMi
Kate Dougherty, WSP
Marco Dal Mas, EDERA
Martino Gubert, INFINITE
Miren Juaristi, Eurac Research
Patrizio Losi, Federcasa
Naciem Nowrouzi, ARUP
Paolo Rigone, UNICMI
Andrea Tessadori, Isopan
15:30 – 17:00 – Focus: Solutions for Industrialised Deep Renovation of Italian Social Housing. In depth presentation
Marco Dal Mas, EDERA
17:00 Closing remarks
Enrico S. Mazzucchelli, DABC – Politecnico di Milano
Martino Gubert, Eurac Research
Thomas Miorin, EDERA
Find more information about the Renovation Days event here.
Read the conference booklet to know more: 2025 Renovation Days Booklet
