RENAISSANCE PROJECT, Zaragoza Final Conference

URBAN PLANING AND
                         SUSTAINABLE REFURBISHMENT

                 RENAISSANCE PROJECT,
                Zaragoza Final Conference
                                  June, 4-5th 2012. Zaragoza, Spain
                               Paraninfo de la Universidad de Zaragoza.
                                      Plaza de Basilio Paraíso, 4.

After...
…more than 1 million square meters built up, 14.422 refurbished, a school refurbished and an interpretation
centre on urban sustainability carried out...
…More than 320 monitored dwellings, 1.600 analyzed, weekly meetings and training with inhabitants,
technicians, etc...
…7 years of Project in Zaragoza (Spain), Lyon (France) and Lombardia (Italia)

We would like to invite you to know our work and our conclusions and to rethink together on urban planning
and sustainable refurbishment

Más información: http://renaissance.unizar.es

         CONCERTO is co-funded by the European Commission
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Day 1, June 4th, Monday. Paraninfo de la Universidad de Zaragoza

   9.00h Registration

   9.15h Opening:
      o Don Jerónimo Blasco. Consejero de Cultura, Educación y Medio Ambiente.
         Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza.
      o Dra. Pilar Zaragoza. Vicerrectora de Relaciones Institucionales y
         Comunicación, Universidad de Zaragoza.

   9.30 Introduction:
    Mr. Mario Dionisio. Concerto Technical Officer, Directorate General of Energy,
    European Commission.

   10.00 – 12.00h // RENAISSANCE project: presentation and results
     Chair of the session: Miguel A. Portero. Ecociudad Valdespartera Zaragoza

     Introduction: Sylvain Koch-Mathian, Project Coordinator.
       o Communities (20’ each one)
             Zaragoza. Javier Celma, Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza.
             Lyon. Malorie Clermont, Hespul (Lyon-Francia).
             Lombardia, Gabriele Boccasile, DG Agricoltura. Regione Lombardía,
               Italia.
       o R+D+d en Renaissance (15’ cada una)
             I+D+d in Renaissance Zaragoza. José A. Turégano, Grupo de Energía y
               Edificación, UNIZAR.
             Lessons learnt from training activities for professional in Grand Lyon.
               Muriel Fusy. ALE, Francia.

   12.00 – 12.15h. Coffee break.

   12.15 – 14.00h // Urban planning, comfort and energy consumption.
     Chair of the session: José A. Turégano, GEE, Universidad de Zaragoza.

        Lectures: (20’ each one)
       o Urban plan in extreme conditions. Han Verschure, Catholic University of
          Leuven (Belgium).
       o Charting Experiments for Cities of the Future. Andrew Ten Brink, Harvard
          University Graduate School of Design.
       o Fabrizia Benedetti & Giordana Castelli, Urban quality and sustainability:
          European experiences. Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental
          Engineering, La Sapienza University of Rome

        Papers: (15’ each one)
       o Metodología de análisis para el estudio del confort y el consumo energético.
          Rodrigo Vásquez, Grupo de Energía y Edificación, UNIZAR.
       o Energy policy in Grand Lyon. Beatrice Couturier. France.
       o CONCERTO and Policy – the work of CONCERTO Premium. Andrea
          Immendörfer, CONCERTO.

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 14.00 – 16.00h // Lunch. Sala Trece Heroínas.

     16.00 – 18.00h // Recycling cities (neighbourhood scale)
      Chair of the session: Juan Rubio, SMZV.

         Lecture (30’ each one)
        o Energy efficiency in construction as a holistic approach“ -Eficiencia energética
           en la construcción con una metodología holistica. Thilo Cunz, Architect, Luwoge
           Consult GmbH & Andreas Moser Architect- Certified Passive House Consultant -
           Regional Market Development, BASF (30’)
        o Rehabilitar para Reciclar. Consideraciones para la intervención en la ciudad y
           sus edificios desde un enfoque integral e integrado en el medio ambiente.
           Margarita de Luxán, Gloria Gómez y Emilia Román. Arquitectas.

         Papers (20’ each one)
        o Nuevos modelos de rehabilitación urbana en Zaragoza. Juan Rubio del Val,
           Arquitecto, Sociedad Municipal Zaragoza Vivienda.
        o Rehabilitación de un barrio multicultural en Bruselas. Nurhan Abujidi. Doctora
          arquitecta-urbanista, Grupo de Energía y Edificación, UNIZAR.
        o "Mur Mur": a campaign to mainstream thermal refurbishment in Grenoble,
          Philippe Bertrand. France.

Day 2, June 5th, Tuesday. Paraninfo de la Universidad de Zaragoza

   9.00h Urban sustainability and indicators
      (Chair of the session: Javier Celma, Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza)

      Lectures (45’)
        o Urbanismo ecológico. Salvador Rueda. Director de la Agencia de Ecología
           Urbana de Barcelona.

      Papers (20’ each one)
        o La Duchère District - when sustainability at stake in urban renewal projects.
           Bruno Couturier. Grand Lyon (France)
        o Indicadores de sostenibilidad en URSUS. Eva Roldán, Grupo de Energía y
           Edificación, UNIZAR.
        o Federación Española de Municipios y Provincios. Indicadores.

   11.00h coffee break – lunch

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 11.30h Conference conclusions
      Participants may submit written proposals according to conferences to the chair of the sessions. This
      conclusions will be analyzed.

         o Renaissance experts. José A. Turégano, Javier Celma, Juan Rubio, Miguel Á.
           Portero, Sylvain Koch, Malorie Clermont, Gabriele Boccasile, Virgilio
           Garavaglia.

    12.00h On site visits

Itinerary 1: New construction.                      Itinerary 2: Refurbishment.
Visit to Valdespartera, urbanization,               Visit to Public School Candido
buildings and Urban Sustainabilty                   Domingo and Picarral
itnerpretation centre.                              neighbourhood.

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LOCATION:

                                                          Conference will be celebrated at Paraninfo de
                                                          la Universidad de Zaragoza, at Plaza de
                                                          Basilio Paraiso.

                                                          http://www.unizar.es/paraninfo.html

                                                          DIRECTIONS:
                                                          Building is located in the city center, near
                                                          Plaza de Aragón and Paseo de la
                                                          Independencia.
                                                          The following urban buses stop near the
building: 20, 23, 33, 40, 30, 34, 45, 51.
Tramway stop: Gran Vía
From train-bus station there are direct buses to Paraninfo (34, 51). There is also a taxi
stop.

From the airport there are direct buses and taxis.             http://www.aena-aeropuertos.es/csee/Satellite/Aeropuerto-
Zaragoza/es/Inicio.html

REGISTRATION:
Please, register in the following url for a good coordination of the event before May 30th.
Registration is free. http://cort.as/1zea

DOCUMENTATION:
At the end of the conference, materials will be published.

There will be translation english - spanish.

ACCOMODATION:
Accommodation needs to be arranged by participants individually. We recommend the
following Hotel Don Yo (BB**** - 66€) 5 minutes walking, or Hotel Río Arga (BB** 40€) 15
minutes walking. Please, specify “Conferencia RENAISSANCE”.

MORE INFORMATION:
jal@unizar.es / http://renaissance.unizar.es / +34 976 76 22 34
http://www.renaissance-project.eu/

Follow the conference on twitter: @renaissance_zar #ideasconstructivas

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