ABUD - Advanced Building & Urban Design

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🟨 What gives a #building its #soul? 🏢 Learn some of the key insights from the panel discussion at Portfolio Conferences Construction Industry 2025 yesterday: 🏙️ "Nothing comes from nothing" - according to our CEO, Dr. András Reith, the soul of a building reflects the soul of its creators. ✨ Szabó Tamás János DLA, Principal Architect, Member of the Studio Council, Finta and Partners Architectural Studio believes that the users and people give it soul. 🍃Is #sustainability really is #sustainable? 🏢 🌳 Katalin Csillag, Founder of 3h építésziroda | 3h architects, argued that we must start with optimising the #existing #building stock, while Dr. András Reith emphasized that currently, sustainability is still too sectoral; it must be #holistic. ✨ 🧑🎓 The panelists also agreed that Hungarian architects and engineers lag in sustainability compared to foreign engineers - this is why it is essential to focus on #knowledgesharing and reduce the #skillsgap. 💡 We are thrilled to have shared key insights with industry leaders. A special thanks to our moderator, Gábor Radványi, Chief Architect at Futureal Group, and to Portfolio Conferences for this invaluable opportunity!

🟨 "#SPENs work - now we need to scale" ⚡🚀#SustainablePlusEnergyNeighbourhoods are the way forward. At ABUD, we are very proud to have been part of this ground-breaking 5-year RDI project, which has brought to life four real-life demos with a total of 363 residential units, paving the way for sustainability in Europe. 🏙️ ⚡ To move forward, we need #strongerpolicies to support neighbourhood solutions, #financialmodels to #derisk investments, and #scalable strategies beyond the lighthouse projects.

📢 Tomorrow: Join us at Portfolio Conferences' Építőipar 2025 (Construction Industry 2025) Conference! 🏗️✨ We invite you to attend the #paneldiscussion titled 'Should buildings have a soul? - The responsibilities and challenges of architecture'. Industry experts exploring this topic will be: ⚡ Moderator: Gábor Radványi,  Chief Architect, Futureal Group; Member of Hungary Green Building Council (HuGBC)'s Supervisory Board ⚡Katalin Csillag, Founder, 3h építésziroda | 3h architects ⚡Szabó Tamás János DLA, Principal Architect, Member of the Studio Council, Finta and Partners Architectural Studio ⚡Dr. András Reith, CEO of ABUD; Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology -University of Pécs 📅 Date: 27 March 2025,📍 Hotel InterContinental Budapest ⏲️ Section III/B., 14:00-14:45 More information: https://lnkd.in/d445j8Wa We look forward to seeing you there! 🚀 #ConstructionIndustry2025 #Architecture #Sustainability #EnergyEfficiency

🟨 Exciting news from the Energy4All project! 🚀 Earlier in March, we held a workshop in Budapest, Hungary, bringing together members of the Kazán #energycommunity and a colleague from the Municipality of Budapest (Budapest Városháza). Facilitated by our Senior Consultant, Rebeka Dora Balazs and Consultant, Kitti Párdi, the session aimed to foster #knowledgeexchange and build a shared understanding among participants. Throughout the workshop, attendees engaged in a series of exercises designed to explore the factors influencing #energycosts within the Kazán Energy Community. They worked on: 🔍 identifying and prioritising key technical and social variables,  🗺️ mapping their interconnections, 💡 and developing a comprehensive causality diagram. These tasks helped participants uncover the barriers to reducing #energyexpenses and highlighted potential #interventionpoints for more effective energy management. At ABUD, we’re proud to support initiatives that empower communities for a greener future. By collaboratively analysing these complex relationships, the Kazán energy community took a crucial step toward enhancing #energyefficiency and #sustainability. The insights gained during the session will serve as a foundation for future strategies aimed at optimizing functioning of existing energy communities and the design of future energy communities. #Energy4All #Sustainability #EnergyCommunities #UrbanInnovation

Először is szeretném megköszönni az @IFK-nak és a LEOFM Létesítménygazdálkodás-nak a bizalmat, hogy az ABUD - Advanced Building & Urban Design csapatát választották erre a kiemelten fontos feladatra! Nagy megtiszteltetés volt a szakma jeles képviselőivel közel háromnegyed éven át együtt dolgozni ezen az anyagon, és a visszajelzések alapján úgy érzem, megérte: - Megérte, mert olyan ügyért dolgozunk, amely mindenki javára válhat rövid, közép és hosszú távon az épített környezet CO₂-kibocsátásának csökkentése érdekében, túllépve ezzel az építőipar határain. - Megérte, mert az épületek felesleges kapacitásainak kérdése mind beruházási, mind üzemeltetési szempontból fókuszba került. Gondoljunk csak bele, ha ezt optimalizálnánk, számos esetben akár 10%-os CAPEX-csökkentést is elérhetnénk. - Megérte, mert sikerült egy asztalhoz ültetni azokat a szakembereket, akiknek sokkal többet kellene egyeztetniük egymással, hogy tudásuk egyesülhessen. Már ezzel is hatalmas lépést tettünk egy környezettudatosabb épített környezet felé. Köszönöm az IFK-nak és a LEO-nak, hogy Magyarországon ennek élére állhattunk, valamint köszönöm kollégáimnak, Szilvia Bosze-nek, Dávid Jenei-nek és Adrienn Gelesz-nek, hogy ilyen fantasztikus anyagot készíthettünk a szakma számára!

🟨 At the recent business event organised by LEOFM Létesítménygazdálkodás, industry leaders gathered to discuss the #energyefficiency of #office and #retailbuildings and address the urgent need for sustainable practices, focusing on the role of facility management. 🏙️💡Our CEO, Dr. András Reith gave a joint presentation with Pál SZILVÁSI (Vice-President of IFK), and presented a series of #SustainabilityRecommendations, developed by ABUD in cooperation with IFK (the Hungarian Real Estate Developers’ Round Table), which aims to reduce the #energydemand and #environmentalimpact of office and retail buildings. Prominent industry figures shared their insights and engaged the audience in a panel discussion: 🏢 Zsuzsa Pálfalvi, Director of FM, NEO Property Services Zrt., 🏙️ Viktória Rózsahegyi, Facility Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific 🍃 Aron Horvath, Head of Sustainability at CBRE 💡 Pál SZILVÁSI, Vice-President of IFK ⚡ Dr. András Reith, CEO of ABUD "A change in the #mindset and increased demand from all stakeholders — investors, designers, facility managers, legislators, landlords, and tenants — is key to moving the industry towards greater sustainability, both financially and in terms of #energyefficiency. It is also vital to involve facility management early in the design process and to establish a strong working relationship from the outset." - as ABUD's Consultant, Dávid Jenei summarised the event. 📰 Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/dP3UjnjF 📸 Photos courtesy of Dávid Harangozó / LEO FM

🚀 The syn.ikia project is reaching its grand finale! We invite you to dive into the last syn.ikia newsletter, with key highlights from the past year, which can be the perfect preparation for the final conference🤓 After five years of innovation, collaboration, and impact, we are excited to invite you to our Final Conference: “SUSTAINABLE PLUS ENERGY NEIGHBOURHOODS – THE WAY FORWARD” on March 24, 2025, in Brussels. 🎉 This milestone event will showcase how Sustainable Plus Energy Neighbourhoods (#SPEN) are transforming communities across Europe, making them more energy-efficient, socially inclusive, and environmentally sustainable. Expect inspiring keynotes, stories from the ground, and engaging discussions with policymakers, researchers, and industry leaders!⚡ Check out our Winter 2025 Newsletter here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ePagwqmQ Find out more about the event and register✍🏻https://lnkd.in/ehrZkbvg Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), DTU - Technical University of Denmark, BPIE - Buildings Performance Institute Europe , Housing Europe , IREC - Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya, ABUD - Advanced Building & Urban Design, SIR - Salzburger Institut für Raumordnung und Wohnen GmbH, TNO, ENFOR A/S, Arca Nova Gruppen Andres Jaadla, Sara Brinch, Ciarán Cuffe, Sebastian Kotyla, Jaume Salom, Henrik Madsen, Karen Byskov Lindberg, Inge Strassl, Hugo de Vries, Inger Andresen, Julien Tami, Robin van Leijen, Aurélie Beauvais, Victoria Taranu, Caroline Cheng, Sorcha Edwards, Borja Gumuzio Morenes, Julien DIJOL, Clara Mafé, Claire Roumet,Christine Zhou, Niki Gaitani, Arild Gustavsen

❄️ Online #training alert! ⚡ Gain hands-on experience and insights into cutting-edge #CoolingTechnologies brought to you by the CoolLIFE project! 📅 April 1st ⏲️ 11:00 – 12:30 CET 💻 Online 📍 Register here: https://lnkd.in/d2XG77sy

🚧 Join us on the 27th March, at the 'Építőipar' (Construction Industry) Conference by Portfolio Conferences. We are proud to have our CEO, Dr. András Reith speaking at this premier business event for the Hungarian #ConstructionIndustry! 🏗️ 👷👷♀️ The event has become one of the most important business gatherings for Hungary’s construction sector, and the go-to platform for discussing the most pressing #financial, #business, #regulatory, and #efficiency challenges shaping the sector. 🚧 📅 Register here: https://lnkd.in/d445j8Wa #Építőipar2025 #PortfolioConference #Hungary #Innovation