TEB Forum Academy 2026
Conference Stage (Kuppelsaal)
Join us throughout the day for Keynotes & Main Stage Sessions.
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10:00 - 10:10 : Opening Remarks
The Energy Bridge (TEB)
The role of TEB as a system integrator across policy, industry, startups and research and significance of Building as Energy Assets
Speakers:
Rahul Mishra, Co-Founder, The Energy Bridge
, Co-Founder, The Energy Bridge
10:10 - 10:25 : ÖGNI - Austrian Society for Sustainable Real Estate
From Regulation to Real Estate Value: Reshaping Buildings, Energy and Investment
Speaker:
Petra Kühnel, Senior Advisor for EU Taxonomy at the ÖGNI (Austrian Sustainable Building Council)
Focus:
Moving from a compliance topic to a strategic drivers of investment, asset value and financing for Real Estate. It will highlight how developers, owners and investors can future-proof buildings, manage transition risks and turn the energy transition into an opportunity.
10:25 - 10:40 : Keynote
Future-Proof Buildings: How Energy Efficiency Are Transforming Real Estate
Speaker:
Karin Stieldorf, Ass. Professor, Working Group for Sustainable Building, TU Wien
Focus:
Exploring how architecture, building technology and energy efficiency can shape the buildings of the future. The keynote will highlight practical approaches to energy-efficient design, sustainable construction, renovation and building performance, showing how innovation can create more resilient, comfortable and future-proof real estate.
10:40 - 10:55 : ASCR – Aspern Smart City Research
From Smart Buildings to Smart Cities: How Energy, Data and Buildings Shape the Urban Energy Future
Speaker:
Matthias Gressel, General Manager, Aspern Smart City Research (ASCR)
Focus:
Exploring how smart buildings, energy systems, data and intelligent grids are transforming the way cities produce, consume and manage energy. Drawing on ASCR’s real-world research in aspern Seestadt, the keynote will show how buildings can become active energy players, creating greater efficiency, flexibility and resilience for the future of real estate and cities.
10:55 - 11:10 : Vienna’s Building Energy Transition: From Fossil Heating to Integrated, Flexible Energy Systems
Speaker:
Name: TBD, Stadt Wien – Energieplanung / MA 20
Focus:
Exploring Vienna’s “Phasing Out Gas” strategy and the transformation of the city’s building stock toward climate-neutral heating by 2040. The keynote will highlight the practical transition from gas to district heating, heat pumps, geothermal and local energy networks, and how building renovation, energy infrastructure and spatial energy planning must come together to create a flexible, resilient and affordable urban energy system.
11:05 - 11:15: Networking Break
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11:15 - 12:05 : Session 1 - Real Estate as an Energy Asset
From Building to Energy Asset: Who Pays, Who Owns, Who Benefits?
Panel Debate
Exploring how heat pumps, photovoltaics, energy storage, EV charging and smart building technologies can transform buildings from passive consumers into flexible energy assets .The discussion will focus on the practical and commercial questions behind this transition: Who invests? Who owns the infrastructure? Who operates it? Who carries the risk? And who captures the value?
The panel will bring together real estate, energy, technology, research and public-sector perspectives to explore how buildings can actively contribute to a flexible, resilient and integrated energy system
Moderator:
Angelos Chronis, Infrared.City
Panelists:
ARE Austrian Real Estate
Roger Hackstock, President, Renewable Energy Austria (EEÖ)
Real Estate / Industry Perspective – REHVA / Nikolas Neubert / LAND
Anna Aichinger, Energy Planning, Stadt Wien
Matthias Gressel, General Manager, Aspern Smart City Research
Christian Nuesser, City of Graz
12:05 - 13:10: Lunch
13:10 - 13:25: Case Studies
From Individual Buildings to Local Energy Systems: The Rise of Energy Communities
Speaker:
Stephan Heidler(
Head of Energy Communities)
/ Micha Sober(UIV), TBD
Focus:
Exploring how energy communities can connect buildings, renewable generation, storage and local consumption into integrated energy systems. The keynote will highlight how shared energy infrastructure can create local flexibility, lower energy costs and new value streams for real estate, while enabling buildings to become active participants in the energy transition.
13:25 - 13:40 : Rabmer Group – Case Study
Turning Wastewater into Energy: From Local Resource to Renewable Heating & Cooling
Speaker:
Fr. Mag. Ulrike Rabmer-Koller, Managing Partner, Rabmer Gruppe
Focus:
A real-world case study on how wastewater can become a local, renewable energy source for heating and cooling buildings. Drawing on Rabmer’s experience with wastewater energy systems, the session will demonstrate how waste heat, heat pumps and existing urban infrastructure can reduce fossil-fuel dependency, lower emissions and create practical new energy solutions for buildings and cities. Rabmer’s technology has been recognised for its contribution to climate protection and sustainable heating and cooling
13:40 - 13:55 : Infrared.City – Case Study
Designing for Climate Resilience: Using AI and Climate Data to Future-Proof Buildings and Cities
Speaker:
Angelos Chronis, CEO & Co-Founder, Infrared.City
Focus:
Case study showing how AI-powered climate simulation and real-time environmental data can change building and urban design decisions. The session will explore how developers, architects and cities can use simulations of heat, wind, solar exposure, shading and thermal comfort to design buildings and public spaces that are more resilient to a changing climate—turning climate intelligence into an actionable tool for real-estate development.
13:55 - 14:45 : Session 2 – Energy Communities & Integrated Energy Systems
Building the Local Energy Systems of the Future
Focus:
Moving beyond individual buildings to examine real-world examples of integrated local energy systems. The session will showcase how waste heat, heat pumps, district heating, thermal storage, Power-to-Heat, renewable generation and digital controls are already being combined in Austrian projects. The session will explore what works, what does not, the business models behind these systems, and what is needed to scale them from individual projects to entire districts and cities
Panelists:
Stephan Heidler – Head of Energy Communities, UIA
District Heating Network Association
CIP Europe – TBD
Ulrike Rabmer-Koller, Managing Partner, Rabmer Gruppe
Dl Dr. Andrea Edelmann, Head of Innovation and Sustainability, EVN and Chairwoman, Green Energy Lab
14:45 - 15:00: Networking Drinks
15:00 - 15:30 : Session 3 – Financing the Energy Transition in Real Estate
Who Pays for the Transformation? Financing the Future of Buildings
The panel will explore how the energy transition can be financed across the real-estate lifecycle, examining the role of green loans, sustainable finance, EU Taxonomy and ESG requirements in investment decisions. It will discuss how owners can balance energy-efficiency capex, renovation costs, future asset value and investment risk, and whether improved energy performance can ultimately translate into higher asset values and lower financing costs.
Moderator:
TBD
Panelists:
Raiffeisen Bank – Sustainable and green real-estate finance
BMK / BMWET – Energy Efficiency Team – Policy, regulation and financing framework
TU Wien – Building performance, renovation economics and technical perspective
Petra Kühnel, Senior Advisor for EU Taxonomy at the ÖGNI (Austrian Sustainable Building Council)
ÖVI – Developer and property-owner perspective
15:30 - 16:30 : CEE Case Studies
Scaling the Energy Transition Across Central and Eastern Europe
Case Studies:
Poland – Alan, TBD
Slovakia – ČSOB Bank, TBD
OPTIMUSE
INFRADAPT – Climate-Resilient Energy Infrastructure through AI-Based Adaptation
Focus:
Showcasing practical CEE case studies that demonstrate how finance, technology and innovative energy solutions are accelerating the transition of buildings and energy infrastructure. The session will highlight what is already working across the region, the challenges of scaling solutions, and how AI, climate adaptation and new financing models can help create more resilient and future-proof real estate and energy systems.
16:30 : 17:30 Energiepark Forschungsstiftung – LIMES Awards
Celebrating the Innovators Shaping the Renewable Energy Future
The LIMES Future Prize for Renewable Energy recognises outstanding innovations and pioneering solutions that accelerate the transition to a renewable, resilient and sustainable energy system. The awards will showcase the people, technologies and ideas with the potential to transform how energy is generated, stored, managed and used — and turn innovation into real-world impact.