The PED-ACT Team was at the DUT PED Conference Milan
At the Driving Urban Transitions Partnership PED Conference in Milan, our team members — Prof. Xingxing Zhang (Högskolan Dalarna), Assoc. Prof. Gireesh Nair (Umeå University), and Ghazal Etminan (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology) — joined colleagues from across...
PED-ACT Project Holds Its Final Meeting in Izmir
The final consortium meeting of the PED-ACT project — Auto Characterization of PEDs for Digital References Towards Iterative Process Optimisation — took place on May 26–27, 2025, hosted by Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH) in collaboration with Karşıyaka...
The PED Manifesto is Now Available in Three Languages
We are excited to share that the Positive Energy District (PED) Manifesto is now available in English, German, and Turkish. The PED Manifesto outlines key principles, shared values, and action pathways to support the transition toward energy-positive and...
Call for Abstracts for The International Conference on Building and Simulation (BAS)
The International Conference on Building and Simulation (BAS) will be hosted by SERC at our partner Dalarna University’s campus in Borlänge, Sweden, from 2–4 July 2025. This conference provides a unique platform for the discussion of pressing building and energy...
Bahanur Nasya (Wonderland) participated as a speaker at the European Creative Economy Conference in Helsingborg, Sweden
PED-ACT's Austrian partner Wonderland's Communications Manager, our team member Bahanur Nasya was invited to give a speech at the European Creative Economy Conference in Helsingborg, Sweden on June 13th, 2024. The European Conference on Creative Economy and Culture...
PED-ACT Joins DUT Conference in Brussels
Towards the 2030 Sustainability Goals, the Driving Urban Transitions Partnership DUT Conference gathered international leaders and experts to Brussels. They kick-started 48 projects to support EU mission of climate-neutral cities, EU Green Deal, and the EU’s Urban...
PED-ACT Stakeholder Workshop at Karşıyaka, Izmir
Last week we had the time to collaborate and think together about İzmir! PED-ACT’s WP6 “Co-learning Processes and Co-design Strategies” leader wonderland platform for european architecture organized this workshop which is hosted by Karşıyaka Belediyesi and facilitated...
Karşıyaka/İzmir Stakeholder Workshop
In the PED-ACT project, we aim to make energy consumption and production sustainable in regional units. This project, which is carried out at an international level, carries out studies in five different prototype regions in three countries. It is investigating ways...
PED-ACT Team Members at IEA-EBC Annex 83 Working Meet at Pamplona, Spain
PED-ACT's coordinator Prof. Xingxing Zhang (Dalarna University) and WP8 doctoral researcher Eylem Keskin (Izmir Institute of Technology) attended to the IEA-EBC Annex 83 Working Meeting on 26-27 February 2024 in CENER Headquarters Pamplona, Spain. As one of the...
Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme: Positive Energy Districts
Dalarna University is thrilled to offer a new Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) in Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) for graduate-level exchange students. With its two weeks of study (one in Sweden/one online) and international student group, this BIP promises to be a...