The BIPV-city team travelled to Patras, Greece for the 11th International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2025), on October 6 – 9! Nikolaos Skandalos presented our work entitled “Digital Twins for Climate-Positive Cities”, in which we explore how Local Climate Zones (LCZs), Building-Integrated PV (BIPV), and Nature-based Solutions (NbS) can be integrated into Digital Twins to support […]

We are excited to share that our recent article entitled “Digitized Energy Systems and Open-Access Platforms: Accelerating Cities’ Transition to Carbon Neutrality” has just been published in Urban Science MDPI! Urban environments face urgent challenges in transitioning to net-zero emissions, particularly regarding the large-scale adoption of renewable energy solutions like photovoltaics (PV). Our study explores […]

We’re excited to announce that the public beta version of the BIPV-city platform is now live. The platform currently supports: BIPV design for three pilot cities (Athens, Prague, and Dubai) Climate analysis for user-provided EPW (EnergyPlus Weather) files View the related paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117017 We welcome your feedback! Feel free to use the contact form or […]