# Innovative Materials to Address Climate-Change Challenges within Cities

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### Innovative Materials to Address Climate-Change Challenges within Cities

**Presenter: Prof. Umberto Berardi [President, International Association of Building Physics]**

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**Organized by: IRC for Construction and Building Materials & Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Department**

16 Feb 2025 @ 02:00 PM

Building 19, Third Floor Gallery

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It is more and more known that buildings must be designed for future climate conditions. The energy transition is a pathway to transforming the global energy sector towards zero-carbon systems, requiring building physics to provide new solutions. These solutions require an integrative and holistic approach to all aspects affecting energy performance and city sustainability. This keynote provides a platform for recent research exploring the impacts of climate change on buildings and presents several nanotechnologies developed to make buildings more resilient.