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EffiComfort project presented at the Energy and Environment ’26 Summit

  • 2. 4. 2026

At the central professional event Energy and Environment ’26, held as the 16th Green Energy Summit at Brdo pri Kranju on Wednesday, 25 March 2026, one of the speakers was Jure Vetršek, MSc, Head of the Department for Energy Efficiency and Built Environment at the Innovation and Development Institute of the University of Ljubljana. He presented the EffiComfort project to a broad audience of participants from the fields of energy, industry and finance.

In his presentation, he introduced the concept of shifting from static to dynamic indoor conditions. Instead of maintaining a fixed indoor temperature, the EffiComfort project promotes a thoughtful adjustment of the indoor environment according to the season, time of day and users’ needs. This approach, supported through so-called “temperature training”, can contribute to greater comfort and improved health for users, while also enabling more efficient energy use in buildings. The latter is becoming increasingly important in light of the greatest disruption of fossil fuel supply chains in history. Vetršek also presented the synergies between a dynamic indoor environment and the management of energy systems based on variable energy sources, which, with the appropriate integration of energy storage, can bring benefits for both people and energy grids.

Prosperia, the organiser of the annual event dedicated to the latest developments in the introduction of renewable energy sources and the opportunities offered by self-supply, energy storage and active demand, concluded the event with the finding that “a successful energy transition will depend not only on ambition, but above all on the speed of implementation, system resilience, and cooperation in introducing concrete solutions.” The EffiComfort project also contributes to this mosaic of solutions. Through innovative energy performance contracting in public buildings, the City of Ljubljana aims to accelerate the transition to a carbon-neutral society.

 

The EffiComfort project is supported by the European Urban Initiative (EUI) and co-financed by the European Union.