Decarbonizing Mediterranean Buildings for a Resilient Future in a Changing Climate
Beyond Efficiency: Healthy and Resilient Mediterranean Buildings
climamed 2027
On behalf of the Organising Committee, we are delighted to welcome you to CLIMAMED 2027, which will take place in person at Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), Spain, on 25–26 May 2027.
As a leading international forum for the HVAC&R community in the Mediterranean region, CLIMAMED brings together researchers, engineers, designers, manufacturers and other professionals to exchange scientific knowledge, share practical experiences and explore innovative solutions for the sustainable transformation of buildings.
About the congress
CLIMAMED 2027 will bring together the Mediterranean HVAC community to address the challenges of building decarbonisation, energy efficiency, indoor environmental quality and climate resilience, with particular attention to the increasing need to adapt buildings to heatwaves and a changing climate.
The congress will focus on the challenges of decarbonising Mediterranean buildings while ensuring comfortable, healthy and resilient indoor environments. Particular attention will be paid to energy efficiency, indoor environmental quality, innovative HVAC technologies and adaptation to climate change, including the growing challenge of heatwaves.
CLIMAMED is part of REHVA’s three-year cycle of international HVAC conferences, alongside CLIMA and the Cold Climate conference. The congress is under the responsibility of the five HVAC associations of Southern European countries that ensure the membership of their respective countries in REHVA:
- AICARRAssociazione Italiana Condizionamento dell’Aria, Riscaldamento e Refrigerazione
Italy - AICVFAssociation des Ingénieurs et techniciens en Climatique, Ventilation et Froid
France - ATECYRAsociación Técnica Española de Climatización y Refrigeración
Spain - ODEOrdem dos Engenheiros – Portuguese Engineers Association
Portugal - TTMDTurkish Society of HVAC and Sanitary Engineers
Türkiye
TOPICS
1. Adaptation and Resilience to Heatwaves
- Cooling demand, energy consumption and grid impacts during heatwaves
- Building resilience and overheating mitigation
- HVAC design under extreme climate conditions (e.g., prolonged heatwaves)
- Cooling resilience and continuity of service
- Adaptation and retrofit of existing systems to future climate scenarios
- Building retrofit and adaptation strategies
2. Indoor Environmental Quality and Health
- Indoor air quality under real operating conditions
- Integrated solutions for air quality and energy efficiency
- Pollutant-based control strategies (CO₂, PM, VOCs)
- Ventilation and filtration solutions for new and existing buildings
- Impact of IEQ on occupant health, well-being, and productivity
- Occupant-centred and adaptive design approaches
- IEQ challenge in a future hotter climate
3. Building simulation and measurement
- Large-scale HVAC electrification and grid interaction (flexibility, peak demand, resilience)
- Integration of HVAC systems with energy grids (demand response, storage, local markets)
- Demand Reduction and Building Envelope
- Model calibration and performance gap analysis
- Monitoring and measurement of real building performance
- Advanced building performance simulation
- Life cycle assessment (LCA) and Global Warming Potential (GWP) analysis
4. Advanced HVAC Components and Systems
- High-temperature heat pumps
- Hybrid systems integrating heat pumps and renewable energy sources
- Low-GWP and natural refrigerants
- Wet and dry cooling technologies
- Water savings and reuse strategies in HVAC and thermal systems
5. Thermal and Electrical Energy Storage
- Phase change materials (PCM) and innovative storage media
- Thermal and electrical energy storage technologies
- Short-term and seasonal storage solutions
- Performance assessment and optimisation of storage systems
- Numerical modelling and simulation
- Experimental validation and case studies
6. Building Retrofit: Experiences and Learnt Lessons
- Office buildings
- Educational buildings
- Healthcare buildings
- Other buildings
7. District Energy Systems and Energy Communities
- District heating and cooling in Mediterranean contexts
- Neutral-temperature and low-temperature networks
- Energy communities: design, operation, and case studies
8. Zero-Emission Buildings
- Implementation of the EPBD and renovation strategies
- Definitions, metrics, and verification of zero-emission buildings
- Measurement and compliance of indoor environmental quality (IEQ)
- Digital building logbooks and continuous commissioning approaches
- ZEB standardisation
9. Building Automation, Control and Management
- Operational digital twins
- Smart Readiness Indicator
- Artificial intelligence for HVAC control and optimisation
- Fault detection and diagnostics (FDD)
- BACs contribution to energy efficiency and IEQ