Integrating life cycle thinking into HVACR design
Join us on 24 September to discover how the EUROVENTSUMMIT seminar (powered by J2 Innovations and VEAB) focuses on integrating life cycle thinking into HVACR design, and offers insights into reducing environmental footprints.
This session of the 2025 EUROVENTSUMMIT Sustainability Forum will take place on Wednesday, 24 September 2025, 14:30-17:30h. The seminar will contain out-of-the-box presentations by sponsors and renowned experts to explore how holistic perspectives can inform design, manufacturing, and operational strategies for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems.
The seminar will focus on the role of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) in addressing embodied carbon in the building sector. Key topics include measuring and mitigating environmental footprints, upcoming regulatory shifts (EPBD, CPR, Ecodesign), EPD harmonisation across Europe, and the need for HVACR-specific Product Category Rules. It will also explore methodological challenges (EN 15804, EN 50693, PEF), the rise of digital EPDs, and barriers to scalability, verification, and tool development.
Speaker lineup and topics
The series of presentations will be followed by an engaging panel discussion and Q&A session.
Sponsored talks
Ola Rolandsson (Technical Application Specialist, VEAB) ‘Smart electric heating controls for energy-efficient HVAC integration’ Integrated control strategies for sustainable and intelligent electric heating and cooling in air handling systems with enhanced LCA performance.
Matteo Pierone (Managing Director, J2 Innovations) ‘Smart, sustainable, and low carbon: The future of HVAC management’ How intelligent HVAC technologies, powered by IoT, AI, and HVAC data analytics, are reshaping building management with a focus on sustainability.
Expert presentations
Stanislava Borisová (Sustainability Consultant) ‘Materialising the impact’ Measuring, managing and mitigating carbon and environmental footprint.
Jacopo Famiglietti (Researcher, Politecnico di Milano) ‘Eco-designing heat pumps: Tackling efficiency, refrigerants, and the embodied impact of components’ Advanced solutions for heat pump decarbonisation: analysis of experimental laboratory activities evaluated using the LCA method.
Asger Wendt Karl (Senior Sustainability Specialist, Sweco) ‘Preserving the complexity of EPD’s in a building-LCA context’ How HVAC environmental product information is applied in a building-level LCA context, and which complexities are lost in the process, based on experiences from a Danish building context.
Hugues Haentjens (Communication Manager, Uniclima) ‘The benefits of the PEP approach for the communication of environmental performance of HVAC equipment’ In the perspective of EPD applying to European countries, how to capitalise on the existing expertise and deliverables dealing with environmental data on equipment.
Erik Björn (Team Leader Business Development – Nordics, One Click LCA) ‘From complexity to clarity: Scaling environmental data in HVACR’ Overcoming bottlenecks to make LCA and EPD environmental data standard, scalable, and comparable – powered by automation, AI, harmonisation, and timely data distribution.
Salvatore Porto (Head of Business Development, PRODBIM) ‘Data stewardship and BIM integration: Compliance, sustainability, and project success’ Assessing the current industry landscape and advancing it through BIM and optimised use of certified performance data.
Join us for the afternoon seminar, where leading experts will present concise talks and take part in interactive panel discussions focused on advancing sustainability in the HVACR industry. Part of the #ManufacturingForTomorrow theme, this session invites participants to engage in bold, solutions-oriented dialogue on the future of sustainable product design and innovation.
The full seminar programme can be accessed on the EUROVENTSUMMIT website.
⚠️ Important remarks
If you wish to participate in the seminar, don’t forget to reserve your seat via the Summit app (note you need to be logged in with the same email you used to register for the Summit). Capacity is limited, and access might not be granted without prior registration.
Register to the Summit now and reserve your seat via www.eurovent-summit.eu!