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Regarding water management at the district level, rainwater is not supposed to return to the sewer. It should return to the ground in order to supply groundwater, which is not obvious for increasingly mineralized urban planning. We have developed software that is based on soil permeability, the type of rain or the moment when the rain arrives. For example, when the ground is completely hardened and a strong thunderstorm arrives, water does not seep in. At that moment, it would be necessary to have very fine, typically Belgian drizzle, which sprinkles and moistures all over. The software can inform landscapers about the dimensions and types of plants for valleys.

We are working on heat storage in materials. Our dream is to find a solid-solid phase change material. When this material is found, a building will never need to be heated or cooled again. It will be a small revolution in the construction world.

In terms of education, energy managers have been trained since 1989. We developed the EDUCATE – Sustainable Architecture project at the European level, whose purpose was to compare the place of sustainable development in the curricula of European architecture schools and to suggest accompanying actions.