SINCERE conference & advanced workshop 2025

A 3-day international conference and advanced workshop for conservation, architecture and engineering professionals titled "Innovative & Sustainable Mortars for Structural and Thermal Retrofitting of 20th Century Buildings".

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7th Historic Mortar Conference

SINCERE organizes a special Session and exhibition at the 7th HMC conference in Padova, Spain. The Call for Papers is closed and we are looking forward to an exciting event where SINCERE will have a strong presence.

Digital Horizons: Embracing heritage in an evolving world

SINCERE organizes a special session on Computational models concerning climate change and its effect on cultural heritage assets, encouraging interdisciplinary collaborations, bringing together expertise from archaeology, materials science, conservation, environmental science, engineering and data science.

Heritage in Dialogue - European Heritage Days 2025

The European Heritage Days are coming again at the end of September and the topic this year, Heritage and Architecture: Windows to the Past, Doors to the Future is even more relevant than in 2024 when we had the first online dialogue between the Neoclassical School in Rhodes (Greece) and the Museum+ in Ostrava (Czechia). Now we are preparing for the follow up in the context of the recently established #TalkingBuildings citizen science methodology. See talkingbuildings.net.

> Stay tuned for SINCERE's participation in EHD 2025

The spirit of material: Building sustainability

An international student workshop on sustainable design, From Sustainable Design to Circular Economy and Talking Buildings, bringing together students from three architecture/design schools in Israel (HIT), Cyprus (Frederick University), and Greece (Democritus University of Thrace). SINCERE will participate in the workshop by introducing the Talking Buildings Game as a participatory design methodology, which will be applied as a complementary tool in all working groups.

SINCERE Talking-Buildings workshop

A participatory workshop offered in the context of the Design Month Graz 2025, and co-organized on behalf of SINCERE by ECOAMA/ECOWEEK & NetHood.

Heritage in Dialogue - European Heritage Days 2024

In the context of the European Heritage Days, the SINCERE project organized an online dialogue between the Neoclassical School in Rhodes (Greece) and the Museum+ in Ostrava (Czechia). This playful event took place on 27 September 2024 (see the original announcement), and it its success motivated the creation of the dedicated web site talkingbuildings.net.

> Watch the short video teaser or the full recording.

Public art and urban experience conference

Ioannis Karatasios is Researcher, member of Ceramics and Composite Materials Group, at the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of NCSR “Demokritos”. He is the coordinator of the SINCERE project. In the context of the conference Public art and urban experience at the National Gallery of Athens on 14 April 2024, he gave a presentation on the relationship between nanotechnology and public space, which included a short introduction to the objectives of the SINCERE project.

Smart Innovation Symposium #4

up2metric gave a talk on "Digital Technologies for Green Buildings", highlighting aspects of the tech we built in this innovative project, including a smart interoperable platform integrating BIM and Digital Twins, and immersive XR technologies for sustainable renovation and retrofitting of CH buildings.

Science in the City Malta

Science in the City (SitC) has established itself as one of Malta’s largest national festivals and the only science and arts festival hosted in Malta. It is part of the EU’s European Researchers’ Night (ERN) initiative

SINCERE booth at HMC2025

Science in the City (SitC) has established itself as one of Malta’s largest national festivals and the only science and arts festival hosted in Malta. It is part of the EU’s European Researchers’ Night (ERN) initiative

STAR*track webinar

Members of the European built environment gathered for a webinar hosted by STARtrack Bult4People to learn about ECTP - European Construction and sustainable built environment Technology Platform's #AffordableHousingInitiative, featuring presentations from ECTP and three EU-funded Built4People projects: DeCO2 Horizon Europe Project, SINCERE, and FORTESIE EU Project. During the webinar, ECTP introduced the Affordable Housing Initiative, and the EU-funded projects demonstrated how they are developing solutions to support the sustainable renovation and decarbonisation of Europe’s affordable housing stock, highlighting practical approaches and technologies that contribute to scalable, inclusive, and climate-resilient housing.

New European Bauhaus lighthouse demonstrator

The event is titled Shaping Sustainable Futures: Innovating for People-Centric Cities and Communities, co-organised by NEBULA, Craft Cities, AEGIR and INGUMA projects. SINCERE will be there.

NebulaB4P Clustering event for all 30 projects under Destination 4

The SINCERE project’s coordinator Ioannis Karatasios introduced the project at the clustering event organized by NebulaB4P, and hosted by CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency in Brussels.1 This inspiring event brought together representatives from all 30 projects funded under Destination 4 Built4People: "Efficient, sustainable, and inclusive energy use," as part of the Horizon Europe Work Programmes for Climate, Energy, and Mobility. The topics covered in the event included:1) Digital solutions for building operations, 2) Inclusive and resilient environments, and 3) Renovation for low-emission buildings.

SINCERE Encounter at the Inwadar pilot site

In the context of the 4th SINCERE General Assembly we will be hosted by the University of Malta and encounter SINCERE's new pilot site in Malta. We are excited to meet this very interesting small building overlooking the mediterranean sea. A two-storied spotting light tower, erected in 1930s and located on the east coast of Malta, in Zabbar. It is currently planned for restoration and will be repurposed as a study facility, potentially serving as an observation laboratory for research and educational purposes.

SINCERE Encounter at Algete pilot site

The Algete encounter was of a different nature compated to the Rhodes and Ostrava encounters, since it took place in the context of SINCERE's 3rd general assembly. So, a field trip to ACCIONA's Algete demo site was organized for the whole consortium.

> Watch the 3min video report

SINCERE Encounter at Ostrava pilot site

SINCERE experts met with local stakeholders (National Heritage Institute, Heritage Conservation Department) and participated in a guided visit and in-depth exchanges on the SINCERE installation on the demo site in terms of performance, aesthetics, and legal aspects. It was a very important meeting in order to gain a good understanding of the limitations and potential of the demo site and sketched a realistic plan for the implementation of the pilot.

> Read the programme

SINCERE Encounter at Rhodes pilot site

Two encounters were organized: 1) with technical experts and policy makers 2) with cultural organizations, with representatives from the Perfecture (building owner), the Rhodes Municipality, and eight cultural organizations.

> Read the main points made during the discussions