Kick-off Event in Salzburg Region on April 28th, 2010

On April 28^th, 2010 a large kick-off event took place in the baroque palace of Urstein near Salzburg/Austria, visited by over 100 people. The title was „Renovation between the conflicting priorities of tradition and innovation“. Representatives of economy and politics from Austria and Bavaria – including ÖkR. Simon Illmer, President of the Regional Parliament of Salzburg, and DI Rudolf Scherzer, Vice-President of the Bavarian Chamber of Architects – took part in a panel discussion. The Project Manager Dr. Karlheinz Valtl explained the special linkage of traditional building types with innovative energy technology in the AlpHouse project.

There was a broad press coverage of the event:

http://salzburg.orf.at/stories/439951/

http://www.nachhaltigkeit.at/article/articleview/82568/1/25523/

http://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20100429_OTS0039/alphouse-eu-projekt-unterstuetzt-lokale-unternehmen-bei-sanierung-alpiner-altbauten-bild

http://www.wirtschaftsblatt.at/home/418464/index.do

http://www.salzburg.gv.at/lkorr-meldung?nachrid=44825

If you want to listen to a radio feature broadcasted on Radio Salzburg on May 2nd, 2010 – please click here

Pictures from the event