From 6th to 9th April 2026, the ENPOWER Capacity Building Workshops is bringing together project partners, researchers and stakeholders together in Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, for an intensive programme of field visits, specialised training and knowledge exchange. Hosted at the Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Banja Luka, the mobility was designed to strengthen technical expertise and deepen collaboration across ENPOWER’s four case studies.
The programme opened with field visits that allowed participants to observe the project’s building-related work in practice. These visits were followed by dedicated courses on energy efficiency retrofitting, renewable energy integration in rural communities, and energy poverty and socio-economic aspects, delivered by experts from KU Leuven, Tilburg University and UNIBL. On the third day, the workshops have continued with a specialised course on the role of digitalisation and AI in energy management in buildings, together with public lectures for UNIBL staff, stakeholders and students on energy poverty, energy justice and democracy, and on advanced controls and digital twins for electrically driven building systems.
By combining field observation, specialised lectures and cross-institutional exchange, the Banja Luka mobility reinforces ENPOWER’s mission to build scientific capacity and strengthen cooperation around energy poverty, building retrofits, rural renewables and digital energy management. The workshop week also contributes to the project’s dissemination and stakeholder engagement objectives, while supporting the development of future research and implementation pathways within the ENPOWER consortium.
