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The international scientific project entitled “Zero energy buildings for zero energy neighborhoods ZEB4ZEN”, implemented as part of the Interreg Central Europe program, was selected from among 280 applications from all over Central Europe. The project budget is over EUR 2 million. Its main goal is to develop a transnational methodology and regional action plans that will show how to transform historic urban districts into districts with almost zero energy consumption by 2050. "Ideal cities" created in the Renaissance, such as Zamość, Palmanova and Karlovac, which are currently completely energy inefficient, are to become "ideal cities" with zero energy consumption in the future. For this purpose, research units from Croatia (Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar - Project Leader), Germany (Magdeburg Stendal University of Applied Sciences), Italy (Energy Management Agency of Friuli Venezia) and Poland (Lublin University of Technology), identify opportunities for energy modernization that will combine tradition with modernity, and the result will be specific actions that meet the assumptions and goals of the European Union in the field of energy and climate.

For this purpose, the team of the Department of Monument Conservation of LUT, using modern techniques such as laser scanning and photogrammetry, developed a point cloud of the Old Town in Zamość, which is the basis for the implementation of a digital model of the city. In the future, the digital twin of Zamość will be supplemented with information related to the valorization of monuments, the assessment of their technical condition and the possibilities of energy modernization of individual tenement houses. The developed tool will be a universal tool - available to engineers, facility managers and, above all, to the authorities of the city of Zamość. At the same time, preparations are underway for pilot implementations, where the adopted solutions will be tested in practice, monitored and evaluated during the project. The city of Zamość, together with the Department of Monument Conservation of LUT, will carry out research and pilot work related to the thermal modernization of the historic annex of the Zamoyski Palace. Thermal insulation works will be carried out only inside the building. All research and pilot works in the Old Town complex will be carried out in consultation with the conservation office. After the insulation has been completed using various methods, it is planned to measure the effectiveness of the solutions. Thus, solutions will be developed that can be successfully implemented and replicated in other buildings with a similar typology.

The progress of design work on the part of Lublin University of Technology and other partners, was presented at the second project meeting in Palmanova, Italy, on September 12-13, 2023. The remaining project partners are currently taking steps to implement the installation of a photovoltaic farm - the city of Palmanova, and the installation of an integrated photovoltaic power plant, as well as a storage system and V2X charging station - the city of Karlovac.