The Spanish National Network URBAN MOME organised a seminar in Almería on the 18^th and 19^th of September, just after the DYNASTEE Summer School was held in the same place. This organisation facilitated the attendance of participants in the Summer School in the URBAN MOME seminar and vice versa. It was hosted by CIESOL and CIEMAT at Plataforma Solar de Almería. The seminar was organized as an event for the exchange of knowledge and collaboration between participants.

The first day consisted of a series of fifteen-minute presentations, each one followed by informal conversations (questions, alternative approaches, collaboration potential, etc.). It started with introductory presentations about the URBAN MOME Network (Towards efficient URBAN environments through MOdelling, MEasurement, and control in the built environment) and its Working Group 3 on Efficient buildings that interact with their environment. After that, a wide variety of key research topics related to Building Modelling in the Urban Environment were discussed. The core of the seminar was dedicated to different modelling approaches, and different applications such as outdoor comfort, comfort control in buildings, prediction of thermal consumption in large commercial buildings, building energy performance assessment at urban level, and models to deploy low cost control systems at urban scale. The seminar also considered other aspects that are relevant to the topics of the working group such as solar radiation processing, outlier detection and Levels of Detail (LOD) for urban modelling.

On the second day of the seminar, the participants visited the Plataforma Solar de Almería. The visit to each test facility was guided by an expert in the corresponding solar technology: Solar Treatment of Water, Thermal Storage, Line-Focus Concentrating Solar Thermal Technologies, Point-Focus Concentrating Solar Thermal Technologies, Solar Furnace, and Energy Efficiency in Buildings. The seminar concluded with a wrap-up session identifying topics and channels for future collaboration in the area.

The URBAN MOME is a Spanish National Network integrated by research groups of CIEMAT, TECNALIA, ITE, IREC, CARTIF and the Universities of Oviedo, Valladolid and Deusto. Additionally, the Universities of Navarra, Sevilla, Almería, and Politechnic of Madrid, Politechnic of Valencia, CIMNE and IETcc-CSIC participate as invited groups. Its general objective of this Network is to create a forum for the exchange of information and knowledge on modelling, measurement and control in the built environment, with the aim of improving the energy efficiency of urban environments. This activity is complemented and enriched by international collaborations in the framework of the DYNASTEE Network, such as the IEA-EBC Annex 94.

Thematic Network URBAN MOME – 2023-2025. Reference: RED2022-134655-T. Funded by the Spanish National Research Agency (Agencia Estatal de investigación, AEI). Contact: María José Jiménez (mjose.jimenez@psa.es).