International projects
EU Framework Programme
MOEEBIUS
Modelling Optimization of Energy Efficiency in Buildings for Urban Sustainability
Programme: Horizon 2020
Duration: 01.11.2015 – 01.05.2019
MOEEBIUS introduces a Holistic Energy Performance Optimization Framework that enhances current modelling approaches and delivers innovative simulation tools which deeply grasp and describe real-life building operation complexities in accurate simulation predictions that significantly reduce the “performance gap” and enhance multi-fold, continuous optimization of building energy performance as a means to further mitigate and reduce the identified “performance gap” in real-time or through retrofitting.
BERTIM
Building energy renovation through timber prefabricated modules
Programme: Horizon 2020
Duration: 01.06.2015 – 31.05.2019
Project Objectives:
1. Technical:
(a) Development of a new methodology for holistic and energy-efficient building renovation.
b) Evaluation and validation of prototyping and manufacturing processes for prefabricated system modules for deep building retrofits.
c) Development of a software platform (BIM tool) to support the methodology of the energy-efficient renovation process.
2. Environmental:
(a) Reduction of primary energy consumption of buildings.
(b) Promoting the use of environmentally friendly materials.
3. Socio-economic:
(a) Integrating the business model into the concept of renovation projects.
(b) Paving the way for the use of project results.
FOSTERREG
Fostering public capacity to plan, finance and manage integrated urban regeneration for sustainable energy uptake
Programme: Horizon 2020
Duration: 01.06.2015 – 31.05.2017
Project objectives:
- Focusing on integrating energy efficiency measures into urban revitalization plans, with a particular emphasis on building retrofits while promoting synergies with other sectors such as transportation and urban planning.
- Increase multi-level coordination/collaboration (European, national, regional and local) of public authorities in working together to reduce energy consumption in the EU.
- Supporting government officials at the national, regional and local levels in connection with policy, planning, financing and management of energy efficiency measures as part of urban revitalization plans.
- Support the implementation of the Energy Efficiency Directive, particularly Articles 4 and 7.
HISER
HISER
Holistic innovative solutions for an Efficient Recycling and Recovery of Valuable Raw Materials from Complex Construction and Demolition Waste
Programme: Horizon 2020
Duration: 01.02.2015 – 31.01.2019
The project will develop an innovative methodology and an intelligent tool (BIM-SD software) to facilitate the collection and processing of data on the type, quality and quantity of construction waste in order to achieve more efficient selective segregation of raw materials during demolition and renovation work. The project will also result in cost-effective technologies used in the production of highly purified secondary raw materials from construction and demolition waste. The project assumes that the new technological solutions will be 20% more efficient than currently available ways of recovering raw materials on the market. In addition, the project will create new energy-efficient construction products based on recovered secondary raw materials (cement, concrete, bricks, drywall). The developed solutions will be tested in several demonstration projects in Europe.
SMARTBUILT4EU
Programme: Horizon 2020
Duration: 1.10.2020 – 30.03.2023
SmartBuilt4EU consolidates the Smart Building Innovation Community with, at its core, EU-funded projects, and provides it with a package of supporting activities with two objectives:
- facilitate the exchange of information between EU-funded projects and national initiatives in the field of smart buildings and the related business, policy and media;
- coordinate contributions of the Smart Buildings Innovation Community to the SRI promotion, experimentation and implementation and the identification of R&I priorities to accelerate the roll out of smart building innovation, in line with the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD).
ZENN
“Nearly Zero energy Neighbourhoods”
Programme: 7th Framework Programme
Duration: 1.03.2013 – 31.10.2017
The ZenN project aims to reduce energy use in existing buildings and neighbourhoods. A number of specific measures will be implemented in the four residential areas that are participating in the project. The main challenges for energy renovation processes that the ZenN project is addressing are the following:
- Technical challenges: Providing cost effective technical solutions that substantially improve building energy performance while allowing for reasonable return of investment periods, and are accepted by users.
- Financial challenges: Providing an adequate financial scheme to facilitate involvement from population sectors with limited resources, through consideration, study and application of a wide array of financial instruments.
- Property Structure: Complex property structures in the neighbourhood scale, which lead to actions often tending to require broad and complex agreements.
- Social Challenges: Challenges related to maintenance of architectural qualities of buildings, user acceptance issues related to certain technologies, etc.
The project's goals are to:
- demonstrate the feasibility of innovative low energy renovation building processes at the neighbourhood scale;
- identify, optimize and disseminate the most promising management and funding methods to facilitate large-scale implementation;
- develop, improve and launch ambitious replication plans at several scales (local, regional etc.).
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