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Energy related calls in H2020 / Energy Efficiency in Buildings

Dr. Dimitrios TzovarasDirector, Information Technologies InstituteCentre for Research and Technology HellasThessaloniki, [email protected]

Information Technologies Institute (www.iti.gr)2

CERTH/ITI experience in Energy Efficiency projects

Adapt4EE - Occupant Aware, Intelligent and Adaptive

EnterprisesCall: FP7 ICT STREP, Duration: 11/2011 - 10/2014

Role: Project Coordinator

INERTIA - Integrating Active, Flexible and Responsive

Tertiary Prosumers into a Smart Distribution GridCall: FP7 ICT STREP, Duration: 10/2012 - 9/2015

Role: Project Coordinator

GreenSoul - Eco-aware Persuasive Networked Data

Devices for User Engagement in Energy EfficiencyCall: H2020-EE-2015-2-RIA, Duration: 4/2016 - 3/2019

enCOMPASS - Collaborative Recommendations,

Visualisation and Adaptive Control for Personalised

Energy SavingCall: H2020-EE-2016-7-IA, Duration: 11/2016 - 10/2019


HORIZON 2020

- Energy Efficiency Call 2017

- Energy Efficient buildings Call 2017


BuildingsHeating & Cooling

Consumers Industry & Products

Finance forSustainableEnergy

Innovation Actions

EU Support: 70%1 to 6 M€ / project

Coordination & Support Actions

EU support: 100%0.5 to 2 M€ / project

49.000.000 €Closing 19 January 2017

55.000.000 €Closing 7 June 2017

H2020 - Energy Efficiency Call 2017


BuildingsHeating & Cooling

Consumers Industry & Products


Innovation Actions

EU Support: 70%

Coordination & Support Actions

EU support: 100%

EE01 EE04

EE07 EE12 EE17 EE20

EE02 EE06EE09

EE11EE14

EE15EE16EE18

EE22EE23EE24

EE19*



Innovation Actions

EE01 - Recovering waste heat from urban facilities

EE04 - New solutions using low grade energy sources

Heating & Cooling

Consumers Buildings Industry & Finance forProducts Sustainable

Energy

Coordination & Support

Actions

EE02 - Improving existing district heating networks



Waste heat recovery from urban facilities and re-use to increase energy efficiency of district or individual

heating and cooling systems

Topic EE-01-2017 –Innovation action (IA)

Specific challenges• Increase in the recovery of heat energy from

• Urban area, Urban waste, Waste water systems• Apply central heating and cooling system for energy distribution

• Individual system, District network• Apply different technologies to support the recovery, if needed (heat pumps …)

Scope• Demonstration of waste heat and waste water heat recovery in:

• Urban areas, Service sectors, Transport system facilities• Demonstration of integration into existing heating and cooling systems in building/facilities

district heating and cooling systems• To facilitate application and rapid development, focus should be put on

• Replicability, Scalability, Modularity

Expected Impact• Primary energy savings and Greenhouse gas emission savings compared to best available

solution existing today• Increase in share of waste heat captured and utilised in urban areas• Scale of replicability potential of the proposed solutions


New heating and cooling solutions using low grade sources of thermal energy

Topic EE-04-2017 – Research and Innovation action (RIA)

Specific challenges• heat demand of energy efficient buildings is decreasing• technical and economic viability of conventional district heating (DH) systems is affected• less heat demand per unit of heat delivered -> high costs of heat delivered?• transition to technology maturity • use newly dedicated or transform existing DH distribution networks and building heating systems• change consumers perception

Scope• Demonstrate applicability of low temperature district networks using large shares of residual and

renewable energy sources of low-grade heat to supply space heating and hot water to areas of buildings with high thermal performance standards

Expected Impact• Primary energy savings and GHG emission savings triggered• Competitiveness of the heat delivered by the proposed solutions• Increased share of residual and renewable sources• Reduction of heat distribution losses of the proposed solutions• Viable business model showing the economic and commercial viability• Scale of the replicability potential of the proposed solutions


Topic EE-02-2017 - Coordination and Support Action (CSA)

Improving the performance of inefficient district heating networks

Specific challenges• Significant number of DH systems are old and inefficient and run using fossil fuels• Poor maintenance, high customer heat costs and limited ability for user control• Significant number of customers disconnect from networks and install individual systems• The retrofitting of these DH systems can offer a cost effective approach to supplying efficient heat• Schemes can include city- wide networks or networks at the district/neighbourhood level

ScopeAccelerate the cost effective and energy efficient retrofitting existing, inefficient DH networks• replicate or develop successful technical, managerial, organisational and financial approaches• lead to the initiation of concrete (renovation) schemes• lead to the development of concrete regional or national action plans for the retrofitting of

inefficient DH networks• engage and involve as necessary all required stakeholders to achieve the above

Expected Impact• Primary energy and GHG emission savings triggered by the proposed actions• Increased share of waste/residual and renewable sources of heat• Scale of the replicability potential of the proposed solutions• Number of retrofitting approaches initiated by the project within its duration


Innovation Actions

EE07 - Stimulating behavioural change through ICT

Heating & Cooling

ConsumersBuildings Industry & Finance forProducts Sustainable

Energy


Actions

EE06 - Engaging private consumers

EE09 - Activating public authorities



Topic EE-07-2017 - Innovation action (IA)

Behavioural change toward energy efficiency through ICT

Specific challenges• Establishing cost-effectiveness• Making energy usage data accessible to the consume and third parties• Demonstrate energy savings without compromising comfort

Scope• Deploy innovative digital tools and applications or services in order to change end-user behaviour

towards energy efficiency. Other solutions such as building/home security or health monitoring may be integrated.

• Integrate and validate different technological elements (at least TRL 6), with appropriate business models and social acceptance parameters

• Address impact of indoor climatic conditions on health, productivity and comfort• Deploy solutions in a variety of building types located in at least two different climatic regions• Address ethical and data protection issues

Expected Impact• Significant reduction of final energy consumption prompted by the innovative ICT solutions,

clearly quantified and substantiated• Deployment and adoption of ICT solutions prompting behavioural change and energy efficiency,

including plans for sustainability after the project's life• Specific number of energy end-users changing their behaviour


Topic EE-06-2017 - (CSA)

Engaging private consumers towards sustainable energy

Specific challenges• Consumers should be more aware, active, energy sufficient, and be prosumers• Due to fluctuating energy prices, 50 million Europeans are affected by energy poverty• Collective consumer actions are hampered by barriers• Insufficient use of ICT solutions & insufficient understanding of energy bills• Need to increase understanding of consumer behaviour in relation to energy efficient products

Scope• Empower and facilitate tailored actions for consumers to become prosumers, or to form

collective consumer groups/consumer cooperatives• Support vulnerable consumers in tackling fuel poverty in their everyday life• Aim at achieving structural changes of national policies• Facilitate deployment of existing ICT-based solution for energy efficiency, with a focus on action• Facilitate consumer understanding of energy bills• Route purchase decisions towards higher efficiency products, without compromising comfort• Address the risk of "rebound effects", where relevant

Expected Impact

• Primary energy savings triggered by the project within its duration• Number of people changing their behaviour and engaged by the project actions• Renewable energy investments within the project duration• Policies and strategies created/adopted to include fuel poverty


Topic EE-09-2017 - (CSA)

Engaging and activating public authorities

Specific challenges• Public authorities are spending power (19% of EU GDP) and serve as an important driver in

energy transition• Multi-stakeholder engagement• Focus on sectors with high energy saving potentials• Capitalising on synergies with e.g. Covenant of Mayors, Smart Cities & Communities or similar

Scope• Enable public engagement in the energy transition, developing interface capacities within public

authorities to engage with civil society• Support public authorities to foster integrated energy, transport mobility and land-use planning• Support rolling-out quality management and certification schemes for energy efficiency in

municipalities• Develop financing strategies for capital-intensive technologies for heating and cooling

Expected Impact• Primary energy savings, renewable energy production and investments in sustainable energy• Number of integrated plans, vertically and or horizontally• Number of certified municipalities• Number of consumers/stakeholders engaged with their Public Authority• Policies and strategies created/adapted to include sustainable energy issues at all governance

levels (to be measured in Number of citations / statements from governance bodies)


Innovation Actions

EE12 - Integrating Demand Response in Energy Management Systems

BuildingsHeating & Consumers Cooling Industry & Finance for Products SustainableEnergy


Actions

EE11 - Promoting deep renovation of buildings

EE14 - Construction skills




Integration of Demand Response in Energy Management Systems while ensuring interoperability through Public Private Partnership (EeB PPP)

Specific challenges• Main objective: Integrate Demand Response (DR) into Energy Management Systems (EMS)• Complement existing building energy management with an additional external dimension: DR• Seamless integration of existing technologies of• smart home devices, EMS and network operators• Achieve interoperability across brands, technologies, standards

Scope• Demand Response: implicit rather than explicit / manage both energy demand and supply• Building occupants: Involve and engage them in the DR solution• Energy cost savings: help people save money• Indoor environment: improve people's quality of life• Focus on building-level energy optimisation / Energy – not just electricity consumption• Residential or not – buildings in general / building-level essential, district level a plus benefits for

building occupants essential, benefits for the energy network a plus

Expected Impact• Deployment of solutions allowing DR in buildings• Real-time building energy management and DR• High replicability across the EU• Energy costs savings for consumers and system• Improvement in quality of life


Topic EE-11-2017 - CSA

Overcoming market barriers and promoting deep renovation of buildings

Specific challenges• Increase rate, quality and effectiveness of renovation, renovation rate• Reduce costs, time and disturbance of occupants. Spread NZEB, integrate RE (improve skills)• Wide demonstration and replication• Improve interoperability and integration with the grid• Overcome barriers (Non-technological, value-chain based)

Scope• At least two out of the following:

• Support to consumers and/or end-users, Support renovation roadmaps• Overcome design-performance gap (standards, certification, labelling)• Large number of consumers (owners, end-users), Large building units (simplification, replication)• Cost-reduction• Promote existing finance, instruments, business models

Expected Impact• Increased rate of renovation

• Increased number of individual deep renovation• Energy Savings and RE triggered• Compliance• Environmental sustainability• Deep renovation = min 60% energy savings or NZEB



Construction Skills

Specific challenges• Improve skills of entire value chain for energy efficiency• Blue and white collar workers• New challenges e.g. BIM, RES integration, new products and processes

Scope• Set up or upgrade large-‐scale training and qualification• Address coordination and measures e.g. mutual recognition, accreditation, incentives• Consider financing and the long term and engage with SME's• Link with BUILD UP Skills• Multidisciplinary approaches across trades• Consider Erasmus+ Sector Skills Alliances

Expected Impact• Implement training & qualification schemes• Plan for replication and life after the grant• Increase number of skilled workers• Improve cross-‐trade collaboration

• Reduce performance gap• Energy savings• Increased renewable energy production• Mutual and/or market recognition of skills


Innovation Actions

EE17 - Valorisation of waste heat in industry

EE20 - Efficient data centres

Heating & Consumers Buildings CoolingIndustry & Products



Actions

EE15 - Increasing capacities in industry and services

EE16 - Implementing EU product efficiency legislation

EE18 - Energy efficiency of industrial parks

Public Procurement of Innovation

EE19 - Public Procurement of Innovative Solutions




Valorisation of waste heat in industrial systems (SPIRE PPP)

Specific challenges• Improve energy efficiency of large industrial systems, responding to process industry needs as

identified in SPIRE Roadmap• Design, build, test & demonstrate new processes/components or innovative adaptation of

existing solutions for waste heat recovery in large industrial system• Losses occur because: i) energy losses are difficult to recover & re-use or ii) equipment too costly

Scope• Innovative technologies for efficient recovery of waste heat in large industrial systems or

• Innovative solutions of energy symbiosis between industries or plants inside industrial parks for valorisation of waste heat

• Solutions should be adaptable to various types of industrial process and• Validated by full scale demonstration in real production conditions in industrial facilities

Expected Impact• Recovery of at least 40% heat• Measurable substantial primary energy savings, clearly quantified and substantiated and

consequent reduction of CO2 emissions• For actions proposing innovative technologies for waste heat recovery: Reduction of energy cost

expected to lead to a demonstrated advancement in competitiveness• For actions proposing innovative solutions of energy symbiosis: Cost-saving optimisations of

energy and resources’ supply and demand



Bringing to market more energy efficient and integrated data centres

Specific challenges• Demand for ICT processing is expected to grow exponentially in the coming years, due to

increasing demand for ICT services• Need for data centres should become more energy efficient and maximize integration of

renewable energy sources• Renewable energy sources need to be combined with energy storage to ensure efficient and

secure energy management in data centres• Existing and new data centres should be better integrated into the various energy grids

Scope• Cover areas such as: energy efficient cooling solutions, waste heat reuse, geographical and

temporal workload balance, integration of local and remote renewable energy sources integration in smart grids, integration with district heating/cooling networks, integration of power backup system in the grid and use of heat pumps for efficient use of waste heat etc.

• Develop of business models to trade heat, cold, electricity or energy security and storage• Focus on new and existing data centres (indicatively from 500 kW to 1 MW IT load)

Expected Impact• Bring data centre already developed energy efficiency technologies and solutions to market

faster and cheaper• Reach a Power Usage Effectiveness of up to 1.2• Achieve a high share of the data centre energy consumption covered by RES



Increasing capacities for actual implementation of energy efficiency measures in industry and services

Specific challenges• Ensure that energy audit recommendations lead to actual implementation,• Ensure that the results of energy audits provide the relevant financial data and can be addressed

at board level• Energy efficiency also relies on people behaviour and improvement of the energy culture of

enterprises and their supply-chain

Scope• Capacity building programmes to ensure that energy audits include the necessary financial and

technical data which helps decision makers choose the appropriate energy saving solutions; e.g. integration of LCCA (Life Cycle Cost Analysis) or NPV (Net Present Value) in energy audits

• Staff trainings and capacity building programmes to enhance corporate policy towards energy efficiency, energy culture and sustainable supply-chain initiatives

• All actors (from decision makers/corporate board members to employees) should be targeted

Expected Impact• Primary energy savings triggered by the project within its duration (in GWh/year per million Euro

of EU funding)• Market stakeholders with increased skills/ capability/competencies and long-lasting training tools• Number of people/enterprises with enhanced energy culture documenting why and how changes

are an effect of particular measures taken, as well in terms of the sustainability of the behavioural change



Effective implementation of EU product efficiency legislation

Specific challenges• By 2020 full implementation of the EU product efficiency legislation should be one of the most

important contributions to the EU energy efficiency target• Need for coordinated and improved market surveillance activities

Scope

• Building up monitoring, verification and enforcement of the EU's related products policy

• Market Surveillance Authorities (MSAs) must be in the consortium

• Go beyond the 'normal' activities of MSAs

• Energy savings, lower compliance, challenging products

• Databases to record inspection results

Expected Impact• Primary energy savings triggered by the project (in GWh/year per million Euro of EU funding)

corresponding to the energy losses avoided from non-compliance• Stronger enforcement of EU product legislation• Increased market confidence• Avoided energy losses (GWh/year per million Euro of EU funding)



Energy efficiency of industrial parks through energy cooperation and mutualisedenergy services

Specific challenges• Energy represents an important part of enterprises' production costs • In industrial parks optimising energy efficiency can be obtained by stimulating and facilitating

energy cooperation among businesses• Physical clustering (buildings and processes, energy exchange, collective production) and

service clustering (joint contracting)• Addressing organisational, financial, legal, social and technical barriers

Scope• Development and testing of instruments facilitating the actual implementation of energy

cooperation and/or:• Development and testing of replicable business models and service concepts provided by ESCO

or other relevant 3rd party• Related capacity building and legal issues should be included

Expected Impact• Deployment of replicable energy concept for increased competitiveness of enterprises• Deployment of replicable business models for joint contracting energy services for industrial

parks• Number of companies/ESCOs/energy managers and other market stakeholders with increased

capacity• Policies and legal frameworks created/ adapted to facilitate energy cooperation


Topic EE-19-2017 - Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI)

Public Procurement of Innovative Solutions for energy efficiency

Specific challenges• Public sector is an important driver to stimulate market transformation towards more sustainable

energy-related products and services• Public Procurement of Innovative solutions (PPI) is not sufficiently developed in the field of

energy efficiency

Scope• Enable a group of procurers to undertake a PPI procurement for innovative solutions for,

products, services buildings which are not yet available on a large-scale commercial basis• Solutions must have the same core functionality but may have additional 'local' functionality• Assure market uptake of the innovative solution• Functional/performance based specifications should be ambitious but achievable• Procurement process should be associated with coordination and networking activities • Other entities whose participation is well justified may participate in additional activities that

clearly add value to the action.• Include clear action plan to communicate experiences and results towards potential replicators

across EU.

Expected Impact• Follow timeframe to ensure the first application/commercialisation of the innovative solutions.• Energy performance levels should be at least 25% better than current regulations for new

buildings, 60% for existing buildings, 25% for products and services.



Actions

EE22 - Project Development Assistance

EE23 - Innovative financing schemes

EE24 - Making the energy efficiency market investible

Heating & Consumers Buildings Industry & CoolingProducts





Project Development Assistance

Specific challenges• Need for building a solid and transparent pipeline of sustainable energy investment projects to

help the EU unlock additional investments• Investors and lenders need to gain more confidence on investment projects related to energy

efficiency which are still seen as risky and fragmented• Added value can be obtained where projects introduce innovation to the market regarding project

aggregation and financing solutions • Remove market barriers for mainstreaming large scale sustainable energy investment schemes

Scope• Lead to investments launched before end of the action• Have an exemplary/showcase dimension in their ambition (i.e. reduced energy consumption

and/or investment size)• Deliver organisational innovation in financial engineering (e.g. on-bill financing schemes) and/or

mobilisation of investment programme (e.g. bundling, pooling, stakeholder engagement)• Demonstrate high degree of replicability and include clear action plan

Expected Impact• Delivery of a series of sustainable energy investment projects and financing schemes• Every million Euro of H2020 support should trigger investments worth at least EUR 15 million• Demonstration of innovative and replicable investment financing solutions, documenting

feedback/uptake from potential replicators.



Innovative financing schemes

Specific challenges• Need to set up innovative regional/national financing schemes for supporting Investment Plan for

Europe and ESIF based on:• Legal/technical arrangements between key actors in given territory• Agreed common procedures for project qualifying/financing• Templates for technical specifications/contracts• overcoming lack of competences for public authorities and the legal frameworks at national

and EU levels, to support implementation of sustainable energy systems and value chains

Scope• Development or replication of innovative financing schemes• Exploration of options to support EE financing by innovating the framework and instruments that

could be further up-scaled (e.g. under European cohesion policy or other schemes)• Analysis of impacts of existing financial instruments and requirements for up-scaling• Capacity building on innovative financing• Training tools should be complementary to already existing training schemes

Expected Impact• Delivery of innovative financing schemes that are operational and ready to finance energy

efficiency investments• Market stakeholders with increased skills/capability/competencies (to be measured in number of

people with increased capacity) and long-lasting training tools



Making the energy efficiency market investible

Specific challenges• Lack of trust of investors and financiers in the financial viability of energy efficiency measures• Banks, institutional investors and asset managers lack the skills and operational tools to assess

sustainable energy investments and integrate energy efficiency in their investment strategies• Access to the capital markets for energy efficiency investments is hampered by the lack of

standardisation of assets

Scope• Build frameworks for the standardisation and benchmarking of energy efficiency investments• Gather, process and disclose large-scale data on actual financial performance of energy efficiency

investments• Further integrate the 'green value' of buildings• Target institutional investors

Expected Impact• Reduced uncertainty and increased investor confidence regarding energy efficiency investments • Frameworks, standardisation, benchmarking, standardised descriptions and data evidence of

financial returns of energy efficiency investments agreed and accepted by the market• Higher allocation of institutional investments to energy efficiency; standardisation of assets

enabling securitisation; development of a secondary market for energy efficiency assets


Energy Efficiency Call 2015 in numbers

Proposals478 50

>4500

organisations

Project selected

>500

organisations

35 countries

It is a demanding competition:


Award criterion "Excellence" – your selling point to the experts

• Make choices, focus, have a clear direction.

• Innovate.

• Win by explaining. Experts are briefed (allowed) to

only read your proposal, no other sources

• If you re-submit: use the feedback.

• 122proposals were successful until today in H2020 Energy Efficiency.

• Check them out: http://cordis.europa.eu/

http://cordis.europa.eu/


Award criterion "Impact" – what convinces the experts?

• Drive towards the indicators given in the work programme.

• Be ambitious. Quantify. Robust assumptions.

• Communication. Exploitation.

• Keep links to your actual work plan.

• Plan activities to monitor your performance.


Award criterion "Implementation" – which ingredients?

• Build up the consortium which is fit for purpose

• Invest in the description of the work packages: Convince evaluators that you can "do" your vision.

• Invest into your resource planning –bottom up.


Energy Efficient Buildings PPP calls 2017

in Work Programme 2016-2017

EeB 5 : Development of near zero energy building renovation, IA,TRL 5 -7 (Suitable for SMEs)

EeB 6 :

EeB 7 :

Highly efficient hybrid storage solutions for power and heat in residential buildings and district areas, balancing the supply and demand conditions, RIA, TRL 4-6 (SMEs encouraged)

Integration of energy harvesting at building and district level, IA, TRL 5-7 (SMEs encouraged)

EeB 8 : New business models for energy-efficient buildings through adaptable refurbishment solutions, CSA (Suitable for SMEs)

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Topic EeB-06-2017 - RIA

Highly efficient hybrid storage solutions for power and heat in residential buildings and district areas,

balancing the supply and demand conditions

Specific challenges• Better management of the overall supply and demand is needed for thermal/electric energy -

especially good management of the peak loads• Hybrid solutions are needed, inherently addressing the seamless conversion and integration of

renewable electricity and heat, as to anticipate the future energy grid • Bring thermal storage research activities to pre-commercial stage, to demonstrate their technical

and economic viability and optimise the operation of such hybrid solutions• Only a few examples of operationally integrated solutions exist in EU• Efficient use of renewable energy in hybrid systems needs to be achieved

Scope• Develop advanced innovative high-density hybrid energy storage devices• Address both electrical and thermal applications and able to reach a rapid release• Facilitate high efficiency conversion and storage of surplus renewable electricity into heat• Cover technologies such as batteries, flywheels and capacitors for electricity storage• Cover technologies such as chemisorption or physisorption and/or latent heat for thermal storage

Expected Impact• Demonstration of the economic viability of the overall storage systems in real conditions• Implementation of technologies which are reliable and ensure a minimum life time • Provision compact systems• Demonstration of an overall net energy reduction


Topic EeB-05-2017 - IA

Development of near zero energy building renovation

Specific challenges• Housing sector represent about 40% of EU energy consumption - renovation of the ageing

building stock offers huge energy reduction potential• A large-scale deep rehabilitation of residential buildings to match net-zero energy standards at

affordable price must be achieved• Breakthrough solutions are required with the support of advanced BEM systems

Scope• In-depth analysis and subsequent improvement of the renovation process• Addressing life cycle assessment, costing, indoor environment quality, user acceptance• Integration of the most promising cost-effective technologies and materials, for reducing heat

and energy consumption losses, while increasing the share of renewable energy in buildings• Revalorisation of existing buildings in the long term• Definition of innovative business models where all relevant actors are involved• Maximizing the capacity of replication of the developed concepts and methods

Expected Impact• Reduction of at least 60% in energy consumption, while enhancing indoor environmental quality• Decrease of installation time by at least 30% compared to typical renovation process• Demonstration of a high replicability potential and of large market uptake capacity• Affordability considering all costs involved, with a payback period below 15 years• New generation of skilled workers and SME contractors in the construction sector


Topic EeB-07-2017 - IA

Integration of energy harvesting at building and district level

Specific challenges• Development and integration of different renewable energy sources at building and district scale• Envelope should be considered as an active and/or adaptive skin that interacts with the external

environment and strongly influences the building energy performance and indoor comfort• District dimension should be taken into account

Scope• Aim at maximising the harvesting of renewable energy at building and district scale• Contribute to drastic energy saving and CO2 emission reduction• Enable massive replication in low zero energy buildings• Integrate monitoring and control systems considering safety and security• Cope with different designs and architectural concepts and support modularity• Reduce maintenance and operation costs, in particular when many sensors and actuators are

cost-effectively distributed throughout the envelope

Expected Impact• The cost related to new technologies should not exceed conventional standard building costs by

more than 20%• Demonstration of the replicability potential in a real case-study• Solutions with a payback period of below 10 years• The integrated harvesting systems will cover at least 30-40 % of the overall energy demand for

new buildings and 20% for renovated buildings


Topic EeB-08-2017 - CSA

New business models for energy-efficient buildings through adaptable refurbishment solutions

Specific challenges• Buildings represent 40% of the energy use in the EU, thus their refurbishment would significantly

improve energy performance• Necessity to manage a broader involvement of stakeholders representing different interests• Business deployment of decentralised energy generation technologies is still in its early stage

Scope• Evaluate different refurbishment packages, selecting the most attractive and efficient ones for

different building types (residential/District Heating Cooling connected) and climatic conditions• Consider life cycle models as input to the decision making process (feasibility phase)• Business models should cover the complete cycle as from the design phase of the building• Seek solutions to increase participation of stakeholders• Take into account socio-economic impacts of refurbishment

Expected Impact• Cost-effectiveness of the renovation compared to current costs• Adaptive renovation packages with high energy efficiency and low environmental impact• Increased awareness of and commitment to improved energy-efficiency of the building stock• Increased capacity of municipalities to effect the renovation of building stocks• Better quality standards and performance guarantees, while improving indoor environment and

remaining cost-effective• Increased involvement of customers/users in the integrated–innovative business model solutions

Thank you for your attention!

Dr. Dimitrios TzovarasDirector, Information Technologies InstituteCentre for Research and Technology [email protected]

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