RELATED PROJECTS
Energy Efficiency in Buildings is an important and broad topic. This is also evident from the fact that there are many overlapping topics with other SET Plan IWGs as well as with other European and international initiatives.
So far, there has been concrete cooperation with the EU partnerships:
Clean Energy Transition (CET), especially "Transition Initiative 7 - Integration in the built environment”
The European Partnership for Clean Energy Transition is a transformative R&I program across Europe. This enables joint R&I programs at regional, national and global levels, which are jointly supported by industry, public organisations, research and civil organisations.
Drivin Urban Transition (DUT)
The aim of Driving Urban Transitions to a Sustainable Future (DUT) is to strengthen collective efforts towards sustainable urban development and to put knowledge and insights into action.
Built4People (B4P)
The Built4People (B4P) partnership seeks to accelerate human-centric innovation in the built environment that drives the transition to a sustainable society and economy. It relies on the commitment of its partners and a European network of innovation clusters.
Exemplary Projects
TREASURE – Demonstrating large pit thermal energy storages and improving their components, processes and procedures for an accelerated realisation of 100% sustainable district heating networks in Europe
The EU-funded TREASURE project accelerates the deployment of large pit thermal energy storage (PTES) to enable fully renewable district heating and industrial heating systems, essential for a decarbonized European energy system. It establishes multiple demonstrators...
SYNERGYS – Systems for Energy Synergy
The area of the RINGEN research infrastructure in the former Jiří of Poděbrady military barracks in Litoměřice has recently become a unique test site focused on geoenergy and other renewables. SYNERGYS project aims to tackle the challenges of energy...
SIRCULAR – Decarbonising the built environment while prioritising people and communities
The SIRCULAR project will test and demonstrate innovative technologies and services across four regional clusters: initially in Estonia and Spain, followed by Germany and Greece. These clusters will engage construction companies, housing companies, universities, and...
GreeNest – Nest Ingrained Ecosystem for Zero Emission Buildings
The GreeNest project, running from January 2024 to December 2027, aims to advance zero-emission building practices by integrating nature-based building envelope systems and renewable energy sources into construction designs. The project focuses on developing 16...
ENVISION – Energy Harvesting by Invisible Solar Integration in Building Skins
For the first time, thermal and electrical energy can be obtained from ALL building surfaces, transparent and non-transparent. That is what ENVISION makes possible, with the developed full envelope concept that aims to exploit the potential of generating solar energy...
RenoZEB – Renovation for zero energy Vöru-Estonia
RenoZEB was created with the aim of opening up the renovation market for Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEB). The focus is on the development of economical “plug-and-play” solutions, which increase the property value in a comprehensive nZEB renovation market and...
GEOFIT – Deployment of novel GEOthermal systems, technologies and tools for energy efficient building retroFITting
The aim of GEOFIT is to make the use of efficient geothermal systems for heating and cooling practicable and cost-effective by introducing a new concept for building renovation. The concept is based on geo-thermal energy and small to medium-sized heat pumps. This...
REWARDHeat – Renewable and Waste Heat Recovery for Competitive District Heating and Cooling Networks
REWARDHeat demonstrates the functionality of low-temperature district heating and cooling networks able to recover renewable and waste heat, from multiple sources diffused within the urban context. These networks will be able to increase production and distribution...
BIM-Speed – Methods for architectural, structural and thermal 3D data acquisition of existing buildings
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is an efficient method, to unlock the energy saving potential of renovation projects. Therefore, the central target of the BIM-Speed project is to enable stakeholders to integrate BIM into their work process. The developed Building...