The BEYOND project will develop a Big Data management platform with an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) analytics toolkit, which will allow for the acquisition of derivative data and intelligence, in addition to real-life building data and relevant data from external sources. Access to this type of advanced data analytics can allow building and market actors to integrate and improve their value chain.
BD4NRG envisions to confront big data management challenges for the energy sector, giving a competitive edge to the European stakeholders to improve decision making and at the same time to open new market opportunities.
The BIGG project will analyse the complete building life-cycle using big data technologies and data analytic techniques. More than 4000 buildings at 6 pilot sites in Spain and Greece will be analysed during the project. Ultimately, BIGG aims to increase the share of renewable energy sources (RES) in buildings by providing an estimate of the expected energy savings that will result from renovations.
The BuiltHub project will develop a resilient data exchange platform that, ultimately, aims to provide stakeholders with the knowledge needed to make more sustainable building and renovation policies, programmes and financing schemes. In doing so, it will establish a community of data users capable of changing the way knowledge on the EU building stock is developed and shared.
The EXCESS project showcases how nearly-zero energy buildings can be transformed into positive energy buildings (PEB). Via four demo buildings spanning across four European Climate Zones (Nordic, Continental, Oceanic and Mediterranean), EXCESS seeks to test, validate and share PEB solutions with potential replicability across Europe. The four innovative demonstration projects are located in Belgium, Spain, Austria and Finland, and are introducing technical solutions that enable buildings to produce more renewable energy than they consume over the course of a year.
I-NERGY aims at evolving, scaling up and demonstrating innovative AI-as-a-Service (AIaaS) Energy Analytics Applications and digital twins services that will be validated along 9 pilots, which will span over the full energy value chain, ranging from optimised management of grid and non-grid RES assets, improved efficiency and reliability of electricity networks operation, optimal risk assessment for energy efficiency investments planning, optimising local and virtual energy communities involvement in flexibility and green energy marketplaces. It will also delivers other energy and non-energy services to realise synergies among energy commodities (district heating, buildings) and with nonenergy sectors (i.e., e-mobility, personal safety/security, AAL), and with non- or low-technical domains end users (i.e., elderly people).
The overall aim of the Triple-A project - Enhancing at an Early Stage the Investment Value Chain of Energy Efficiency Projects - is to assist financial institutions and project developers increase their deployment of capital in energy efficiency, making investments more transparent, predictable and attractive.
The main aim of PowerPoor is to support programmes/schemes for energy poor citizens and encourage the use of alternative financing schemes (e.g. establishing energy communities/cooperatives, crowd funding). PowerPoor will facilitate experience and knowledge sharing, as well as the implementation of small-scale energy efficiency interventions and the installation of renewable energy sources, increasing the active participation of citizens. Pilot energy poor support programmes/schemes will be designed, developed, and implemented in eight countries across Europe led by a network of certified Energy Supporters and Energy Communities Mentors with the support of Stakeholder Liaison Groups.
SocialWatt aims to enable obligated parties under Article 7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive across Europe to develop, adopt, test and spread innovative schemes to alleviate energy poverty. The appropriate tools developed within the framework of SocialWatt aim to help utilities and energy suppliers effectively identify energy poor households, as well as develop and monitor schemes that focus on increasing the energy efficiency of these houses.
The aim of EEnvest is the creation of a tool (a web-based search and match platform) which investors can use to evaluate the risk of investment in energy efficiency for buildings. The web-based search platform will match the demand and offer of buildings to be retrofitted with funding available from external financiers. The EEnvest platform will provide reliable information on the risk associated with energy renovation measures, combining proprietary risk evaluation models with the specific features of the property evaluated. The platform will use a blockchain-based data exchange validation system in order to guarantee the security and quality of the information.
The Horizon2020 funded project QualDeEPC aims to enhance (1) the quality and cross-EU convergence of Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) schemes, and (2) the link between EPCs and deep renovation.
QualDeEPC will work on EU-wide convergence of the building assessment and the issuance, design, and use of quality-enhanced EPCs as well as their recommendations for building renovation. The aim is to make these recommendations coherent with deep energy renovation towards a nearly-zero energy building stock by 2050.
The project is based on knowledge exchange between European stakeholders on existing and new EPCs in several Member States. This exchange includes extensive cross-certification between European countries and the establishment of an internet-based EPC Knowledge Exchange Centre. The partners recommend procedures and guidelines to ensure the quality and value of the new EPCs and that they meet the new EU requirements.
The CrossCert project is an assembly of twelve organisations from all over Europe who are working together to bring this project to a successful conclusion.
Traditional silo approaches, where stakeholders manage their own data, could be replaced by digital and smart buildings, merging heterogeneous data sources, and placing the stakeholders as the core of these buildings. DigiBUILD will catalyse this much-needed transformation by making use of high-quality data and next generation digital building services, supporting the deployment of EU-wide Framework for a Digital Building Logbook.
The core concept of the LIFE project InEExS is the deployment of integrated energy services across sectors and carriers, and the tokenization of energy saving data in a public blockchain to facilitate cooperation among market segments and actors. InEExS improves the implementation of Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) Art7 and supports Obligated Parties to provide integrated service offers that enable energy savings, system efficiency and include non-energy benefits.
ENERGATE will provide a smart energy marketplace for energy efficiency investments in buildings. The ENERGATE marketplace will be implemented through an ICT-based platform, which, on the one hand will aim to mobilise and accelerate the creation of NECP-compatible credible project pipeline and on the other, it will aim to facilitate the financial closure and project implementation by offering standardisation, risk mitigation and appropriate “packaging” of investments. This will require a fully integrated matching and blending mechanism, fund management and of course the appropriate measuring and verification protocols.
The increasing electrification of heat and transport coupled with larger deployment of decentralized renewable energy resources is disclosing new additional opportunities for Demand Response (DR). However, DR potential has been exploited so far to a very limited extent at end consumer residential level, due to technologies immaturity, regulatory fuzziness, distorted business framework preventing end consumers to capture an appropriate value.
To cope with the above challenges, BRIGHT will leverage a participatory co-creation process where the consumers will play a central role. As a result, it will be created a framework for promoting an adaptable multi-timescale DR (different flexible consumptions at different times) in a multi-layer community centered cross-domain.
In the green energy transition, we as energy consumers play a key role in the balance between power generation and demand. Due to the fluctuating and unreliable nature of renewable sources such as sun and wind, the need is for flexible energy consumers who can adjust their consumption patterns accordingly, which means continuously and close to real-time.
The aim of the iFLEX project is to empower energy consumers by making it as easy as possible for them to participate in demand response programs, in which they adjust their energy consumption in response to signals or incentives coming from energy actors, such as price signals or bonuses.
AUDIT-TO-MEASURE (Leading business towards climate neutrality by speeding up the uptake of energy efficiency measures from the energy audits) will help companies to uptake measures necessary to reduce their energy consumption, thus supporting their energy transition. AUDIT-TO-MEASURE will develop and implement a new engagement strategy (called “Audit2Action”) to put into action the opportunities emerging from energy audits.
The EU energy market is conditioned by digitalisation. New rules and technological developments allow the proliferation of energy service providers in the EU member states with users having full knowledge and control over their appliances. However, interoperability represents a serious problem as a change of provider could mean the replacement of installations. The EU-funded InterConnect project proposes effective energy management using a resilient and practical ecosystem that is user-centric and market-driven. The project involves a range of specialised stakeholders, including advanced technology actors, manufacturers, providers and energy users. Via seven pilots, they will showcase an effective digital market for ensuring energy-efficiency at reduced costs that is beneficial to end-users.
SmartSPIN is an innovative business model to unleash the energy efficiency and flexibility potential in the commercial buildings. It integrates energy smart services with other non-energy services along with advanced technologies. Thus, creating clear value and benefits for all parties involved in a fair and transparent environment. Moreover, SmartSPIN contributes to maximising energy savings, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions and triggering business investments. To maximise impact and market uptake, SmartSPIN provides training for all actors in the value chain on the key features of the novel business model.
Moving forward the Next Generation Integrated Energy Services! NEON project will exploit building energy efficiency, renewable energy generation and storage, and demand flexibility to increase energy savings, reduce CO2 emissions, and provide cost savings across sectors. The Citizen Energy Communities (CECs) enable faster uptake of the proposed services, and facilitate European communities, both residential and nonresidential, in becoming energy efficient. Services that become reality.Through cocreation process with the engage grid stakeholders, service providers and final consumers it is going to be establish the cross-sectoral arrangements and underlying service concepts.
The EU is committed to curbing increasing energy demand and controlling CO2 emissions. Energy service companies (ESCOs) can play a key role by promoting energy efficiency, renewable energy sources and smartness in buildings. Despite the large economic energy saving potential, very few ESCOs operate in the residential market that requires further development to overcome current limitations. The EU-funded frESCO project will deploy innovative business models by engaging with ESCOs and aggregators. The goal is to integrate energy service bundles that properly combine and remunerate local flexibility for optimising local energy performance, both in the form of energy efficiency and in demand-side management. The project’s new business models will be tested in Spain, France, Croatia and Greece.
Effective and de-risked energy efficiency investments require cooperation and interactions between multiple ranges of stakeholders: from the highest administrative level to homeowners and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The EU-funded SMAFIN project will create permanent discussion forums between government, regional and local administration, industry, energy service companies and construction on the one hand, and SMEs and homeowners on the other, aiming to detect best practices and improve national policies on energy efficiency investments. These forums will assess and upgrade existing practices, develop strategies, follow their implementation and jointly establish template documents and contracts for better functioning of the market. They will also act as a permanent interaction and experience exchange between all stakeholders.
The PROBONO project envisions to establish a people-focused European construction industry, by working in harmony with the broader community of stakeholders, to deliver scalable, sustainable, and viable energy-positive and zero-carbon Green Buildings and Neighbourhoods (GBN).
This LIFE-Project targets an early replacement of old electric motors that remain in service in industry and in the tertiary sector. Electric motors have long lifetimes (30-40 year), which means that their replacement rate is slow.
As a result of these excessive lifetimes, the actual savings of energy efficiency regulations are lower than the projections calculated by the impact assessments. By taking swift action, at least part of this lost savings potential could be recuperated, with all the associated benefits.
Achieving the full energy transition potential calls for a paradigm shift, and many solutions are investigated to involve many people and support them in reducing their energy consumption. NUDGE will implement and evaluate different behavioral interventions for energy efficiency, paving the way for new policies and human behavior. The designed interventions are compared against traditional ones in pilots in Greece, Belgium, Germany, Portugal and Croatia.
EaaS is a pay-per-use model where the end-customers only pay for the service they receive, rather than the physical product or infrastructure that delivers the service.The EaaS model creates conditions for SMEs to access new climate-friendlier technologies without the need to provide up-front capital investment for more efficient and more expensive equipment. Thus, EaaS project removes market barriers by shifting the energy efficiency costs from an expensive, high-capital expenditure to a transparent, lower-risk operating expenditure, freeing up capital to other investment priorities.
The model also creates an alignment of incentives: it reduces the perceived technology risk for the customers as they are not required to invest in the technologies, while they are also incentivised to cut unnecessary consumption as they are charged per usage; and it gives technology providers the chance to optimise the operation of the equipment to reduce running costs by giving the customer the most energy efficient technologies on the market. In addition, the EaaS model also supports a circular-economy model, by incentivising technology providers to make their equipment modular, with parts being reusable/recyclable.
V2Market is an innovative service to incorporate EV batteries into the electricity system as storage and flexibility capacity using Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) and Vehicle-to-Building (V2B) technology. It tackles system efficiency and uses big data and price forecasting ICT tools to extract the maximum value from pools of EVs.V2Market puts together all the relevant actors in the value chain to create new business models for aggregators, EV owners and flexibility buyers.