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Impact of the Energy-efficient Buildings PPP
Report from the Workshop held on
14-15 March 2012
Rapporteur
Marta Fernandez,
Associate Director,
Global Research, Arup
Impact of the Energy-efficient Buildings PPP Workshop report
Contents
Executive Summary i
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Objectives 1
1.2 Background 1
1.3 Methodology 2
2 Evidence of Impact Achieved: Projects Overview 3
3 Challenges for Optimising Impact 5
3.1 Sustainability/Energy use 6
3.2 Standardisation 7
3.3 Effectiveness of the uptake by industry 7
4 Measure and Maximisation of Impact of the PPP 9
4.1 Advantages of the PPP Approach 9
4.2 Indicators to Measure the Impact of the PPP 10
4.3 Broader Dissemination & Interaction 10
5 Conclusions and Recommendations 11
Appendix 1 Agenda 13
Appendix 2 List of attendees 16
Appendix 3 Panel Discussion 20
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Executive Summary
Through the EeB PPP the European Commission works with industry to drive a
research and demonstration programme aiming to design, build or renovate all
European buildings to high energy efficiency standards by 2050.
In March 2012 EC representatives, E2BA and projects funded in the 2010 and
2011 call of the EeB PPP met in a 2-day workshop. The overall objective of the
sessions was to assess the impact of the PPP not only as a funding instrument but
also as a mechanism that can help to achieve the European Commission targets
for carbon, energy and economic development.
Thirty nine projects presented on their objectives and achievements to date. They
presented innovations on new technologies in energy efficient buildings and their
integration in buildings and districts. Other projects focused on ICT integration
for effective energy management and decision making from buildings to
neighbourhoods and cities. Another set of projects presented on large scale
demonstration of the most promising solutions and their contribution to future
smart cities.
Projects demonstrated their scientific and technological excellence and discussed
their approaches for dissemination and exploitation of results. All projects
confirmed their alignment with the EeB multiannual roadmap and there was
agreement that demonstrators are seen as a very effective tool for promotion of
research results as they provide live proof of the operation of new technologies.
Projects expect to introduce new products and processes into the market and many
have solid exploitation plans or an exploitation manager. Even if the earliest
projects have only been going for 18 months, they are already demonstrating the
great potential for commercialisation.
The key questions the event was aiming to address was what evidence of impact
do we have to date, what barriers are projects encountering and how can they be
addressed to maximise impact. Projects demonstrated significant progress towards
achieving the ambitious targets they set for environmental performance, although
there is a need for more data and tools to effectively forecast energy performance.
Standardisation remains a big challenge for uptake of new technologies although
it is recognised as essential to avoid competition from outside the EU. The
creation of informal bodies or clusters for pre-standardisation actions and closer
cooperation during projects could help address this challenge.
To improve industry uptake of results also regulatory interventions could be
beneficial as well as better engagement with users and improved dissemination of
project outcomes. Clustering of projects could support increased collaboration
across projects and ensure that there is a solid exploitation plan.
There was general agreement that the PPP has proven to be an effective
instrument and is providing a way to develop and implement a longer-term
strategy. The PPP is driving innovation forward through a more holistic approach
that considers both technical and non-technical challenges. It is a platform for best
practice sharing across projects, promotion of research outcomes and the creation
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of a cooperation environment across the whole supply chain supported by an
industry driven long-term common vision.
The event demonstrated that there is a strong support for the continuation of the
EeB PPP in Horizon 2020. To progress in that direction next steps include the
preparation of the 2014-2020 EeB Multiannual Roadmap, respond and deliver to
the 2013 call and continue to gather and present clear evidence of the impact of
the PPP to date with sound performance indicators.
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1 Introduction
On 14 and 15 March 2012, EC representatives, project coordinators and partners of projects funded in the 2010 and 2011 call of the Energy Efficient Buildings Public Private Partnership (EeB PPP), and other stakeholders, including the Energy Efficient Buildings Association (E2BA) and Ad-hoc Industrial Advisory Group (AIAG), met over a 2-day workshop to carry out an assessment of impact of the PPP.
The European Commission completed an interim evaluation of the effectiveness of the PPPs in
early 2011. A workshop held in November 2010, provided input to the PPP interim evaluation and
considered issues related to impact of the PPP as a funding instrument as well as the impact of the
individual projects. This report details the second impact assessment workshop organised by the
European Commission and it outlines the aspirations of industry, the evidence of impact provided
by current EeB projects and challenges and opportunities to maximise impact of the PPP.
At a time when the Horizon 2020 strategic planning consultation is taking place, the evaluation of how the funded projects are delivering to the objectives of the PPP is critical to determine the position of the PPP beyond 2014.
1.1 Objectives
In addition to assessing impact of the EeB PPP, the workshop main aims were to engage project participants, share experiences and intensify cross-project collaboration through the sessions and the multiple opportunities provided for networking.
Ultimately, the objective was to demonstrate the value of the PPP not just as a financing instrument but also as a mechanism that can help to achieve the EC targets for economic development and carbon and energy targets. Participants from both EC and industrial and non-industrial stakeholders confirmed their desire for the EeB PPP to continue in Horizon 2020.
1.2 Background
In order to help the construction industry reach the 2020 targets and achieve energy neutral buildings and districts by 2050 the European Construction Technology Platform founded the E2BA in November 2008.
E2BA works with the European Commission to drive the EeB PPP research and demonstration programme. The Association has the ambitious vision that all European buildings will be designed, built or renovated to high energy efficiency standards by 2050.
TheE2BA gathers industry (large companies and SMEs), research institutions, promoters and relevant stakeholders interested in RTD in energy efficient buildings and district. E2BA has also been liaising with member states and with other related national initiatives through the National Liaison Point network.
The EeB PPP was announced in the economic recovery plan in 2008. The PPP uses existing FP7 mechanisms whilst providing a long term approach. It brings together various Directorates Generals (DGs). DG Research and Innovation (RTD) –Nano, Materials and Processes (NMP) and Environment (ENV)-, DG Energy and DG Information Society and Media (INFSO) and they interact with a group of representative stakeholders through the AIAG. The AIAG developed a multiannual roadmap which is informing the PPP research agenda and it has set out three key milestones. Firstly, reduce the energy consumption of existing buildings, secondly, retrofit/build and operate energy neutral buildings, and thirdly, design and operate energy positive buildings.
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1.3 Methodology
DG INFSO with the support of DG RTD organised this 2-day event, which gathered at least one representative from each project and members of E2BA. (See Appendix 1 for the agenda and Appendix 2 for a list of attendees.)
The workshop started with 3 parallel sessions covering projects presentations on the expected and achieved impact of the projects and the value contribution to and from the PPP. The fit of projects with the multiannual roadmap was also highlighted. The 3 sessions covered:
Small projects focused on development of new technologies
Large projects on integration and demonstration of new technologies
Projects on ICT for energy efficient buildings
A second set of parallel sessions focused on the challenges and opportunities to achieve impact. The sessions were run as facilitated workshops encouraging participation and gathering contributions from all participants. The 3 sessions covered the challenges of:
Sustainability and energy use
Standardisation and related matters
Effectiveness of the uptake by industry
The first day concluded with a networking dinner where there were ample opportunities for participants to interact.
The second day started with three context-setting presentations from Zoran Stancic and Paul Timmers from DG INFSO and Herbert von Bose from DG RTD. Stefano Carosio spoke on behalf of the E2B Association on industry expectations on PPP impact.
The closing session was a panel discussion, chaired by J.L. Vallés, with prepared questions that were addressed by panellists (questions are listed in Appendix 3) and then open to attendees for discussion. The panel was integrated by individuals, few of them were independent of the EeB PPP and gave their views on how to maximise the impact of the EeB projects in Europe.
The panel included:
Ed D’hooghe, SusChem, CSA Building-up
Claude Lenglet, Rabot Dutilleuil
Ingo Meyer, Empirica
Ammon Salter, Imperial College Business School
Luigi Tischer, ROBUR
Roberto Zafalon, ST
The workshop closed with final statements from the E2B Association and the Commission services.
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2 Evidence of Impact Achieved: Projects Overview
The projects presentations demonstrated the coverage of a wide range of innovative technologies,
methods and processes. The implementation of existing technologies into real sites is also
providing ample opportunities to explore issues and improve deployment techniques. All the
projects presented strong links to the EeB multi-annual roadmap and highlighted connection to
other EU projects, national and European Technology Platforms.
The projects ranged from cost-effective super-insulating materials and multifunctional vacuum
insulating panels using nanotechnology to intelligent energy management systems that support
increasing the share of renewables and awareness. Systems and equipments are also important
elements and cost reduction and efficiency improvement of Heat Ventilation and Air Conditioning
systems is a key part of the research portfolio. ICT innovations have been presented in DG INFSO
supported projects; they are however a horizontal enabling factor in many others projects.
Holistic design and operation for systemic retrofitting using industrialised techniques, minimising
disturbance to occupants and encouraging energy efficient behaviour is core to a lot of the
projects. There is emphasis in developing highly replicable strategies as there are millions of
dwellings in Europe with similar characteristics to those addressed in projects. The challenge of
the large existing building stock is also addressed in several projects taking into consideration also
the issues posed by heritage buildings. Quality of the indoor environment and life cycle issues are
addressed in several projects.
There were 14 projects related to the development of new technologies in energy efficient
buildings aiming to produce new materials at the end of the project, exploring manufacturing
options and setting up demonstrators. Projects presented included research in nanotechnologies,
materials, methodologies and tools.
Some examples of the innovations under research include:
Nanotechnology coatings to substantially improve Near Infrared Reflective properties of the building envelope
Integrated Air Quality Sensor for Energy Efficient Environment Control
Tools to improve Indoor Environment in Retrofitted Energy Efficient Buildings
Operational Guidance for performing Life Cycle Assessment Studies of the Energy efficient Buildings Initiative
Sustainable, Innovative and Energy-Efficient Concrete
High Performance Biocomposites for Buildings
There were 11 large projects focused on the assessment of new technologies through integration and demonstration. In many of the projects there is an intention to provide clear economic evidence of the value of investment in energy reduction in existing buildings and /or searching for business models or novel financing methods to accelerate the market uptake. The underlying objective for projects in this area is to set the basis for massive replication.
Innovation in this set of projects was evident at various levels:
Component and systems for buildings: multi-functional façade panels, ETICS systems, etc.
Components and systems for districts: Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) as energy storage solutions part of a district network
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Buildings: Approaches to the envelope – walls and roof – or façade development with the integration of multifunctional energy modules. ICT tools used to improve energy performance. Tools, methods and processes offering effective Energy Efficient Retrofitting. Through 3 demonstrators, one of the projects will show a reduction of 4GWh annual energy consumption and 104 Tons of CO2.
District: Thermal energy storage, compact heat storage, energy hubs to solve mismatch between energy transport, conversion and storage and energy management are key issues under study.
Organization: Development of new business models to identify different routes to market; commercialisation of energy management concepts; Consultancy for E-neutral districts.
In the area of ICT there were 14 projects most of which included demonstrators in neighborhoods and commercial and public buildings.
Innovations in these projects are leading to the delivery of:
Computer processable, standardized building and user friendly models
Energy control hardware and reasoning capability to both improve energy consumption and the quality of the internal environment
Building Energy Management System (BEMS) based on self-leaning techniques and wireless technologies with innovative behaviour modelling
Optimized Energy Management systems through pervasive sensor networks and intelligent
adaptive technologies, as a function of the external environmental climate, and the
interaction with occupants
Development of ultra low power units to control Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning
(HVAC) system through hybrid power harvesting unit
Close existing gaps between intelligent building and facilities data providing the results of
energy performance simulation calculations in design and in facilities management to
decision makers.
Providing new methods and services that integrate data obtained via control systems with a
virtual building model
Projects also commented on the challenge of standards to speed the adoption of new technologies
in industry. There is a need for more flexible regulation that acknowledges innovation
developments without opening the market to external competition. There was general agreement
that despite work done by many of the projects to contribute to the development of new standards,
it is still a challenge. This is in part due to the different timescales of projects and regulatory
processes that have a much longer time span. Standards are not the only issue, but also
interoperability is very important in special in the context of the ICT technologies. Industry is
asking for interoperable technologies that are highly replicable so they can be easily scaled up.
Regarding dissemination of results there are traditional means pursued by each and every one of
them i.e. websites, newspaper articles, wikis, workshops, presentations in public events, journal
publications, international conferences, workshops, exhibition at big sector events, etc. There were
also more innovative ways to disseminate outcomes to end users presented such as social dinners
in common gardens with tenants and even doing a TV reality show on life in an energy efficiency
house. Other projects mention the development of training videos with applications for installers
and designers. Demonstrators are also a great tool for promotion of research results and they
provide live proof of new technologies operation. Some projects are also doing virtual
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demonstration of concepts and others are making sure there are dedicated apartments open for
visits at demo sites.
This year the E2B Association Project Review publication will provide another good route to
disseminate progress on existing projects as well as an overview of those that are just starting. The
publication will be distributed at the 2012 Info-Days (July, Brussels).
Projects expect to introduce new products and processes into the market and many have solid
exploitation plans outlining how to deal with IP issues. Even if the earliest projects have only been
going for 18 months, they are already demonstrating the potential for exploitation e.g. one of the
projects already has a patent application in place.
Projects dealing with the development of new technologies are also looking at pilot plant
production or modification of existing manufacturing processes for materials. Demonstration
projects seem to be more focused on the commercialisation of energy management concepts, the
development of new business models, and offering consultancy services for energy neutral
districts.
ICT projects are developing both hardware and software to improve energy management and are
piloting it in high visibility sites. Some have involved organisations in the projects that give access
to extensive areas of transport infrastructure for large scale deployment.
The projects are adding value to the PPP by gathering industrial expertise and commitment and
providing results from proposed technologies, processes and measures. Given the number of
demonstrators, projects can also provide feed-back regarding acceptance of proposed solutions
and provide examples of best practice. The contribution to development of new standards is also
key for the uptake of innovation.
3 Challenges for Optimising Impact
Through 3 parallel workshops, participants explored the challenges for maximising impact on three indicators:
Sustainability and energy use: How to measure and optimise projects contribution to energy efficiency and carbon neutrality?
Standardisation: How to contribute to common data models, interoperability and standardisation?
Effective industry uptake: How to achieve significant uptake of expected project results beyond the immediate stakeholders?
The participants were split in groups to participate in facilitated interactive sessions to discuss
what key barriers projects have encountered and prioritise them based on what the most impactful
are. Following that participants discussed in groups what actions should be taken to address these
barriers and who is instrumental to tackle these hurdles.
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3.1 Sustainability/Energy use
The table below outlines key barriers, actions and suggested actors to take those actions forward to maximise the projects contribution to energy efficiency and carbon neutrality.
Barriers Action Actor
Management of individual projects
Programme management to realize the desired impact. This would mean a substantial contribution to the realization of 2020 & 2050 targets.
E2BA
Lack of standard procedures (LCA) and interfaces
Standardization of a common backbone allowing for added-value differentiation. This approach would speed up market uptake without rolling out a highway for other regions to take over the market.
EC in consultation with E2BA
Non-uniform regulations Regulations revisited on a regular basis to keep them in line with the actual state of technology. Realistic targets driving market acceptation.
EC and Member States
Lack of information on past experience
Open data base on past projects. Speeding up the innovation process.
Research Institutes
Lack of commonly accepted metrics
Clear and simple message to end-users to ensure buy in
EC in consultation with E2BA
Lack of reliable simulation tools to predict energy behaviour over longer time periods
Systematise the process so it is more replicable and develop affordable simulation tools for more accurate performance forecast and decision making.
Research Institutes
This session highlighted that E2BA could play a key role by facilitating the management of
projects as a joint programme to ensure that innovative projects reach the necessary impact to
realise 2020 and 2050 objectives. Research institutes could work towards building data bases of
past projects and developing tools for more effective decision making so energy behaviour can be
more easily forecasted.
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3.2 Standardisation
The table below show barriers, actions and proposed actors to maximise the projects contribution to common data models, interoperability and standardisation.
Barriers Action Actor
Lack of
innovations/standards
awareness and
knowledge on
standardisation process
Create well recognised informal bodies sharing
learning and approaches. An inter-stakeholders
pre-standardization committee.
Industry, E2BA
Standardisation time (4yr
+) is not in line with
“innovation-time” (2-3
yr)
‘Pass-the-stick principle’ between projects in time
to overcome timing issues. Well established
standards need to be in place at the right stage of
product development. This means getting industry
agreement among innovators in advance.
EeB projects, and
standardisation
bodies
Sometimes too many
standards for same issue,
sometimes missing
standards and approaches
from too many
stakeholders.
Focus through setting up clusters along lifecycle
and at subsystems level. Position, relate and
decide among available standards based on
common context, scope and view
Industry (ICT,
buildings,
materials, systems
and equipment,
utilities)
Lack of
innovations/standards
awareness
Promote innovations/standards awareness by
sharing best practice and sharing relationships,
not necessarily IPR
EeB projects
Lack of knowledge on
standardisation process
Provide training on standardisation process itself EC, and
standardisation
bodies
The areas were standardisation needs to be promoted are: implementation software, technology,
ICT functionality, processes, products and context. BIM working needs to be supported, but also
theory about semantic data structures. Sharing of best practice is needed to show the benefits and
this can be achieved in part through research to support high risk technical and market
developments. The E2BA and industry in general could create an inter-stakeholders pre-
standardization committee to address barriers.
3.3 Effectiveness of the uptake by industry
The table below shows hurdles, actions and suggested actors to achieve significant uptake of expected project results beyond the immediate stakeholders.
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Barriers Action Actor
Technology
- Cost efficiency
- Time to market
- Integration and interoperability
- Scalability of the solution: from a
European holistic solution to a
local user oriented Solution
- Pre-normative research
- Robustness and validation in the
whole life cycle of the building
Long term support for R&D in
energy efficiency in buildings and
continuation of the PPP scheme
EC and industry / E2BA
Strong demonstration and
validation phase
Projects
Cost, investment and resources
- Economic crisis of the sector
- Stakeholder requirement for
robust and largely validated
solutions that require strong
investment
Leverage additional funds for
ensuring replication like public
procurement for innovation
Regional and Local
governments
New technologies are promising but
often costly
Further research to reduce the cost
of new technologies
EC and industry / E2BA
Not a clear value for the client Methodologies for calculating Life
Cycle Cost and Total Cost of
Ownership.
Property owners,
industry, finance,
standardisation bodies.
Low cost of energy Policies to support the market
uptake of technologies
Regional and Local
governments
Need for new business models Collaboration with financing
institutions is essential
Industry and financial
institutions
Market barriers and user acceptance
Traditional sector. Inflexibility of
the existing markets to introduce
new solutions due to a tight
regulation or low innovation uptake
New business models and creation
of spin-offs. Efficient use of public
procurement.
Projects and industry
- Client’s awareness of potential
value of the project outcomes and
involvement in the decision
making process
- Fragmentation of decision making
processes
- Include stronger exploitation
plans from the proposal stage.
- Include roadmapping of the value
chain in projects
Projects
- Low awareness of end users
- Unexisting user need and non user
oriented products
- Need to change client and user
mentality
- Strong involvement of the value
chain and users in the projects.
- Ask user what they require,
provide a flexible offering and
understandable information
Projects
Lack of instruments for technology
transfer
Development of efficient
technology transfer mechanisms,
specially addressing SMEs
EC, Industry / E2BA,
PPP
Slow processes for standardisation Contribution to standards and
policies
Projects and EC
Communication
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- Low visibility of research and
innovation outcomes.
- Lack of client and user awareness
campaigns.
- Lack of interdisciplinarity which
leads to scarce and not integrated
communication.
- Lack of involvement of the value
chain.
- Radical improvement in
communication and
dissemination of project concepts
and outcomes.
- Involve national networks in
Europe construction.
Projects, EC, national
networks and the PPP.
Projects need to be addressing market strategy issues from early on to ensure long-term impact. Key barriers for technology adoption include the cost and resources, risk aversion and lack of awareness or contact with the end user. To address these issues, projects need to set clear exploitation and dissemination strategies, regulators need to support more extensive dissemination and speed up standardisation and public entities could contribute by innovating in public procurement processes.
4 Measure and Maximisation of Impact of the PPP
4.1 Advantages of the PPP Approach
The discussion around the advantages of the PPP focused on three different angles: the funding instrument, the common framework provided by the roadmap and the value and benefits for industry.
The advantages of the PPP instrument include:
High industry participation
Short time to project
Better diffusion and dissemination to facilitate experience sharing and technology transfer
Critical mass focused around one topic
Simpler approach, as it is a single programme with themes and objectives, uniform rules and dates
Networking umbrella for proposal preparation and cross-project exchange engaging the
entire value chain
The multiannual roadmap establishes a single framework that:
Defines long-term plan and common goals
Enables sustainable growth through an industry driven, smart and inclusive plan that provides closer to market results
Includes Member States input through their involvement in consultations and the active engagement of National Liaison Points of the E2B Association
Facilitates collaboration across multiple sectors and up and down the value chain
Addresses challenges at building, district and city level
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Provides long-term perspective of the research needs, and barriers to focus research project
and reduce risks
The value and benefit for industry of the PPP include:
Helping to move faster as an industry to achieve environmental targets although further regulatory support is required to drive demand for new technologies
Enabling a public-private approach and the participation of many different stakeholders to address the scale of the building renovation challenge
Creating an energy efficient industry with innovation friendly procurement, regulation and standardisation
Supporting new skills development and training
Exploring new business models and market mechanisms with the necessary financial incentives
Facilitating large-scale demonstration
Establishing a standardised benefit assessment method and metrics
Results transfer and wider industry take-up increasing projects impact
This should in turn lead to a healthier built environment, job and wealth creation and sustainability. The E2BA is also developing a set of key performance indicators to measure and monitor impact and demonstrate leverage effect on public funding. One of the key indicators of impact will be raising significant industry investment for the development and uptake of new technologies through cost reductions, shorter time to market, increased labour productivity and development of highly skilled job opportunities.
4.2 Indicators to Measure the Impact of the PPP
Indicators of impact can be tangible or intangible and they are very challenging to capture for RDI. It is necessary to have multiple indicators to have a more holistic measure of impact and be able to address political interest. A very clear and tangible measure is return on investment, but it is important not to think just on financial terms. The table below outlines the various indicators suggested classified as: financial, sustainability, programme/project deliverables and indicators of innovation adoption.
Financial Sustainability Project/Programme Adoption
- Industrial investment
- Funding leverage
- Cost/benefit for
different stakeholders
- Time to break even
- Revenue per product
- Corporate social
responsibility
- Energy efficiency
- CO2 emissions
- Energy labelling for
buildings
- Global quality of
innovations
- Publications
- Industry and SME
participation
- Patents
- Evaluate grouped
projects
- Web references to
project
- Behaviour change of
users
- Low intrusivity
- Ease of installation
for non-skilled people
- Speed and scale of
delivery
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4.3 Broader Dissemination & Interaction
There was very animated discussion around this topic and a general agreement that clustering of projects could bring great advantages for dissemination.
Approaches suggested to promote and encourage dissemination of clusters of projects included:
Share demonstration sites
Combine project outcomes in the same building, although this may present problems with IPR
Organise events such as this 2-day workshop
Provide incentives for projects to cluster when there are synergies
Consider clustering upfront when defining the topics
Make deliverables of WP1 publicly available as they are common to many projects
Make deliverables more accessible and searchable by people outside the projects
Launch a horizontal action on marketing of projects outcomes
5 Conclusions and Recommendations
The two days event organised by the EC aimed to facilitate networking among EeB PPP projects network, share best practices and do an overall assessment of the impact of the PPP to date.
There are already some solid outcomes from the first wave of projects and the community has grown significantly with a clear added-value versus the scattered funding of single projects.. The PPP is considered a very good instrument supporting high industry participation. It is bringing all stakeholders in the industry together and it is efficiently leveraging the EC investment. From the statistics it clearly appears that the community is open, covers well the EU27 countries and participants outside E2BA have equal opportunities for engagement in projects.
However, we need to look beyond the immediate advantages of the PPP mechanism and need to understand how it will address the 2020 and Recovery Plan aspirations and how it will turn these challenges into business opportunities.
The European Commission services gave their final views on the future of the PPP beyond 2013. DG RTD NMP confirmed their commitment to continue supporting the PPP and contributing input through the AIAG. ENV stated that Horizon 2020 projects should have a clearer marketing, exploitation, R&D and standardisation objectives. Projects will also integrate the right expertise and may have a different profile to today’s projects. DG INFSO confirmed their continued support to work on smart cities as a ground for more attractive piloting as they are closer to end-users.
The key questions the event was aiming to address was what evidence of impact do we have to date, what barriers are projects encountering, how can they be addressed and thus impact be maximised. Projects demonstrated significant progress in achieving the ambitious targets for environmental performance. Standardisation however remains a big challenge for uptake of new technologies although it is essential to avoid competition from outside the EU. This could be addressed by the creation of informal bodies or clusters for pre-standardisation action and closer cooperation during projects.
Regarding industry uptake of results, most of the challenges are non-technical and require more regulatory interventions, better engagement with users and improved dissemination of project
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outcomes. Joint management of projects could support increased collaboration across projects and ensure that there is a solid exploitation plan.
The event demonstrated that there is a strong support for the continuation of the EeB PPP in Horizon 2020, from project participants and industry stakeholders. To progress in that direction next steps include the preparation of the 2014-2020 EeB Multiannual Roadmap, respond and deliver to the 2013 call and continue to gather and present clear evidence of the impact of the PPP to date with sound performance indicators.
The PPP is contributing to achieve the ambitious energy targets for 2020 and the Recovery Plan. However, R&D alone is not enough and support from regulation is required.
The work across different DGs is also seen like a positive step forward to address non-technical challenges such as interoperability and the interdisciplinary approach.
Further work will be required beyond 2013 to achieve targets. The continuation of the PPP will help progress topics such as the internet of energy, implementation of energy labelling for buildings and development of common metrics for energy efficiency. The PPP could also support other instruments like European Innovation Partnerships by executing the technical content.
The following are a set of short (could be acted upon now) and medium to long term (from 2014) recommendations that emerged from the 2-day workshop to maximise impact of the PPP:
The European Commission could organise courses or seminars for project participants, dedicated specifically to standardisation processes (medium to long-term)
The E2BA and participating industry in the EeB PPP could create an informal inter-stakeholders pre-standardization committee sharing learning and approaches to contribute to a faster standardisation of new technologies and processes (short-term)
The need for more effective communication of results could be addressed by encouraging projects to explore more effective and creative ways of disseminating project outcomes and engagement of end-users (short-term)
The European Commission could launch a horizontal action on marketing of projects outcomes and the creation of an open database on past projects (medium-term)
Clustering of projects can provide benefits to address standardisation issues, improve promotion of outcomes, and speeding up the innovation process. Various groups could contribute to do this:
- The E2BA could develop a framework for closer cross-project collaboration (short-term)
- The E2BA could support the promotion of project results and make deliverables more accessible and searchable by people outside the projects. This will be addressed in part by the EeB Project Review (short-term).
- The European Commission could consider clustering up-front when defining the topics for research calls and provide incentives for projects to cluster when there are synergies (medium to long-term)
Projects should include a stronger exploitation plan from the proposal stage and consider having a dedicated exploitation leader to address market take up challenges (short-term)
Horizon 2020 should continue the support of the EeB PPP as an instrument to provide long-term funding for R&D in energy efficiency in buildings and contribute to reducing the costs of new technologies (medium to long-term)
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Projects should consider collaboration with financial institutions to explore new business models and financing mechanisms for the development and exploitation of new technologies (short-term)
The E2BA could develop a set of indicators of impact to have a holistic and tangible measure of the effectiveness of the PPP instrument (short-term)
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Agenda Workshop
Impact of the Energy-efficient Buildings PPP Date and Place: 14-15 March 2012, Brussels, Belgium Rapporteur for the event: Marta Fernandez
14 March, Wednesday Venue: Av. de Beaulieu 31/33, 1160 Brussels (Building BU31/BU33) 12:30 onwards Registration Venue: BU33 0/58 13:30-15:30 First Round of Parallel Sessions: Project presentations on the Impact regarding the PPP Session 1: Development of new technologies in EeB (chair: Georgios
Katalagarianakis, DG RTD-G4 – rapporteur: Luc Bourdeau, E2BA / CSTB), Venue: BU33 0/58
Session 2: Integration and demonstration of new technologies (chair: Javier Peinado Lebrero, DG RTD-I2 – rapporteur: Miguel Segarra, Dragados), Venue: BU31 0/84
Session 3: ICT for energy-efficient buildings (chair: Philipp Barth, ICT for Sustainable Growth Unit, DG INFSO – rapporteur: Tashweka Anderson, Anderson Brown Ltd) Venue BU33 0/54
15:30-16:00 Coffee break and networking 16:00-18:00 Second Round of Parallel Sessions: Becoming Greener, Getting Standardised, Achieving Real Uptake
Session 4: Sustainability/Energy use How to measure and optimise my project's contribution to energy-efficiency and carbon neutrality? (chair: Alexandros Kotronaros, DG ENER-C2 – rapporteur Bruno Smets, Philips), Venue: BU33 0/58
Session 5: Standardisation How to contribute to common data models and interoperability standardisation? (chair: Rogelio Segovia, ICT for Sustainable Growth Unit, DG INFSO – rapporteur: Michel Bohms, TNO), Venue: BU31 0/84
Session 6: Effectiveness of the uptake by industry How to achieve significant uptake of expected project results beyond the immediate stakeholders? (chair: Patrice Millet, DG RTD-G2 – rapporteur Jesus Isoird, ACCIONA), Venue: BU33 0/54
Networking Dinner 19:00-19:15 Welcome address Paul Timmers, Director DG INFSO, ICT Addressing Societal Challenges Herbert von Bose, Director DG RTD Industrial Technologies 19:15-21:00 Networking dinner
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15 March 2012, Thursday Venue: Av. de Beaulieu 25, 1160 Brussels (Building BU25 Room 0/S1) Plenary session Chair: Herbert von Bose, Director, DG RTD 9:00-9:10 Welcome and Objectives of the Workshop Zoran Stančič, Deputy Director General, DG INFSO 9:10-9:25 Energy-efficient buildings and Horizon 2020 Herbert von Bose, Director, DG RTD, Industrial Technologies 9:25-9:40 Energy-efficient buildings in the context of the Digital Agenda Paul Timmers, Director, DG INFSO, ICT Addressing Societal Challenges 9:40-09:55 Impact of the EeB PPP Expected by the Industry Stefano Carosio, D'Appolonia 9:55-10:10 Coffee break 10:10-12:00 Feedback on the parallel sessions 12:00-13:00 Lunch Break Chair: José-Lorenzo Vallés, Head of Unit, DG RTD 13:00-14:45 Panel/Roundtable discussion: How to maximise the impact of EeB projects
in Europe and what should be the priorities for the roadmap beyond 2013? Ed D'Hooghe, SusChem, CSA Building-up Claude Lenglet, Rabot Dutilleuil Ingo Meyer, Empirica Ammon Salter, Imperial College Business School Luigi Tischer, ROBUR Roberto Zafalon, ST 14:45-15:15 Coffee break 15:15-15:40 Rapporteur's Summary & Conclusions 15:40-15:50 Statement from Private side of the EeB PPP Paul Cartuyvels, Bouygues 15:50-16:00 Statements from the European Commission 16:00 End
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Group Project Acronym Organisation Name
EeB INFSO 2010 TIBUCON MOSTOSTAL WARSZAWA SA Piotr DYMARSKI
EeB INFSO 2010 TIBUCON Tekniker Jorge BERZOSA
EeB INFSO 2010 ENRIMA University Rey Juan Carlos Emilio LóPEZ CANO
EeB INFSO 2010 ENRIMA Minerva Consulting Paolo M SONVILLA
EeB INFSO 2010 HESMOS TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN Raimar J. SCHERER
EeB INFSO 2010 HESMOS Nemetschek Software House Rasso STEINMANN
EeB INFSO 2010 HESMOS Trimo Miha KAVCIC
EeB INFSO 2010
SPORTE2
D'APPOLONIA SPA
Christian
MASTRODONATO
EeB INFSO 2010 SPORTE2 Università Politecnica Delle Marche Marco ARNESANO
EeB INFSO 2010 SEEMPUBS STMicroelectronics Roberto ZAFALON
EeB INFSO 2010 ICT 4 E2B FORUM D'APPOLONIA SPA Elisabetta DELPONTE
EeB INFSO 2011 S4EEB SOLINTEL M&P SL J. Antonio BARONA
EeB INFSO 2011 S4EEB Fraunhofer IDMT Rene RODIGAST
EeB INFSO 2011 CASCADE FRAUNHOFER Nicolas RéHAULT
EeB INFSO 2011 CASCADE National University of Ireland Andrea COSTA
EeB INFSO 2011 SEEDS
Centro de Estudios Materiales y Control de
Obras S.A.
Noemi JIMENEZ-
REDONDO
EeB INFSO 2011 SEEDS CIDAUT Luis NIETO
EeB INFSO 2011 BEAMS ETRA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA Manuel Serrano MATOSES
EeB INFSO 2011
BEAMS
Barcelona Digital
Jose Javier GARCIA
SPIRITTO
EeB INFSO 2011 KNOHOLEM BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT LTD Nick TUNE
EeB INFSO 2011 KNOHOLEM KIT Dan GUTO
EeB INFSO 2011 SEAM4US COFELY ITALIA SPA Giovanni PESCATORI
EeB INFSO 2011 SEAM4US a.giretti@univpm.it Alberto GIRETTI
EeB INFSO 2011 IREEN MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL Dave CARTER
EeB INFSO 2011 CAMPUS21 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK Karsten MENZEL
EeB RTD 2010 NANOPCM ACCIONA INFRAESTRUCTURAS S.A. Jose CUBILLO
EeB RTD 2010 NANOINSULATE Kingspan Research and Developments Ltd Malcolm ROCHEFORT
EeB RTD 2010 FC-DISTRICT MOSTOSTAL WARSZAWA SA Juliusz ZACH
EeB RTD 2010 FC-DISTRICT National Technical University of Athens Maria FONTI
EeB RTD 2010 HIPIN TWI LIMITED Shivashankari SUNDARAM
EeB RTD 2010 HIPIN TWI LIMITED Paola De BONO
EeB RTD 2010 NANOFOAM Dow Europe GmbH Friedhelm BUNGE
EeB RTD 2010
COOL-COVERINGS
KERABEN GRUPO SA
Miguel ángel BENGOCHEA
ESCRIBANO
EeB RTD 2010 COOL-COVERINGS D'APPOLONIA Antonio De FERRARI
EeB RTD 2010 AEROCOINS
FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH &
INNOVATION María MORAGUES
EeB RTD 2010 3ENCULT ACCADEMIA EUROPEA BOLZANO Alexandra TROI
EeB RTD 2010 3ENCULT ACCADEMIA EUROPEA BOLZANO Farah FAHIM
EeB RTD 2010 E-HUB TNO Frans KOENE
EeB RTD 2011
EINSTEIN
FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH &
INNOVATION
Sergio SAIZ
EeB RTD 2011 INTASENSE C-TECH INNOVATION LIMITED Andrew ROWLEY
EeB RTD 2011 INTASENSE CEIT Gemma Garcia MANDAYO
EeB RTD 2011 HEAT4U ROBUR SPA Luigi TISCHER
EeB RTD 2011
MEEFS
RETROFITTING
ACCIONA INFRAESTRUCTURAS S.A.
Magdalena ROZANSKA
Group Project Acronym Organisation Name
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EeB RTD 2011
MEEFS
RETROFITTING
Greenovate
Serge GALANT
EeB RTD 2011 SUS-CON Consorzio CETMA Paolo Antonio CORVAGLIA
EeB RTD 2011 EEBGUIDE FRAUNHOFER Bastian WITTSTOCK
EeB RTD 2011 GE2O E2BAD'Appolonia Silvia ZINETTI
EeB RTD 2011 EASEE Imprima Costruzioni srl Stefano STEFANINI
EeB RTD 2011 EASEE PRE-Fasada Agnieszka LUKASZEWSKA
EeB RTD 2011 CETIEB UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART Jurgen FRICK
EeB RTD 2011 BIOBUILD NETCOMPOSITES LIMITED Edwin STOKES
EeB ENER 2010
BEEMUP
ACCIONA INFRAESTRUCTURAS S.A.
Miguel Angel PARIS
TORRES
EeB ENER 2010 BEEMUP ACCIONA INFRAESTRUCTURAS S.A. Juan CUEVAS
EeB ENER 2010 E2REBUILD NCC AB Christina CLAESON
EeB ENER 2010
SCHOOL OF THE
FUTURE
FRAUNHOFER
Walter KRAUSE
EeB ENER 2011 NEXT-BUILDINGS KEMA NEDERLAND BV Rudy ROOTH
EeB ENER 2011
NEXT-BUILDINGS
City of Amsterdam
Paula ECKOLDT-
WORMGOOR
EeB ENER 2011 BUILDSMART MALMO STAD Michael SILLEN
EeB ENER 2011
BUILDSMART
Tecnalia
Jose Maria CAMPOS
DONIMGUEZ
EeB ENER 2011 NEED4B FUNDACION CIRCE Elena CALVO GALLARDO
EeB ENER 2011 NEED4B FUNDACION CIRCE Maria Izquierdo SANZ
EeB ENER 2011 DIRECTION FUNDACION CARTIF Sergio SANZ
EeB ENER 2011 DIRECTION FUNDACION CARTIF Ruben GARCIA
FP7 projects
COST EFFECTIVE
Fraunhofer Institut für Solare Energiesysteme
ISE
Tilmann E. KUHN
FP7 projects Clear-Up University of Tuebingen Udo WEIMAR
FP7 projects Clear-Up University of Tuebingen Thomas HEINE
FP7 projects REVISITE CSTB Bruno FIES
FP7 projects REVISITE Loughbourough University Tarek HASSAN
AIAG D'Appolonia Stefano CAROSIO
AIAG ACCIONA Infraestructuras Jésus ISOIRD
AIAG Bouygues SA / Bouygues Construction Paul CARTUYVELS
AIAG Bouygues SA / Bouygues Construction Thierry JUIF
AIAG CSTB Luc BOURDEAU
AIAG ECCREDI Joost WENTINK
AIAG Philips Lighting B.V. Bruno SMETS
AIAG TNO Built Environment Olaf ADAN
AIAG
FCC Construction
Ricardo GARCíA
ESPINOSA
speaker SUSCHEM Ed D'HOOGHE
speaker Rabot Dutilleuil Claude LENGLET
speaker Empirica Ingo MEYER
speaker Imperial College Business School Ammon SALTER
rapporteur ARUP Marta FERNANDEZ
rapporteur DRAGADOS Miguel SEGARRA
rapporteur Anderson Brown Ltd Tashweka ANDERSON
rapporteur TNO Michel BOHMS
PTA Pentri bv Marcel DIERSELHUIS
European Commission
Herbert VON BOSE
Group Project Acronym Organisation Name
European Commission Lorenzo VALLES
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European Commission Philipp BARTH
European Commission Merce GRIERA I FISA
European Commission Patrice MILLET
European Commission Claudia BOLDRINI
European Commission Alexandros KOTRONAROS
European Commission
Georgios
KATALAGARIANAKIS
European Commission Michel CHAPUIS
European Commission Adele LYDON
European Commission Javier PEINADO LEBRERO
European Commission Rogelio SEGOVIA PEREZ
European Commission Matthijs SOEDE
European Commission Sven DAMMANN
European Commission Paul TIMMERS
European Commission Zoran STANCIC
European Commission Colette MALONEY
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Input on Panel / Roundtable Discussion
Workshop
Impact of the Energy-efficient Buildings PPP Panel/Roundtable discussion: How to maximise the impact of EeB projects in Europe and what should be the priorities for the roadmap beyond 2013?
Chair: Lorenzo Valles, Head of Unit, DG RTD Ed D'Hooghe, SusChem, CSA Building-up Claude Lenglet, Rabot Dutilleuil Ingo Meyer, Empirica Ammon Salter, Imperial College Business School Luigi Tischer, ROBUR Roberto Zafalon, ST
Proposed questions for the panel discussion
1) As compared to FP7/CIP business as usual, do you see advantages in the PPP approach for the private side? … and for the public side?
2) What is the impact of the projects on achieving innovation and the stated overall PPP goals? 3) Which indicators can measure the impact of the PPP and the leverage of private funds? 4) How can we achieve broader dissemination & stakeholder participation and an increased
interaction between the projects? 5) How could the PPP achieve a proper cross-over between the objectives of the Recovery Plan
and those of the EU2020 strategy? 6) Which criteria should be used to help identify the most suitable research areas in a roadmap
for beyond 2013? 7) What barriers need to be overcome to promote market uptake of technologies in this area? 8) How could the PPP contribute to a possible Innovation Partnership?
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