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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.


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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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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Appendix 1 Agenda


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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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Appendix 2 List of attendees


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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 [email protected] 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



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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


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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Appendix 3 Panel Discussion


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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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