Impact and future challenges of European research for...

Impact and future challenges of Europeanresearch for Energy Efficient Buildings

Isabel Pinto Seppä, VTTECTP European Construction Technology Platform

[email protected]

EEB Committee goals• To promote and optimize the Research, Development and Innovation in the domain of

Energy Efficient Buildings and districts;• To establish the ECTP vision and strategy in the area of Energy Efficiency in Buildings and

Districts as part of a sustainable built environment;

• To facilitate the interaction between industry, universities and research centres.

New R&D&I strategies to improve competitiveness and tackle the societal challengesand industrial leadership ambitions of the European Union, and meet the Horizon 2020 agenda.

The platform facilitates synergies and launches major initiatives in partnership with the EuropeanCommission and other sectors.

ECTP European Construction Technology Platform

ECTP Conference Brussels, November 17-18, 2016

The importance of impact…


CLUSTERING as a facilitator fora greater impact


Facilitate access to public results1Build a stronger social mediapresence2Raise awareness, support researchclustering and partnerships3Support industrial exploitation andmarket uptake4


Facilitate access to public results1


Up-to-date individual EeB Projectpage on the new ECTP website

• Launched Aug. 16

• Up to 5 publicdeliverables & publishablesummary from finalreport

http://e2b.ectp.org/


Material and product gallery

http://amanac.eu/wiki/category/material-and-product-gallery/

ICT for EeB Clusters innovationswww.EEBERS.eu


Linked Building Data Community

https://www.w3.org/community/lbd/


Build a stronger social mediapresence2


Official ECTP-E2B LinkedIn group

• Launched Nov. 15

• 800 members

https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3744557


Official ECTP-E2B YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLwlqQysjbXSl9DrFSfSzQZx13Ex5dAdT

• Playlist of EeB projectsshort videos

• As of Nov. 16: 64 videos


Raise awareness, support researchclustering and partnerships3


EeB PPP Project Review booklet


EeB Clusters Webinars


Support industrial exploitation andmarket uptake4


Monitor the impact


Detect promising innovations

www.eebers.eu


EeB Innovations Brochures


Joint exhibitions in fairs


Challenges and Opportunities

Full document available here


Challenges and recomendations (1/2)• Solutions for cost-efficient building retrofitting in order to improve the financial return.

Development of cost-effective solutions for retrofitting projects from process optimization, tomaterials, supporting methodologies and tools and, also including innovations for existingequipment.

• Industrialization: Proactive envelope elements. Prefabricated elements with high flexibilityand containing the mechanical ventilation with heat recovery combined with heat pump andmost of the main ducts. Envelope component as thermal storage

• Circular Economy has to be implemented in the construction industry => Durable andmultifunctional material solution containing residue from other industry sectors and recycledmaterials. Building deconstruction practices must evolve from demolition to selectivedemolition and deconstruction/ dismantling, introducing novel solutions.

• Design of energy/ resource efficient buildings (new or to be refurbished) must involve allstakeholders within a collaborative and risk share approach, allowing cost-efficient solutionsfrom a LCA perspective

• Performance monitoring to reduce the gap between expected and real buildingperformance=> Holistic building design fully interoperable with simulation tools. Exploringwider range of options for sustainability and/or optimization of energy performance versuscost/ROI is the future of EeB design.

• Nanostructured materials barriers towards commercialization related to high manufacturingcosts and to less mechanical stability in the field => Nanotechnologies for multifunctionallightweight construction materials => Innovative materials - with ultra-high insulationcapacity e.g. Nanostructured materials like Aerogels. Nanotechnology coatings for improvingheat exchanger efficiency and materials for energy harvesting.


Challenges and recomendations (1/2)• Unleash the potential of BIM technologies to integrate processes for building

retrofitting, operation and maintenance => Transfer fragmented BIM workflows tointegrated design (increase reuse and sharing of data) => Interoperability - dataexchange protocols.

• Develop and integrate approaches for modelling of existing buildings using e.g. datalinking, 3D scanning, infrared imaging, drones, sensors etc. to support therefurbishment process

• Provision of accessible, high quality and trustworthy data. Accurate tools to assessthe state and performance of the building before the intervention.

• Energy management systems including external signals in real-time (energy prices,energy grid operation, local energy generation, other fluids system, air quality, etc.)and data related to different stakeholders, from users to facility managers throughmaintenance crews.

• Optimized energy management at district level: RES, HVAC and storage systems =>RES generation forecast, together with available storage capacities and relatedmanagement.

• Develop easy-to-use multi-functional ICT tools to end-users for managing variousfunctions of their (smart) homes e.g. energy efficiency and assisted living =>Development of shared ICT tools supporting both Energy Efficiency and ActiveAssisted Living & Healthy Ageing


More information from:

ECTP Secretary General : Alain Zarli ([email protected])ECTP E2B Committee Chair: Ignacio Calvo ([email protected] )

www.ectp.org

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