A2PBEER is a four year research project which will develop a cost effective, energy efficient retrofitting methodology which aims to reduce energy used by public buildings. The project is developing a new approach to renovating public buildings by using a mix of established building solutions and advanced, innovative technologies. The website of the project offers information on retrofitting strategies, technologies used in buildings renovations and an e-learning module.
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Current and past projects
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ChangeBest project run between 2009 – 2012. It supported energy companies, ESCOs and other interested market actors in developing and introducing new EES for private households and business clients. The support was based on thorough country analyses, experience exchange, general strategy concepts and bilateral dialogues with individual companies on their business plans and product developments. The "Results" section of the website provides vast spectrum of resources, including good practice and successful stories examples, case studies, guides and recommendations.
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CrowdFundRES aims to gain a deep understanding of the main market actors' and the public's perceptions of crowdfunding for renewable energy projects. In order to do so, the European project carries out a survey addressed to a vast audience. In the future, CrowdFundRES will also analyse the challenges related to crowdfunding for renewable energy, develop guidelines and review them based on a practical experience, as well as improve the market and regulatory framework.
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The objective of the project is to increase the market uptake of technologies for the improvement of energy efficiency in public buildings, and encouraging private sector participation in innovative financing schemes for energy efficiency investments. EnPC-INTRANS aims to develop local capacities of the public sector at the level of municipalities to set-up and use EnPC models for the financing of their investments in EE improvements of public municipalities and services.
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Global Fund for Cities Development (FMDV) was initiated in 2010 by Metropolis and UCLG in order to become the international organization that gathers local authorities and their networks on the economic and funding solutions for a sustainable urban development. Acting as an operational instrument, FMDV supports local authorities in accessing the necessary financial resource, in the best conditions, to finance their urban development strategies through technical expertise and financial engineering on their projects. It also supports the design and development of project strategies and financial vehicles that give programmes or local governments access to long-term financing.
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Infinite solutions is a peer couching project that aims to develop the expertise of local staff and to replicate two innovative financing schemes tested earlier by the cities of Stuttgart (DE) and Delft (NL). Infinite solutions’ website offers descriptions of the tested financing schemes, collection of training materials and a list of EU funding opportunities for local sustainable energy 2014-2020.
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Investor Confidence Project Europe aims to enable a market for Investor Ready Energy Efficiency™ projects by reducing transaction costs and engineering overhead for building renovation projects, while increasing the reliability and consistency of savings. ICP Europe connects project developers with a wide range of project investors. This expanding sector includes both equity and debt finance companies, building owners and managers, energy service providers, insurers, engineers, utilities, and a range of NGO and public sector organizations.
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Mobilizing European Citizens for Sustainable Energy (RESCOOP MECISE) – is a new Horizon 2020 project. The project aims to link renewable energy projects to energy efficiency investments by supporting collaborations between REScoops and local municipalities. RESCOOP MECISE will provide citizens and local authorities with personal assistance and technical expertise on deep energy renovation projects. The project will set up a European fund for both renewable energy and energy efficiency projects and develop a financial facilitation service for REScoops.
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MountEE supported a transformation in the building sector in European mountain municipalities. The project aimed at facilitating knowledge exchange and promoting sustainable, energy efficient constructions and renovations. MountEE website showcases pilot buildings, good practices and a short section on financing instruments.
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The research project ZenN aims to reduce energy use in existing buildings and neighbourhoods. The project strives to: demonstrate the feasibility of innovative low energy renovation processes for buildings at the neighbourhood scale; identify, optimise and disseminate the most promising management and funding methods to facilitate large-scale implementation; develop, improve and launch ambitious replication plans at several scales (local, regional etc.) The three main challenges in connection with the near-zero renovation of existing buildings faced by the ZenN project are: technical challenges, financial challenges and property structure challenges.
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The REVALUE project aims to develop a set of norms, standards and policies for the valuation of property that recognises energy efficiency in residential buildings and create a framework that aligns property valuation techniques used by lenders (banks and other institutional investors), property owners (housing associations and private commercial landlords), and assessors (valuing bodies, organisations that measure energy performance) in valuing energy efficiency in buildings.
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is an EU funded project under the Horizon 2020 programme that aims to develop a new type of energy strategy through visions and roadmaps for the 8 partner cities, in co-creation with relevant local stakeholders. The project focuses on three areas within the domain of sustainable energy that are closely linked to the municipalities main responsibilities:
- Smart buildings
- Smart mobility
- Smart urban spaces
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Smart Cities Information System is a continuation of the CONCERTO series of projects that started back in 2005. SCIS aims to bring together like-minded interests and individuals to encourage knowledge sharing and greater collaboration in the goal of enhancing energy efficiency and energy security, reducing CO2 emissions, and increasing the share of renewable energy.To reflect the growing importance of innovation in urban planning initiatives, the new SCIS also focuses on the energy dimension of ICT and transport that already includes city buildings, building clusters and city districts.
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Streetlight-EPC creates demand and supply for EPC projects in 9 regions by setting up regional EPC facilitation services. The project is based on the idea that street lighting projects can be a good “learning and testing ground” for EPC due to its lower technical and economic complexity (compared to building-related EPC). In the project outputs section on the website, one can find tools such as quick checks, guides and FAQs on streetlight EPC.
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Transparense aims to increase the transparency and trustworthiness of Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) markets, transfers the know-how and supports EPC markets across Europe. The European Code of Conduct for EPC launched by Transparense in 2014 defines the basic values and principles that are fundamental for the successful preparation and implementation of EPC projects. The Transparense website offers training modules, manuals for beginner markets, examples of pilot projects, online databases of existing ESCOs and ESCO associations, EPC model, and European and country-level policy initiatives.
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UMBRELLA is a three year EU funded research project that aims to engage a range of stakeholders in identification of suitable energy efficient business models, and equipping them with the necessary tools to create new high performance buildings and retrofit existing buildings. Umbrella targets building owners, building occupants, management companies, public authorities etc. The project will develop an online web portal which will allow users to explore and optimise different business models.
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ZEBRA2020 project focuses on tracking the market transition to nearly Zero-Energy Buildings (nZEBs) and develops recommendations and strategies for the building industry and policy makers and to accelerate the market uptake of nZEBs. The project will offer on-line tools, such as ZEBRA2020 data tool and nZEB tracker. ZEBRA2020 data tool presents an overview of the current building stock including renovation and construction and monitors Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) activities by country. nZEB tracker will measure the maturity of the nZEB market.
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