Objectives

 

1.     To engage stakeholders in a co-creation process for the design of the SRI-ENACT approach, enabling assessment, analysis and decision support for improved smart readiness in buildings

2.     To develop a web-based toolkit implementing the proposed SRI driven methodology

3.     To test, calibrate and evaluate the proposed SRI-ENACT solution in more than 1.200 buildings across EU

4.     To replicate the SRI pilot programmes

5.     To explore and develop concepts for the financing of building smartness upgrades and demonstrate the potential market value of smart readiness of buildings

6.     To develop policy recommendations for a global improvement of smart readiness of European buildings

Work plan

 

SRI-ENACT plan is an interdisciplinary approach bringing together: (a) The scientific part, where the SRI assessments are defined; (b) The technology part, where the necessary components, platform and applications are built to realise the methodologies defined; (c) The business domain, where the above results will be driven by specific impact factors affecting all involved stakeholders (energy experts, energy managers, building users / owners, etc.).

 

The work plan consists of 6 Work Packages (WPs) that include tailored activities to improve the smart readiness of European buildings as shown in Figure 3.1. In particular, there are two (2) vertical WPs for the overall coordination of the project and for implementing communication and dissemination activities (WP1 and WP6), whilst the remaining 4 WPs are clearly connected with the SRI-ENACT objectives.

Table 3.1: The overall structure of the work plan and its relation to the SRI-ENACT Objectives (O) and Key Exploitable Results (KER)

Work Packages Short description
WP1 – Project Management WP1 outlines the financial and administrative coordination activities of the project. It aims to ascertain the effective and timely implementation of all project activities, by regularly monitoring and reporting progress.
WP2 – Co-creation process for the design of the SRI-ENACT methodology WP2 will start with the identification of the best practices in monitoring of building energy performance and smart readiness level. The SRI-ENACT stakeholders will be identified, establishing the Stakeholders Liaison Groups. A sample of each of them will be asked with regards their expectations of the SRI-ENACT solution. The goal is to get high level requirements from the stakeholders and design innovative national tailored SRI methodologies.
WP3 – Development of the SRI-ENACT toolkit and training package WP3 will deal with the SRI-ENACT core components implementation. This will consist of the SRI assessment services and the decision support toolkit in accordance with the SRI-ENACT methodology developed in WP2. The main result of WP3 is the SRI-ENACT toolkit supporting SRI assessment in current and future scenarios that will offer decision support services for the smartness upgrades in buildings. SRI-ENACT partners will also prepare informative material, guidebooks, presentations and other training material, organised in Capacity Modules
WP4 – Pilot evaluation of the SRI-ENACT methodology and platform

SRI Assessment Programmes will be implemented, based on a network of SRI auditors. There will be three main iterations:

·       1st iteration (M10-M15): Testing the first SRI-ENACT prototype in a small set of buildings (2-3 buildings) per pilot. An initial pilot setup will be done and scenarios will be executed; feedback will be collected for improvements in the final prototype for the full pilot operation.

·       2nd iteration (M16-M21): Second prototype with decision support tools tested in >50 buildings per pilot considering different national contexts.

·       3rd iteration (M22-M27): Wider SRI adoption through a number of webinars in the pilot countries creating a multiplier effect for the SRI adoption.
WP5 – Financing tools and business models to support SRI adoption WP5 ensures that outputs and lessons learnt are replicated across Europe so that the EU benefits more widely from the project during and beyond the project duration. EU Policy Recommendations and National Roadmaps will be delivered. We will also explore concepts for the financing of building smartness upgrades through public investment programmes.
WP6 – Share, connect and attract WP6 ensures a comprehensive engagement process and dissemination strategy, and ensures the successful dissemination of SRI-enact to the targeted audience.

Consortium

 

 

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Advisory Board

 
Partner Name Role
HOLISTIC George Xexakis Project Manager
CTU Prof. Karel Kabele Czech Pilot Leader
CGBC Dean Smolar Managing Director
RTU Gatis Žogla Chairman of the Latvian Association of Energy Auditors

 

Georgios Xexakis holds a PhD in Environmental Science from the Renewable Energy Systems group at the University of Geneva. He is currently a senior researcher at HOLISTIC, a research and consultancy firm working in the energy and climate field and in relevant policy support applications. His research interests include decision support systems for decarbonisation, participatory approaches in energy scenario development, and methods for enhancing the usefulness of energy research for diverse stakeholders. He has 16 publications in high-impact journals in the energy field (full list in Google Scholar) as well as research and management experience in five Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects about decarbonisation.

 

Prof. Karel Kabele Karel Kabele graduated from the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague in 1984. In 1998 he defended his dissertation on Optimizing the indoor environment of buildings, in 2003 he habilitated with the work Modeling of Building Energy Systems and in 2006 he was appointed professor. Since 2004 he has been the head of the Department of Building Services at the Czech Technical University in Prague. In 2014 he founded and until 2017 led the research group Quality of the internal environment of UCEEB. Since 2018 he is Vice-Dean for the Development of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Czech Technical University in Prague. Since 2007 he has been a visiting professor at the National University of Singapore. In 2013-2016 he was President of the European Federation REHVA. Under his leadership, more than 120 Bc. and Ing. degrees and 13 doctoral theses. He is an authorized engineer and energy specialist. As authorised engineer, specialist for building energy systems design and energy auditing has since 1990 experience in design, education and reviewing of building energy performance and building energy systems. He is an author of several educational tools for building energy systems design with energy performance calculation; he designed or reviewed more than 500 systems design. His team developed in 2009 National calculation tool for building certification in the Czech Republic for EPBD implementation.

 

Dean Smolar is a pioneer in sustainable energy, mobility and climate change in Croatia, as well as an expert in energy efficiency, sustainable mobility and green construction. Dean was born in Zagreb and graduated in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, where he was the winner of Rector’s awards and scholarships for gifted students. Dean has been the recipient of many national and international awards for innovation. After finishing postgraduate studies in Economics and Management he enrolled in a doctoral study of energy efficiency. Dean has a professional career in national and international, private and public organisations in various functions from professional to managerial. He started and led the National Energy Efficiency Authority as well as the energy sector in the national agency for energy and investments. He was also involved in numerus international EU-funded projects. He was engaged in drafting laws and regulatory documents (EU acquis) and national strategies and action plans in the field of energy efficiency and alternative fuels. He participated in the preparation of financial instruments for building renovation programmes and energy saving verification and energy efficiency obligation schemes.Since 2017. is acting as executive director of the Croatian Green Building Council. Dean is also engaged in advising governmental organizations in the implementation of energy policy and is representing Croatia in EU research and development programs energy and green construction and mobility (Horizon 2020).

 

Gatis Zogla began his career in company “EKODOMA” in 2005, while still being a student at the Riga Technical University, Faculty of Electronics and Energy. He is currently a leading energy auditor and project manager in “EKODOMA”. His main responsibilities are EU project management and administration, as well as planning, preparation and expert analysis of energy audits in different types of buildings. Since 2004, Gatis has participated in several projects related to energy efficiency in the public, residential and industrial sectors, and proved to be a remarkable energy auditor. From 2008 – 2013 Gatis worked as a researcher at Riga Technical University, in Environmental and Energy Systems Institute (EESI), where the main duties included research, experiments and laboratory works. And since 2013 he works as an assistant professor of RTU EESI. Parallel to his work in Ekodoma, Gatis in 2012 defended his doctoral thesis “Using Innovative Approaches for Modeling Political and Technological Solutions for Energy Efficiency in Buildings.” Since 2009, Gatis is a certified energy auditor and acts as an independent expert in the field of energy performance of buildings. Also, since 2009, Gatis Zogla is the chairman of the board of Latvian Energy Auditors Association. Gatis has participated in a number of drafting legislations related to energy efficiency in buildings. Overall Gatis has developed more than 40 scientific publications, and for a more detailed information about them can be found at his Research Gate or ortus.rtu.lv profiles.