Objective
The proposed project will develop and demonstrate energy efficient new and innovative technologies and solutions for retrofitting and performance monitoring of a number of typical residential buildings in EU countries. Technologies envisaged for envelope retrofitting include various types of insulation materials. Energy efficient solutions will also be deployed including energy efficient lighting and HVAC, and renewable energy systems. The technologies and solutions will be affordable, durable, easy for installation and compatible with existing building functions and aesthetics as well as energy efficient. The types of building for retrofitting will include detached, semidetached and terrace houses, and flats of different ages. Methods for measurement of building performance before and after retrofitting will include leakage test and thermal imaging to determine the major areas of building envelope for improvement, in addition to smart energy metering for individual technologies and building as a whole. The buildings will be retrofitted to at least the latest national building standards for new buildings. The type and number of technology deployed will be optimised using life cycle energy analysis for each type of building.
The work programme will involve development of computer models for optimising technologies and solutions, analysing dynamic energy demand of buildings and predicting microclimate indoors, development and testing of technologies and solutions under laboratory conditions, retrofitting and monitoring residential buildings in different climatic conditions, and a socio-economic analysis.
The above outcomes will be delivered through innovative solutions developed by a Consortium comprising leading companies, universities and public institutions from 10 European countries.
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Call for proposal
FP7-2012-NMP-ENV-ENERGY-ICT-EeB
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Funding Scheme
CP-IP - Large-scale integrating projectCoordinator
NG7 2RD Nottingham
United Kingdom
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Participants (18)
16341 ILIOUPOLI ATHINA
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LE2 7EA LEICESTER
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40126 Bologna
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40124 Bologna
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7595 020 TORRAO
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2800-159 Almada
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70174 Stuttgart
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10561 Athina
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2800 Delemont
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05004 Avila
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LE4 1AW LEICESTER
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34775 UMRANYIE
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PE7 3HS Peterborough Cambs
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HR6 9LA LEOMINSTER
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40 111 Katowice
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2595 DA Den Haag
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2900 760 SETUBAL
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M6 6ST MANCHESTER
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