Submit Proposals for Demonstrating Integrated Technology Solutions for Buildings with Performance Guarantees

Deadline: 25-Jan-22

The European Commission (EC) is accepting proposals for the Demonstrating integrated technology solutions for buildings with performance guarantees (Built4People).

The proposal should:

Design and demonstrate innovative integrated technology solutions based on state-of-the-art components (envelope, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning, cooling, automation and control, renewable energy, etc.) solutions for cost-effective buildings’ overall performance enhancement with performance guarantees.
Investigate the viability of performance-based business models combining those technology solutions with attractive and innovative contractual frameworks for performance guarantees and testing them with the relevant market players (eg energy suppliers, product manufacturer, technology / service providers).
Develop business models that suit new industrialized design and production methods, and include enhanced energy and resource (based on suitable Level (s) indicators) performance guarantees with longer commissioning and condition-based maintenance to replace maintenance contracts.
Develop performance contracts that work with industrialized solutions for the renovations in the residential sector, valorizing energy and environmental performance, resource and energy efficiency, energy flexibility (through demand response) and comfort (Comfort Performance Contracts) for all building elements (eg building envelope, equipment & systems, energy storage).
Build, where possible, on existing business approaches that have shown effectiveness for renovation (eg one-stop-shops, ESCOs).
Ensure that those business models make use of digital tools (eg energy management systems, block chain, digital logbooks) to increase data availability for measurement and verification and therefore increase the traceability of performance (eg energy savings, energy generation, GHG emissions, location of components and substances in the buildin gs) and to ease the implementation of performance-based contracts.

Funding Information

The check will normally be done for the coordinator if the requested grant amount is equal to or greater than EUR 500,000, except for:

public bodies (entities established as a public body under national law, including local, regional or national authorities) or international organizations; and
cases where the individual requested grant amount is not more than EUR 60,000 (lowvalue grant).

Expected Outcome

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:

Demonstrated viability of, and proven integrated technology solutions for, performance guarantees and performance-based contracts to increase buildings energy performance but including aspects going beyond energy towards a broader range of climate- and environment– relevant matters (eg resource efficiency, whole life carbon, etc.).
Enhanced consumer trust in guarantees of performance and related contracts.
Increased number of market actors, especially SMEs, offering performance-based business models.
Enhanced awareness of end users and capacity building of businesses on performance- based contracts.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for funding, applicants must be established in one of the eligible countries, ie:

the Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions;
the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States;
eligible non-EU countries:
- countries associated with Horizon Europe;
- low- and mid -income countries.