GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

Proposals should:

• Investigate and demonstrate approaches for the construction of new energy positive residential buildings (and /or the renovation of existing residential buildings), with a focus on multi-family, multi-storey buildings, encompassing all relevant areas:
  • Design phase (aesthetic and technical solutions and their potential, passive and active strategies, sustainable design);
  • Integrated design and construction concepts;
  • Reconfigurable designs and technical elements capable of adapting to different user profiles and lifestyles;
  • Selection and installation of affordable and high performance construction products and materials, building on previous projects;
  • Innovative processes from manufacturing to construction site;
  • Integration of renewable energy production for heating and cooling, electricity production (e.g. BIPV and BAPV), and where relevant, thermal and electrical storage, including shared at neighbourhood and district levels; for existing buildings, cost-effective, innovative solutions that allow to (at least) fully cover the energy consumption of the building (electricity, heat and cooling) with renewable energy;
  • Advanced use of smart management technologies (for control and operational issues, Building Management Systems (BMS) or Building Automation Systems (BAS) to improve air quality, human health and well-being parameters, to facilitate engagement and inclusiveness of occupants and support measurement of (as-built) building performance;
  • Reuse and recycling of elements, components and materials, in particular in relation to buildings end of life, also minimizing embodied carbon emissions over the whole life cycle, in particular for smart technologies;
  • Where applicable, the use of grey- and black-waters.
• Ensure that the cost of such buildings/apartments does not increase substantially compared to current local / regional practises.