Sustainable Buildings

Mapping survey: In order to identify synergies and complementarities in the sustainable buildings sector among the participating regions in the partnership, partners are requested to fill in this brief survey (one questionnaire per region/Member State). https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/Encuesta_Entidades_publicas (Password: partenariado)

Template of letter of support or commitment of the participating regions / MS available here.

The building sector is the largest energy consumer in Europe, representing 40% of the total EU consumption and 36% of CO2 emissions in the EU, according to EC statistical data. By improving the energy efficiency of buildings, the total EU energy consumption could be reduced by 5-6% and lower CO2 emissions by about 5%.

The main objective of the S3 Partnership on Sustainable Buildings

is to create an alliance between European regions to boost new markets and take advantage of regional opportunities for specialisation. The partnership is led by Andalusia (ES), North Great Plain (HU) and North-Croatia (HR). Many other European regions or countries are currently participating or have shown interest in joining.

Thematic working areas

Three main reference themes for interregional collaboration have been identified:

Eco-construction, bioclimatism and insulation of buildings,
Renewable energy integration in buildings,
Systems of maximum energy efficiency in buildings and cities

The partners have created working groups for each reference theme and are continously working on the mapping of the capacities, resources available and relevant actors in the participating regions, and the establishment of synergies and interregional collaborations for the implementation of concrete pilot projects and actions.

List of regions involved

Contact details of the leading regions

Andalusian Energy Agency (ES):

Joaquín VILLAR

Head of Internationalisation and Prospective Department

Marisa BORRA

Senior Expert in Internationalisation and Prospective Department

LENERG Energy Agency Nonprofit Llc. (HU):

Gábor VÁMOSI

Managing Director

Valeria SZABO

International project manager

North Croatia Regional Energy Agency (HR):

Velimir ŠEGON

Deputy Managing Director

Julije DOMAC

Managing Director

Contact details of DG REGIO

REGIO-S3PEnergy

More information

The "Smart Campus" pilot is one of the collaborative projects of the Sustainable Buildings partnership selected in 2018 by DG REGIO under the call for expression of interest for “Thematic Partnerships to pilot interregional innovation projects”. This pilot aims at developing innovative solutions in several university campuses, leading to a more efficient and innovative energy generation, distribution and use in the existing or new buildings. Several technological solutions have already been developed, tested and translated into business cases: 1) Real-time control and monitoring of electrical distribution grid, 2) Smart Fancoil and Indoor Quality through IoT system, and 3) Intelligent control management of electrical energy consumption and local information by Smart Plugs.

Related projects:

Interreg Europe BUILD2LC: Boosting low carbon innovative building rehabilitation in European regions
Interreg Europe S3UNICA: Smart SpecialiSation UNIvercity CAmpus. The S3UNICA project is the natural follow up of the Pilot Project “Smart Campus”.

For more information on Sustainable Buildings, please also visit:

the webpage of the JRC EU Science Hub on Energy Efficiency
EU Building Stock Observatory (BSO): monitoring of the energy performance of buildings across EU
JRC E3P – European EE Platform (EE Directive): data collection and analysis, exchange of experiences, networking, etc.
BUILD UP - The EU portal for EE in buildings (EPB Directive): latest developments at technical or practice level, policy legislation, financial issues, etc.

Latest news

News article | 2020-06-12

Launch of the open public consultation on the Renovation Wave initiative

The online public consultation on boosting the renovation of buildings across the EU is open until July 9.

News article | 2018-01-25

Sixty EU Regions Get Ready for Joint Energy Projects

Sixty EU regions which have set energy as a priority in their Smart Specialisation Strategies will now move to the practical phase – implementing pilot activities and defining business and funding plans.

Events

28 Nov 2018

EVENT | 2018-11-28
Sustainable buildings partnership working meeting

Working session in Bilbao with the partners of the interregional S3 Partnership on Sustainable Buildings.

25 Jan 2018

EVENT | 2018-01-25
S3PEnergy - High Level Event

The project concluded the first phase of its activities at the end of 2017. As a conclusion of the tasks carried out by the S3PEnergy, a High Level Event will take place on Thursday the 25th of January 2018, including both institutional and technical sessions, providing a good overview of the...

24 Jan 2018

EVENT | 2018-01-24
Sustainable Buildings Partnership working meeting

Working session with the partners of the interregional S3 Partnership on Sustainable Buildings.

Publications

PUBLICATION | 2017-09-28

Concept Note - Partnership of European Regions on Sustainable Buildings

This Concept Note gathers the main aspects of the proposal for the creation of a Partnership of European Regions on Sustainable Buildings, in reference to the scope and objective of the Partnership, as well as the key elements and approach to be considered in its development, after incorporating...

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