Network of building renovation projects

ITAINNOVA is the Aragon Institute of Technology, a non-profit center linked to the Department of Science, University and the Knowledge Society of the regional government of Aragon. The mission of ITAINNOVA is to support companies through technological research and innovation, helping them increase their competitiveness by developing new products and improving their processes, and by fostering the smart use of technology in regional, national and international contexts. We offer a multidisciplinary approach that can help tackle the many technological challenges our society faces, with a very effective cross-sector approach, working on a wide variety of industrial sectors, such as mobility, machinery, automotive, construction, aeronautics, railways, logistics, ICT, health, robotics, agro-industry and materials transformation.

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The Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) is a public, dynamic and innovative institution dedicated to research and teaching which, while maintaining strong ties with the community in which it carries out its activities, strives for a strong presence abroad.

Its community is currently made up of around 28,000 students, 2,500 teaching staff and researchers, and 1,500 administration and service professionals, spread across its three campuses in Alcoi, Gandia, and València.

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CORE Innovation Centre is a non-profit RTO, subsidiary of CORE Innovation & Technology OE, aiming to provide individuals, industries and companies with opportunities to reach their true potential, to make industries smarter and greener, more sustainable and more socially inclusive. Industry 4.0 is where CORE IC chooses to focus its research and innovation efforts. Advances in a range of technologies i.e. IoT, big data, machine and deep learning, edge and cloud computing are deployed to maximise the potential of both people and entities in multiple sectors. Visit Website

Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences create a unique environment for multidisciplinary, inspirational and high-impact research and education. Our universities community has its competitive edges in sustainability, technology, health and society. Visit Website

CARTIF is a horizontal, private and non-profit Research Institution, whose main mission is providing innovative solutions to the industry to enhance their processes, systems and products, improving their competitiveness and creating new business opportunities. CARTIF develops R&D projects financed by private companies or through public funds obtained from competitive calls at national and international level. CARTIF also supports public entities (city councils, regional governments…) on high impact projects planning and development. CARTIF is a multidisciplinary centre that works in multiple knowledge fields focused to many economic sectors: energy, food, industry, construction and infrastructures, health and environment, addressing research lines oriented to the main societal challenges, as industry 4.0, smart grids, smart cities, energy efficiency, cultural heritage, quality of life, circular economy, natural resources and biotechnology. CARTIF has an analytical testing laboratory the offers analysis services to the centre and to other companies by means of a wide offer that includes 3D digitalization, biomass characterization, food biotechnology and material nanotechnology. Visit Website

MIRTEC SA is a Technological company, operating under the supervision of the Ministry of Development & Investments and is active in Applied Industrial Research, Technological Development, Certification & Quality Control of a wide range of inorganic and organic materials and industrial products. With privately owned accredited laboratories, MIRTEC offers a wide range of services in the evaluation of the conformity of products/services/processes/systems. It is a notified Certification Body in EU, represents Greece in IQNet and has been designated as the Greek Technical Assessment Body for issuing European Technical Assessments for Construction Products. MIRTEC has long-term activity in applied industrial research and through established collaborations with National and European Research Centers offers integrated solutions to companies. The company has successfully organized and operates several Pilot-production lines for advanced materials, transferring the research results to the market. The company has also a key role in the ecosystem of Building materials and Construction sector, operating throughout the value chain, R&D-Networking-Quality Control-Certification and is the facilitator of Cluster e-CODOMH, the first Greek business Cluster for the construction sector.

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DEMO Consultants is an independent consultancy (SME) dealing with strategic management, technical advice, and software modelling for the real estate sector. It performs applied research on ICT for the built environment to develop and enhance methods and tools for asset management of energy-efficient buildings, sustainable cultural heritage and resilient civil infrastructure. Furthermore, it creates innovative software products and BIM tools for investment appraisal, portfolio management, strategic decision making and maintenance planning. Visit Website

EUROCORE Consulting sprl, a Member of the GEP Group. We are a young, fast-growing company providing multi-sectoral expert consultancy and professional technical support to firms and organizations in the private and public sectors. EUROCORE Consulting shares the core capacity of its mother company GEP, making Occupational Health and Safety a primary area of its competence. EUROCORE Consulting expertise extends to other areas of science and engineering providing specialist multidisciplinary support, as required. These other thematic interests comprise Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources, Environmental Impacts and Protection, Sustainable Management of Resources and Eco-Applications. Visit Website

AMSolutions Ltd (AMS) is a Greek SME established in 2004 with the goal to provide state-of-the-art technical services inextricably linked with the Research, Development & Production of novel Energy Efficient procedures & materials. AMS activities include architectural, structural, electromechanical designs, supervision and construction, building maintenance, energy consumption monitoring, building energy certificates and BIM. Moreover, the company is active in the research, development and production of various environmentally friendly materials and systems with advanced properties to improve buildings’ Energy Efficiency, such as insulating materials, mortars, plasters, coatings and composite buildings’ systems. AMS has been active in 14 EU Funded Projects mainly focused in Energy Efficient Buildings either through the development of new materials or new processes with very promising results. Visit Website

AUMSA is an urban society established in 1986 by the City Council of Valencia with the corporate purpose to carry out urban studies and carry out municipal project management and own project execution works. AUMSA focusing on infrastructure works (urbanizations, collectors, etc.), landscaping, expropriations, drafting of urban plans, housing construction, emblematic buildings, ornamental fountains, participation, management and monitoring of major projects and archaeology. Their own building projects entail land management actions, promotion and execution of homes and car parks. In INPERSO AUMSA will provide the Calle Estrella building for the demonstration needs of the project. Visit Website

The Municipality of Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni is a suburban area (34 km²) located in the south-western part of Attica, Greece. As for its administration, it’s a local public body governed by the Municipal Council and the Mayor. It offers public services to its 50.585 citizens and has got about 450 employees. The vision of Municipal authority is to protect its natural resources and provide its citizens with a high standard of living and services while becoming a green, energy-efficient and smart city. It has signed the EU Covenant of Mayors for Energy and Climate with the commitment to reduce CO2 emissions by 40% till 2030, by implementing energy efficiency, renewable energy and climate adaptive measures. It has been participating in many EU programmes and initiatives (e.g. HORIZON, LIFE, COSME, INTERREG 100 Intelligent Cities Challenge, CIVITAS), while gaining several awards at EU and national level. Visit Website

IRIS (ES) is a technology SME established 2007 currently employing 56 people and specializes in the manufacture and integration of Process Analytical Technology (PAT)-based real-time quality monitoring solutions for the process industries and IoT systems for smart manufacturing, predominantly targeted at the food, pharmaceutical and chemical industries. In addition to photonics-based analysers, IRIS also works with IoT sensors to enable equipment and machinery for smart manufacturing and transitioning the industry to the Industry4.0 paradigm. Solutions are cloud-based for mobility, remote monitoring and multi-site applications. IRIS Innovation Division is experienced in working in collaborative R&D projects in H2020 (both as coordinators and partners) and principally in the SPIRE, FoF, and BBI programmes. IRIS is certified under ISO 9001:2008 and UNE-EN-ISO 166002: Management Systems R&D&i. Visit Website

The Institute of Applied Sustainability to the Built Environment (ISAAC) of the University of Applied Science of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) promotes the energy transition process through research on renewable energies, the rational use of energy, the refurbishment and maintenance of buildings and energy planning also at the regional and local level. The Institute’s distinctive themes are decentralisation of electricity production from renewable sources (photovoltaics); decarbonisation in the built environment and mobility; digitalisation in electricity management (smart grids) and in building construction and maintenance procedures (Building Information Modeling); democratisation of energy by way of the prosumer, and involvement in technological choices and in their utilisation in real-life conditions (living lab). Visit Website

Vias y Construcciones is a construction firm with over 94 years of experience that belongs to one of the world’s largest construction and services groups, ACS. VIAS is one of the leading construction companies in Spain by turnover and profitability. It develops its activity as a general construction company within the following fields: Railways, Highways and Roads, Airports, Coasts and Ports, Industrial and Urban Development, and Residential and Non-residential Buildings. VIAS has promoted and managed more than 70 R&D projects, it is a founding member of the Railway Innovation Hub (HUB) and the Spanish Technological Construction Platform (PTEC). Visit Website

From restauration to preventive maintenance. We help monument owners maintain their valuable property. In addition to assessing the condition, our monument inspectors carry out small-scale repair and maintenance work and provide targeted advice for the short and long term. Monumentenwacht Noord-Brabant inspects the most diverse objects. Ranging from farm to mansion, from castle to monastery, from mill to industrial complex and from chapel to cathedral. Often the focus is mainly on the condition of the exterior. However, we also have specialist knowledge about the correct conservation of historic interiors and we advise owners on making their building more sustainable. In addition, we advise on the conservation of archaeological and green monuments (historical gardens). Monumentenwacht Noord-Brabant is independent and carries out its activities on a non-profit basis. Visit Website

R2M Solution is an integrated and multi-disciplinary entrepreneurial innovation company that targets filling the gap between research activities and market implementation across the fields of Innovation, Engineering, Energy Services & Sustainability and ICT/Automation. R2M Solution can count on 4 main divisions: Innovation Support & R&D, Innovative Products sales & training, Sustainability Consulting & Certification, and ESCO. R2M is a strategic innovator that helps organizations and project’s plans to execute the strategic use of research funding by means of a comprehensive development strategy from idea to market. In doing so, R2M provides leadership, links high performance exploitation oriented networks and leverages public and private funding instruments. Through its governance and corporate structure, R2M is able to partner with ideas, technologies, products, services and organizations across time and across various markets providing resources and channels for their incubation, growth and uptake across their entire innovation trajectory. Visit Website

From the beginning of its activities in 2007 UAB „Modernios E–Technologijos“ (MET) is focusing its activities onto knowledge-intensive technologies development and commercialization. MET is a high-tech company with an aim to produce equipment and components for energy, thermal storage, electronics and other technological innovation adoptive industries. MET is an active participant in knowledge and technology-intensive national and international projects (FP7, H2020, etc.) for Renewable Energy Generation and Storage, Thermal Energy Storage, CO2 utilisation, MLPE development, and novel materials. In addition to technology development, MET also manufactures customized solar modules, which is why METSOLAR - a production unit for customized modules was established. METSOLAR is a European manufacturer of tailor-made solar solutions for BIPV, Solar roof, lighting and other Smart City applications. METSOLAR specialize in the design and development of bespoke solar panels, which require a personal touch and unique approach to the specific inquiry. Visit Website

iWin – innovative Windows is a Swiss startup founded in 2019. The company operates in the field of smart building façades and produces photovoltaic modules in the form of compact and multi-functional windows. Our proptech solution adapts to the environmental conditions and responds to changes in the indoor spaces, offering sustainable shading and glare control to optimize the incoming natural sunlight and the solar heat gain. The technology is suitable to retrofit almost any type of conventional windows in any building segment including residential, commercial or administrative. Our technology reduces the carbon footprint in the building industry by saving up to 30% of energy consumption and producing up to 120kWh/m2 of renewable energy to be integrated into a sustainable energy community. Visit Website

Instituto Valenciano de la Edificación (IVE) (engl.: Valencia Institute of building) is a private non-profit foundation with public interest set up in October 1986 in Valencia by the Regional Ministry of Housing. IVE acts as the innovation agency for this Regional Ministry by promoting competitive research, innovation, training and multilateral cross-border cooperation projects that aim to enhance sustainability, energy efficiency, circular economy and resilience in both buildings and cities. IVE board includes professionals, developers, building contractors, end-users, in order to provide a platform for ideas exchange, developments and knowledge in the different fields of construction. During 30 years of its existence the institute has remained very active in the drafting of technical documents to support the pre-normative research of building process and to spread all the aspects related to the quality and sustainability in the design, construction and use of buildings. Visit Website

The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is a research institute and university in Lausanne, Switzerland, that specializes in natural sciences and engineering. It is one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology, and it has three main missions: education, research and technology transfer at the highest international level. EPFL is widely regarded as a world leading university. The disciplines grouped in the EPFL’s school of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC) have the mission to provide solutions to the most important challenge of our time: to guarantee a sustainable living environment for humanity through a successful integration of human activities within the biosphere. At ENAC, environmental engineers, civil engineers, architects, and social scientists all engage in interdisciplinary research and teaching to find solutions for a sustainable future by engaging together about the quality of our environment. One of the focal areas of research and teaching are sustainable buildings that encompass topics of construction technologies, well-being and behaviors, interactions and design processes, and energy systems. Visit Website

Ventive Limited is a pioneer in the design of naturally intelligent ventilation systems to deliver fresh air at minimal energy cost. Tom Lipinski founded the company with the vision that ventilation can play a key role in the sustainable architecture of the future. Almost all of the air we breathe, within the built environment, can be introduced comfortably without the need for further power, heating or cooling. He quickly developed a sophisticated form of natural ventilation to reduce the reliance on costly, energy-hungry mechanical ventilation systems.

Ventive has already won numerous awards for its innovation and commitment to sustainable architecture including the Best Startup at the Lloyds TSB Enterprise Awards and more than 20 sustainability, retrofit and innovation awards, including: Air Movement Product of the Year (Heating & Ventilation News 2016); Best Innovation in Energy Management; Best Sustainable Innovation Award (CIOB); Best Retrofit Innovation (Retrofit Awards); Best Retrofit Project. Visit Website

We are leaders in the development of regenerative infrastructures to design a better planet.
We cover the entire value chain from design and construction to operation and maintenance. With a presence in more than 40 countries, we carry out our business activity under the commitment to contribute to the economic and social development of the communities in which we operate.
Our objective is to lead the transition towards a low carbon economy, for which we put quality criteria and innovation processes at the service of all our projects aimed at optimizing the efficient use of resources and respect for the environment. We have been a carbon neutral company since 2016, but we go further and want to create a positive impact, with people and the planet at the center. Visit Website