Call: Overcoming market barriers and promoting deep renovation of buildings

• Reducing energy consumption and carbon footprint
• Low-cost, low-carbon electricity supply
• Alternative fuels and mobile energy sources
• A single, smart European electricity grid
• New knowledge and technologies
• Robust decision making and public engagement
• Market uptake of energy and ICT innovation.

• Waste heat recovery from urban facilities and re-use to increase energy efficiency of district or individual heating and cooling systems
• Improving the performance of inefficient district heating networks
• Standardised installation packages integrating renewable and energy efficiency solutions for heating, cooling and/or hot water preparation
• New heating and cooling solutions using low grade sources of thermal energy
• Models and tools for heating and cooling mapping and planning
• Engaging private consumers towards sustainable energy
• Behavioural change toward energy efficiency through ICT
• Socio-economic research on consumer's behaviour related to energy efficiency
• Engaging and activating public authorities
• Supporting accelerated and cost-effective deep renovation of buildings through Public Private Partnership (EeB PPP)
• Overcoming market barriers and promoting deep renovation of buildings
• Integration of Demand Response in Energy Management Systems while ensuring interoperability through Public Private Partnership (EeB PPP)
• Cost reduction of new Nearly Zero-Energy buildings
• Construction skills
• Increasing capacities for actual implementation of energy efficiency measures in industry and services
• Effective implementation of EU product efficiency legislation
• Valorisation of waste heat in industrial systems (SPIRE PPP)
• Energy efficiency of industrial parks through energy cooperation and mutualised energy services
• Public Procurement of Innovative Solutions for energy efficiency
• Bringing to market more energy efficient and integrated data centres
• ERA-NET Cofund actions supporting Joint Actions towards increasing energy efficiency in industry and services
• Project Development Assistance
• Innovative financing schemes
• Making the energy efficiency market investible
• Development and roll-out of innovative energy efficiency services

In order to achieve the EU 2020 energy efficiency objectives, the renovation rate needs to increase from the present level of 1.2% per annum to at least 2-3% (with a specific target for the public sector of 3%) and the energy performance of renovations needs to improve. Both the Energy Performance in Buildings Directive (EPBD) and the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) contain several provisions in this respect. The environmental sustainability of renovation process but more importantly, the health and wellbeing of the occupants are also relevant. This might lead to consideration of aspects partially covered by different pieces of EU legislation such as REACH, the Water Framework Directive, the Construction Products Regulation, etc.

At least one legal entity established in an EU Member State or Horizon 2020 associated country.

The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of between 1 and 2 million € would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.

Funding rate: 100% 

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