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MIGRATION OF THE PROJECT FORUM TO ECAS WEBSITE
In order to ensure the continuity of the discussion among the project stakeholders after the end of the project the collaborative platform has been migrated on the EC Collaborative Platform services at the following links The Wiki-Blog on Local and Regional initiatives The Wiki-Blog on the Research Roadmap on ICT for energy efficiency in Buildings and Construction The Forum on Local and Regional initiatives The Forum on the Research Roadmap on ICT for energy efficiency in Buildings and Construction Please note that to access these services it is necessary to register for an ECAS account at this link.

MIGRATION OF THE PROJECT FORUM TO ECAS WEBSITE

In order to ensure the continuity of the discussion among the project stakeholders after the end of the project the collaborative platform has been migrated on the EC Collaborative Platform services at the following links

Please note that to access these services it is necessary to register for an ECAS account at this link.

ICT4E2B FORUM FINAL EVENT
On 28^th February, at the European Parliament in Brussels, ICT4E2B Forum partners presented their project’s final results about the role of ICT for Energy efficient buildings to an audience of over 120 attendees. The project funded by DG CONNECT and developed within the framework of the Energy-efficient Buildings Public Private Partnership (EeB PPP) initiative, has performed a deep analysis of the research challenges and innovation priorities that ICT will have to address in future. These recommendations have been duly taken into account in the new Roadmap developed by E2BA towards a possible continuation of the EeB PPP within Horizon 2020, as presented by Stefano Carosio, D’Appolonia (RINA Group) and co-chairman of the Ad-hoc Industrial Advisory Group of the EeB PPP. The final event with more than 120 participants, organized by D’Appolonia (RINA group) as project coordinator, in collaboration with the member of European Parliament Francesco De Angelis and Mrs Mercè Griera, project officer from DG CONNECT, has launched the debate about the potential contribution of ICT to Horizon 2020. “ICT for Energy Efficient Buildings is a key priority for Europe – said Mrs Patrizia Toia, Vice President of ITRE Committee at European Parliament - and such roadmap can be a relevant instrument to help legislators on developing the content of Horizon 2020 in line with successful experiences so far in engaging the all value chain around European key challenges, as energy efficiency in our built environment”. The debate about shaping and aligning European research and innovation agendas in the field of energy efficient buildings and their integration in districts and smart cities towards Horizon 2020 focused on the efforts required by different stakeholders at different level. The city perspective was presented by Francesco Oddone, Smart City Councillor of Municipality of Genoa, the regional and national viewpoints were described by Renaud Layadi, Regional Council of Bretagne and RejioKangas, TEKES - The Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation. These viewpoints were complementedwith the European Commission perspectives, presented by representatives of three different services, namely Mr Rogelio Segovia from DG CONNECT, Mr Lorenzo Valles from DG RTD and Mr. Georg Houbenfrom DG ENER. Conclusions by the member of European Parliament Francesco De Angelis focused on the potential that research and new technology development on ICT for energy efficient buildings will have as a “key instrument to help Institutions (not only at European but also at local, regional and national level) to create cost-effective sustainable solutions able to help European society. Such impact is guaranteed not only by the high technical level of such roadmap, but also by the shared consensus around it, considering it has been built with the involvement of the entire value chain in an open and constructive dialogue”. The presentations given at the Final Conference are available at the following links: 1. ICT4E2B Forum Project - Christian Mastrodonato, D’Appolonia S.p.A. 2. Technology Roadmap on ICT Enabled Energy Efficient Buildings - Matti Hannus, VTT - Technical Research Centre of Finland 3. What will be the impact of ICT4E2B Forum roadmap on Horizon 2020 and the Digital Agenda? - Colette Maloney, European Commission - Directorate General Communications Networks, Content and Technology 4. Taking up ICT4E2B Forum recommendations within the new Research and Innovation Roadmap for Energy Efficient Buildings towards Horizon 2020 - Stefano Carosio, Energy Efficient Buildings Association 5. ICT and Energy Efficient Buildings for a Sustainable City Strategy - Francesco Oddone, Smart City Councillor of Municipality of Genoa 6. ICT-Enabled Energy Efficient Building within a Regional Development Action Plan - Renaud Layadi, Regional Council of Bretagne 7. ICT for Energy Efficient Buildings within Finland Innovation Agenda - Sampsa Nissinen, TEKES - The Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation 8. Lessons learnt and the future of Public Private Partnerships - Jose-Lorenzo Valles,European Commission – Directorate General Research and Innovation 9. Future Initiatives for Smart Cities and Communities - Georg Houben, European Commission - Directorate General Energy The 120 participants at the presentation sessions of the Final Conference The Final Conference Poster

ICT4E2B FORUM FINAL EVENT

On 28^th February, at the European Parliament in Brussels, ICT4E2B Forum partners presented their project’s final results about the role of ICT for Energy efficient buildings to an audience of over 120 attendees. The project funded by DG CONNECT and developed within the framework of the Energy-efficient Buildings Public Private Partnership (EeB PPP) initiative, has performed a deep analysis of the research challenges and innovation priorities that ICT will have to address in future. These recommendations have been duly taken into account in the new Roadmap developed by E2BA towards a possible continuation of the EeB PPP within Horizon 2020, as presented by Stefano Carosio, D’Appolonia (RINA Group) and co-chairman of the Ad-hoc Industrial Advisory Group of the EeB PPP.

The final event with more than 120 participants, organized by D’Appolonia (RINA group) as project coordinator, in collaboration with the member of European Parliament Francesco De Angelis and Mrs Mercè Griera, project officer from DG CONNECT, has launched the debate about the potential contribution of ICT to Horizon 2020.

“ICT for Energy Efficient Buildings is a key priority for Europe – said Mrs Patrizia Toia, Vice President of ITRE Committee at European Parliament - and such roadmap can be a relevant instrument to help legislators on developing the content of Horizon 2020 in line with successful experiences so far in engaging the all value chain around European key challenges, as energy efficiency in our built environment”.

The debate about shaping and aligning European research and innovation agendas in the field of energy efficient buildings and their integration in districts and smart cities towards Horizon 2020 focused on the efforts required by different stakeholders at different level. The city perspective was presented by Francesco Oddone, Smart City Councillor of Municipality of Genoa, the regional and national viewpoints were described by Renaud Layadi, Regional Council of Bretagne and RejioKangas, TEKES - The Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation. These viewpoints were complementedwith the European Commission perspectives, presented by representatives of three different services, namely Mr Rogelio Segovia from DG CONNECT, Mr Lorenzo Valles from DG RTD and Mr. Georg Houbenfrom DG ENER.

Conclusions by the member of European Parliament Francesco De Angelis focused on the potential that research and new technology development on ICT for energy efficient buildings will have as a “key instrument to help Institutions (not only at European but also at local, regional and national level) to create cost-effective sustainable solutions able to help European society. Such impact is guaranteed not only by the high technical level of such roadmap, but also by the shared consensus around it, considering it has been built with the involvement of the entire value chain in an open and constructive dialogue”.

The presentations given at the Final Conference are available at the following links:

1. ICT4E2B Forum Project - Christian Mastrodonato, D’Appolonia S.p.A.

2. Technology Roadmap on ICT Enabled Energy Efficient Buildings - Matti Hannus, VTT - Technical Research Centre of Finland

3. What will be the impact of ICT4E2B Forum roadmap on Horizon 2020 and the Digital Agenda? - Colette Maloney, European Commission - Directorate General Communications Networks, Content and Technology

4. Taking up ICT4E2B Forum recommendations within the new Research and Innovation Roadmap for Energy Efficient Buildings towards Horizon 2020 - Stefano Carosio, Energy Efficient Buildings Association

5. ICT and Energy Efficient Buildings for a Sustainable City Strategy - Francesco Oddone, Smart City Councillor of Municipality of Genoa

6. ICT-Enabled Energy Efficient Building within a Regional Development Action Plan -
Renaud Layadi, Regional Council of Bretagne

7. ICT for Energy Efficient Buildings within Finland Innovation Agenda - Sampsa Nissinen, TEKES - The Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation

8. Lessons learnt and the future of Public Private Partnerships - Jose-Lorenzo Valles,European Commission – Directorate General Research and Innovation

9. Future Initiatives for Smart Cities and Communities - Georg Houben, European Commission - Directorate General Energy

The 120 participants at the presentation sessions of the Final Conference

The Final Conference Poster

FINAL VERSION OF ICT4E2B FORUM ROADMAP AND PROJECT BOOK

The final version of ICT4E2B Forum Roadmap (D2.4) is available and can be downloaded from here.

This document presents the roadmap work conducted under ICT 4 E2B Forum project, The European stakeholders’ forum, crossing value and innovation chains to explore needs, challenges and opportunities in further research and integration of ICT systems for Energy Efficiency in Buildings.

The roadmap work consists of Vision, Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) and suggestions for implementation activities. The SRA consists of prior division of five distinct thematic areas, each divided into vision, key research topics, drivers, barriers and impacts.Furthermore, the document includes the synergies of the ICT4E2B Forum project with Energy-efficient Buildings (EeB) PPP Multi-annual Roadmap.

The Roadmap result have been collected in a book recently published with Lulu Press.

The book can be downloaded for free in electronic format from this link, or a printed copy can be purchased from Lulu Press shop on this link.

E2BA HAS LAUNCHED THE VALIDATION PHASE FOR ITS NEW RESEARCH AND INNOVATION ROADMAP TOWARDS HORIZON 2020

After the public consultation open from July to early October, the final version of the Energy-efficient Buildings PPP roadmap beyond 2013 is now available for final validation.

With a strong commitment from industry and a high long term impact potential, the future priorities for an energy efficient built environment have been identified, fully taking on board the hundreds of comments and inputs received. Please read carefully the document and provide us with specific and detailed comments for improvement. Let’s contribute with us to make Europe and its largest industrial sector more competitive and sustainable.

To provide your input, download the final version here.

You are invited to send your comments to secretariat@e2b-ei.eu by 10 December 2012.

ICT4E2B Forum e-BOOKLET
ICT4E2B Forum has released an e-book dedicated to "National RTD FramewoRks in the context of ICT for Energy Efficient Buildings: a comparative analysis". Read more following this link.

ICT4E2B Forum e-BOOKLET

ICT4E2B Forum has released an e-book dedicated to "National RTD FramewoRks in the context of ICT for Energy Efficient Buildings: a comparative analysis".