Project Summary
Smart-ECO has created a community for eco-buildings by bringing together experienced organizations that span the full range of stakeholder views. These include universities, R&D organizations, companies that supply and use innovative technologies, consultants, users and governmental driver bodies.
Smart-ECO uses this community to focus on the global issues of sustainable building so that added value can be created for the evaluation of current and future RTD activities. Activities and policies are mapped to ensure even coverage and gaps identified for focussing future efforts.
Aspects of sustainable development, life performance, ambient intelligence, and relevant stakeholder concerns are brought to the discussion of innovative technologies and their introduction into the built sector. To achieve the goal, Smart-ECO utilizes a core group that develops proposals able to address the key concerns for consideration by wider stakeholder groups who can refine the strategies for implementation to create smart eco-buildings in the EU.
The stakeholder group has been involved throughout the project, and served as a reference group vital for the success of Smart-ECO. The project focuses on routes and means that enable the uptake of efficient innovative technologies that in turn enable the building and construction sector to meet the requirements originating from the sustainability concept. The current situation and the vision of a more sustainable built environment set the frame for the appreciation of the long term effectiveness of Eco-buildings and innovative technologies, especially renewable energy systems. Together, the vision and relevant EC policies serve as a reference framework for the analysis of life performance aspects of innovative technologies applied to realise more energy efficient and more sustainable buildings. The results has been evaluated from a range of viewpoints enabling widespread usage and created a common approach for benchmarking.