Periodic Reporting for period 1 - MEZeroE (Measuring Envelope products and systems contributing to next generation of healthy nearly Zero Energy Buildings)
Berichtszeitraum: 2021-01-01 bis 2022-07-31
To tackle these issues and hence having more sustainable buildings that will contribute to a more sustainable future for the society, it is essential to make the innovation process in construction industry faster and deeper at the same time. This means supporting the conception of new envelope solutions, their comprehensive testing and analysis, and their full and timely exploitation.
Thus, MEzeroE aims at connecting small, medium, and also larger enterprises active in the building envelope industry (and related fields) with research institutions that can support them in the different open-innovation phases, namely discovery, empowerment, and exploitation. The final scope is bringing innovative, effective, and well-evaluated products to the market as fast as possible.
PM&VLs are test-chains focused on a specific performance or technology to support the development and performance characterisation of envelope products by means of experimental measurements and modelling. OISs offer combinations of tools and methods to address a specific transversal topic (e.g. CE marking, indoor environmental measurements in real buildings, and open innovation uptake). The LL comprises both a community and real buildings occupied by real people, but equipped with enough embedded sensors to measure the relevant parameters and thus enable real-use envelope performance analysis. PM&VLs and OISs are developed by project partners, while the call for selection the real-buildings as LL is currently open.
By the end of MEZeroE, a multi-side virtual marketplace will be fully operative as single entry point (SEP), and it will offer testing and development capabilities (via the PM&VLs), additional services (via the OISs), and real-life demonstrations (via the LL) for cutting-edge envelope solutions.