The specific objectives, the progress towards the objective, the work carried out by beneficiaries and the potential deviations are described beelow. This summary provides a general view of the main activities implemented during RP1 and RP2 by the SmartBuilt4EU project partners.
• In order to map and nurture a European smart buildings community, key stakeholders, projects and initiatives were identified and invited to join the project’s “Smart Building Innovation Community” (SBIC), which counts 383 members. 101 of those relevant projects have been promoted in brochures, and others during events organised by SmartBuilt4EU (stand-alone webinars, webinars co-organised with BUILD UP and Leonardo Energy, …)) or through SmartBuilt4EU’s newly created website and social media accounts. To support such promotion and to increase the impact of our communication & dissemination activities, partnerships with specialised platforms have also been established (BUILD UP, Leonardo Energy, Construction 21).
• Collaborative open Task Forces, which bring together groups of interested stakeholders on key commonly defined topics, have been set up and launched. As a result of their discussions, those groups have written 12 White Papers, which discuss hot topics, trends, barriers, drivers and R&I gaps in different topics. Several workshops and webinars were organised to progress on those Task Forces and to promote their work (see detailed description below in the WP2 description).
• Actions aiming at promoting the SRI (Smart Readiness Indicator) and its implementation have been undertaken. A list of co-benefit indicators associated with smart buildings and adding to the SRI has been created, together with a set of smart building solution packages (with a performance assessment in terms of SRI and co-benefits). This, in addition to further modelling and simulation activities, served as a basis for the awareness workshops on the SRI and its practical testing (targeting key policy makers towards the implementation at national and local level). 4 workshops were organized throughout the project, targeting French, Spanish, Italian and Luxembourgers stakeholders respectively.
• Based on the previous work, 179 R&I gaps were identified and summarised in the list of 10 priorities, which was reviewed by the partners, the Expert Board and other stakeholders via an open consultation. These 10 priorities were translated into recommendations to policy makers and a Strategic R&I Agenda, whose aim is to feed the design of future Horizon Europe calls.
• In order to promote SmartBuilt4EU’s work but also other projects or initiatives, the project partners have published 122 articles, participated in 28 key events and 19 webinars/workshops/sessions throughout the project, in addition to the active management of the project website and social media accounts (1279 followers on Twitter and 633 on LinkedIn).
