Smart buildings

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How smart is smart? Découvrez les outils pour la détermination de l’intelligence des bâtiments et quelles mesures pourraient être prises pour rendre les bâtiments plus intelligents.  
Post date: 14 Mar 2023
Type: Event

This project is coordinated by ECTP, the European Construction, built environment and energy efficient building Technology Platform, and gathers partners EURAC, VITO, R2M and DOWEL Innovation, as well as the ECTP members LIST, ASM, CARDIFF University, TNO and VTT.
Post date: 8 Mar 2023
Type: News

The European Commission supports an harmonised implementation of the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) throughout all Member States who have the choice whether to implement it as a test phase. This guidance serves for those Member States who want to test SRI on their national buildings.  
Post date: 7 Mar 2023
Type: Publication

La multinazionale tedesca Beckhoff mira a sviluppare soluzioni di efficientamento energetico degli edifici attraverso l´automazione e tecnologie di controllo PC-based. Questo tipo di piattaforma di automazione PC-based consente il controllo, l´elaborazione dei dati, la connettività, la visualizzazione, la manutenzione remota e l´integrazione nel cloud. In questo modo l´azienda riesce a offrire soluzioni di controllo su misura per gli edifici.  
Post date: 7 Mar 2023
Type: News

What is the difference between home automation and building automation?
Post date: 7 Mar 2023
Type: News

Why are smart buildings a smarter choice? Because they deliver three main benefits: savings, security and sustainability. For this reason, many existing buildings are transformed into smart and high-performance buildings by making use of edge technology. Among these technologies, we can cite artificial intelligence and machine learning which help to optimise the resources.
Post date: 3 Mar 2023
Type: News

The European Commission website provides an overview of the SRI implementation tools, including: factsheets, audio-visual materials, digital calculation tools, and EU guidelines for each country.   The session can be found under Topics > Energy efficienc > Energy efficient buildings > Smart Readiness Indicator.  
Post date: 2 Mar 2023
Type: Tool

While smart buildings can enhance renovations, they also have a significant impact on energy performance and help to reduce energy consumption.
Post date: 2 Mar 2023
Type: News

Smartbuilt4eu project has released an updated version of the brochure about EU-funded projects´ innovations about smart buildings.
Post date: 28 Feb 2023
Type: Publication

The Smartbuilt4eu project supports the Smart Building Innovation Community through several EU-funded projects, which are presented in the brochure. The two main objectives of the project are indeed to:
Post date: 24 Feb 2023
Type: Publication