MEZeroE

Measuring envelope products and systems contributing to next generation of healthy nearly Zero Energy Buildings

CONTEXT Achieve EU goals in terms of sustainability in the construction sector; The fragmentation and complex structure of the building market is a barrier to entry for technological innovation. CHALLENGE Give confidence to the market by promoting standardization and certification; New business models that make it easier to enter the market; Reduce technological risks and increase investment attractiveness;

The project, coordinated by EURAC, has a total of 25 European partners from Italy, Spain, Austria, Slovenia, Poland, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Switzerland.

PROPOSAL

Develop an open innovation platform where companies committed to developing smart and sustainable façade systems find service.
MEZeroE is an EU distributed open innovation ecosystem for:

• developing nZEB Enabler Envelope technology solutions;
• transferring knowledge;
• matching testing needs with existing facilities;
• providing monitoring in living labs and;
• standardizing cutting-edge solutions coming from SMEs and larger industries, to foster inclusive change in the building sector, being accessible via a single-entry point to all users.

ITeC ROL

• Guide in the certification

MEZeroE allows the development of ground-based solutions focused on carbon neutrality and healthy indoor environment, validated with advanced assessment methods and services, recognized protocols and long-term vision to embrace industry 4.0 trends, rapid decision making and customer-centric requirements.

MEZeroE accompanies enterprises in adopting the open innovation approach comprising discovery (phase 1), empowering (phase 2), and exploiting (phase 3) and it will fast-track prototypes to the market as fully characterized products.