In this episode of the EU Projects Zone podcast series, Areti Ntaradimou talks to Régis Decorme about how the SmartBuilt4EU project will support the further uptake of smart buildings.

 

Régis Decorme, Managing Partner for R2m Solution, is one of the project partners of SmartBuilt4EU.

This EU-funded project supports innovators from the smart building value chain through concrete networking and communication actions.

 

Régis describes the project as “a coordination and support action funded by the European Commission”. In addition, the aim of SmartBuilt4EU “is to develop the European community of stakeholders who are interested in Smart buildings”.

 

That is a networking action which has as a focus according to Régis “to collect basically best practices and examples of technologies”.

 

In addition, the project also develops a Strategic Research Agenda combined with policy recommendations.

Régis believes that at least on an EU level “there is a strong element which is coming in terms of regulation and it’s the smart readiness indicator”. The smart readiness indicator is a new certificate promoted by the EU Commission and it is going to rate the smart readiness of a building.

 

“The smart readiness indicator is similar to the EPC (Energy Performance Certificate), and it is of course linked to energy efficiency,” says Regis and he adds that “it is really all about how smart is your building”.

Again, like with EPC the SRI is going to have grades from A to G. “A certificate like this is really going to push for smart building technologies,” Régis says.

 

Not to mention that the certificate can also support the regulation and facilitate the implementation of these new technologies.

 

Listen to the whole discussion and find out also Régis' vision of the smart cities of the future, as well as how SmartBuilt4EU is going to promote energy efficiency and flexibility for the grid.