Goal: Climate-neutral building stock
Europe wants to become climate-neutral by 2050. In order to achieve this goal, the energy-efficient refurbishment of the building stock must be driven forward at a rapid pace. After all, the building sector accounts for 40% of Europe's energy consumption.
Many cities, regions and local authorities are endeavouring to achieve this goal. However, when it comes to concrete implementation, they often come up against obstacles, particularly in the context of building refurbishment, but also in questions of energy storage or optimising the operation of existing energy systems.
But how can existing buildings be renovated in such a way that a 100 per cent renewable energy supply is possible? How can existing buildings such as schools or administrative buildings be supplied with climate-neutral energy using innovative energy and efficiency technologies?
The aim of procuRE is to identify the potential for the entire building stock of all communities involved in the project on the basis of refurbished pilot projects. This comprises a total of 21,000 buildings.
To this end, innovative efficiency and energy technologies are being installed and trialled in selected public buildings. The goal: 100% renewable energy supply. The main focus is on the transferability of the pilot projects to the entire building stock of the participating communities, as the realised concepts are to be used beyond the participating communities after the trial phase.
Committed project partners
A total of three independent consortia were selected to develop the innovative renovation models. SEBR Solutions (Smart Energy Building Renovation) is one of these consortia. Our Mondas GmbH, in turn, is part of the SEBR consortium.
procuRE is funded by the European Union's "Horizon 2020" research and innovation programme, grant number 963648.
Optimise commissioning and continuous operation
The mondas® monitoring platform plays a central role in procuRE. In future, all operating and sensor data from the pilot projects will be collected on the platform. They can be evaluated and analysed there in real time, across countries and on a shared platform.
All project participants - from Portugal to Israel - can access joint operational analyses. The findings from individual pilot projects can thus be applied to similar refurbishment concepts in their own portfolio.
This results in several advantages:
During the commissioning phase, the responsible project managers can monitor the proper installation of the installed energy and efficiency technologies.
Installation errors that occur in practice are identified immediately and can be rectified quickly.
Critical operating states are recognised immediately and can be rectified before malfunctions or even operational failures occur.
In-depth data analysis can be used to develop load management or battery charging strategies that support a 100 per cent renewable energy supply.
Building users always have access to the current building energy balance via web info portals, apps and info screens - in real time.
The pilot projects
Each of the participating community has selected a pilot project for which the local potential of renewable energies is to be identified and the corresponding utilisation and efficiency technologies are to be installed and tested.
City Council Building Barcelona, Spain
This historic building from 1850 houses the central offices of the city administration and the city administration's computer centre. The windows were partially replaced as part of a refurbishment in 2010, but the building envelope was otherwise left uninsulated. The building is air-conditioned, cooled and heated by several heat pumps.
Yemin Herzog, Eilat, Israel
The old terminal building at Eilat Airport is being converted into an off-grid innovation centre. The use of local renewable energies, energy efficiency and intelligent mobility are at the centre of the project. The building is part of a larger plan to sustainably remodel the entire airport site. For example, LED lights and more natural light are to be used. Innovative solutions for air conditioning are also being sought.
Bakery School for Lifelong Learning, Istanbul, Turkey
The Istanbul city council is planning to increase the number of zero-energy buildings. For the procuRE project, it has selected the energy refurbishment of a bakery school for lifelong learning built in 2015. The building houses classrooms, cookery classes with large industrial ovens and cold rooms, administrative offices and a large conference room. The school kitchens in particular have high energy requirements.
Zerbabelsdorf Primary School, Nuremberg, Germany
The "Nuremberg Primary School" with adjoining day care centre was built to the passive house standard in 2016. The flat roofs are covered with gravel. There are no green roofs or photovoltaic systems to date. The aim of this pilot project is to show how innovative energy technologies can be used to convert even relatively new buildings to a 100% renewable energy supply.
Elementary school with multi-purpose hall Velenje, Slovenia
The pilot project comprises two buildings in a rural setting. The main building, a branch of the Gorica primary school, was built in 1973 and partially renovated in 2002. It houses classrooms, playrooms and a kitchen. The sports and multi-purpose hall on the site includes a flat, offices and several conference rooms. As part of procuRE, the solar suitability of the roof and the usability of the building as a heat storage facility are to be investigated, among other things.
Vila Nova de Gaia pilot site - Centro Escolar Manuel Antonio Pina, Portugal
The "Centro Escolar Manuel António Pina" school was built between 2012 and 2014. It is in good condition. The ProcuRE programme is working on intelligent solutions to further improve building efficiency with the aim of achieving a 100% renewable energy supply.