Horizon Smart Buildings: Energy & User Research
Funds three €5.25M studies of how different groups of people actually use smart buildings, and what that means for real energy savings.
Billions have gone into smart building hardware and software — sensors, controls, automation — but there's surprisingly little evidence on whether any of it actually improves energy performance once real people live and work with it. This topic funds that research: not new smart-building technology, but a rigorous study of how existing and new systems perform once different kinds of people actuall…
Researching (TRL 4-5 by project end, starting at any TRL) the technical, social and economic factors that shape how different demographic and economic groups use smart building systems, and how that use affects real energy performance and whole-life-cycle outcomes — validated in at least three different categories of existing buildings, each in a different EU member state or associated country, and turned into actionable recommendations for equipment providers, architects, building owners and facility managers.
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