Applying regenerative design to the built environment in neighbourhoods
Funds tools and technologies that let construction and renovation projects apply regenerative design, restoring ecosystems while cutting resource use in buildings.
This is a single-stage Horizon Europe Innovation Action funding 2 grants from an EUR 16 million budget at EUR 8 million EU contribution each. Award criteria, scoring, and the evaluation timeline are set out in the Work Programme's General Annexes rather than on this topic page. Beneficiaries may pass up to EUR 60,000 per third party as financial support to help implement the demonstrator, and at l…
The European Commission wants at least one new tool or technology that helps construction-ecosystem actors apply regenerative design — an approach that actively restores and revitalises ecosystems, not just reduces harm. Proposals must analyse at least 10 existing regenerative-design examples across diverse geographic and climate contexts, and demonstrate their own solution in at least three neighbourhoods across at least three Member States or Associated Countries, reaching TRL 6-8 by the project's end.
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