Energy-efficient retrofitting may be a market with much potential, but the current lack of tools to compare available technologies and put customers in touch with specialised SMEs is hampering its growth. The NEWBEE project has come up with innovative solutions to these two problems.
Completed at the end of September, NEWBEE (Novel Business model generator for Energy Efficiency in construction and retrofitting) proposes new performance-based business models which they hope can speed up the adoption of energy efficient solutions in buildings. Laura Garcia Zambrano, Scientific Researcher at Tecnalia and coordinator of the project, explains how the project’s new ICT tool will ease each step in retrofitting initiatives from comparison of technologies to call for tenders and contract awarding.
Further details: Retrofitting the easy way thanks to new set of ICT tools