TOWARDS AN INNOVATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE REFURBISHMENT ECOSYSTEM FOR EUROPE

The REZBUILD project grows with the main aim of defining a collaborative refurbishment ecosystem focused on the existing residential building stock. Nowadays, the Near Zero Energy Building (NZEB) renovation methodologies are required as one of the key enablers supported by Horizon 2020 Framework Programme in order to promote business research and innovation through energy-efficient buildings.

REZBUILD is addressing these challenges by widening the construction sector with the integration of innovation technologies in order to pave the way towards an annual renovation rate of 2,5% instead of the current rates lower than 1%.

The technologies will be merged in a common decision making platform related to an innovative concept of refurbishment plan. The methodology interconnects on one hand, advanced refurbishment technologies and existing ones based on a decision tree strategy. On the other hand, it communicates all stakeholders involved in the housing renovation process from designers, refurbishment to private consumer and public / private owners.

The main objective of the REZBUILD project is to develop one refurbishment ecosystem based on the integration of cost-effective technologies, business models and life cycle interaction to deep NZEB renovation to diverse residential renovation typologies and interconnecting both, building renovation stages and stakeholders

This ecosystem will ensure the fulfilment of three KPIs:

• Energy Reduction
• Time saving
• Rapid payback

Saint-Gobain Placo Iberica is one of the partners in the project, developing new systems based in gypsum with this KPIs to innovate in the renovation buildings and achieve the better improvements in Energy Efficiency and Comfort, with installation time saving and rapid payback.