NEED4B

NEED4B will develop a new, easily reproducible methodology for designing, constructing and operating new low energy buildings.

This methodology will be validated and enriched by the experience gathered in a series of demonstrator buildings constructed in 5 cities in different European countries. The buildings will test the feasibility of carrying out constructions with an energy consumption below 60kWh/m2 per year.

The variety of typologies and uses assigned to the buildings as well as their location in different climatic zones will help the project results to be applicable to any case all over Europe.

The 5 planned demonstrators will have the following characteristics:

• 2,068 m2 in Mons, Belgium: A sustainable neighborhood will be built, consisting of residential blocks, single-family homes, an old people's home, an internet café, and other types of tertiary service buildings.
• 5,214 m2 in Lecce, Italy: The new offices of one of the project partners will be built, sharing a building with a shopping center.
• 2,712 m2 in Zaragoza, Spain: Office and laboratory building for R&D.
• 314 m2 in Borås and Varberg, Sweden: Two single-family houses.
• 17,576 m2 in Istanbul, Turkey: A faculty will be built on a university campus.

It is expected that the measures implemented in the buildings will reduce CO2 emissions by 94% compared to the same standard building in which they would not have been applied.

NEED4B also expects to contribute to standards, regulations and policies related to energy efficiency in buildings at different levels, thanks to the experience gained in the demonstrators.

The project will create recommendations and guidelines adapted to different types of stakeholders: investors, developers, owner-users, architects, contractors, public authorities, standardization agents, political authorities, SMEs, etc.

Through the results of the project, these stakeholders will be able to adopt the new and innovative techniques, concepts and solutions, developed and demonstrated during the execution of the project.

In this way, the project will contribute to the promotion of the construction of new highly efficient buildings.