SUDOKET
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Description and objectives
The construction sector accounts for 10% of the EU's GDP and generates 20 million jobs. In addition, buildings are responsible for 40% of energy consumption and 36% of CO2 emissions in Europe.
The application of Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) to the construction sector makes it possible to design and build “Innovative Buildings” (IB), more efficient and competitive, with new and better features, designed with people's quality of life and respect for the environment in mind.
However, despite the current regulations and the growing technological offer, the building construction sector is still mainly based on conventional methodologies and technologies.
The SUDOKET project will enhance research and development capabilities of KETs-based solutions for IE in universities and R&D centers, and promote the creation of links and synergies between builders, manufacturers, designers and technologists, which will contribute to improve the quality and competitiveness of IE in Europe.
With this objective in mind, SUDOKET will develop two collaborative online information systems: KETpedia, aimed at disseminating the state of the art in KETs for EI and KETcluster, dedicated to mapping the different stakeholders and promoting collaborative projects and initiatives among them.
In addition, SUDOKET will deploy four pilot installations in France, Spain and Portugal to experimentally validate the performance of advanced technologies used in the construction, feeding and operation of EI and to demonstrate the feasibility of their use in real operating conditions, thus strengthening the confidence of the industry.
Value proposition
- Increases confidence in the application of KETs in “Innovative Buildings” (IB) through a rigorous analysis of the systems, evidencing their state of maturity and identifying existing technological challenges.
- Promotes synergies and clusters between the main research centers and industries related to the application of KETs in IE, in order to create networks and collaborative business models that adequately cover the entire IE value chain and increase the competitiveness of the sector in the SUDOE space.
- To show the advances in the application of KETs to EI, increasing confidence and motivating new researchers, through the presentation of state-of-the-art systems in 4 pilot facilities located in the SUDOE area.
Project partners
UNIVERSIDAD DE LOYOLA, CIRCE, TECNALIA, UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO, BORDEAUX AQUITAINE INP, CARTIF, POLE CREAHD, FCT, CENTRO HABITAT, LNEG, UPC, CORPORACIÓN TECNOLÓGICA DE ANDALUCÍA, NOBATEK INEF4