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Large-scale rollout of industrialised deep renovation solutions

LIFE Project Grants

Basic Information

Identifier: LIFE-2021-CET-BUILDRENO
Programme: LIFE Clean Energy Transition
Programme Period: 2021 - 2027
Status: Closed (31094503)
Opening Date: July 13, 2021
Deadline: January 12, 2022
Deadline Model: single-stage
Budget: €4,000,000
Min Grant Amount: –
Max Grant Amount: –
Expected Number of Grants: –
Keywords: LIFE-2021-CET-BUILDRENOLIFE-2021-CET

Description

Expected Impact:

Cost optimal renovations delivered with a performance guarantee for the end user
Reduction of time for renovation works on the building site compared with standard practice
Demonstration of the effectiveness and replicability of the proposed solutions to lead to an increased rate of renovation
Primary energy savings/Renewable energy generation triggered by the project (in GWh/year)
Investments in sustainable energy triggered by the project (cumulative, in million Euro)
Reduction of the greenhouse gases emissions (in tCO2-eq/year) and/or air pollutants (in kg/year) triggered by the project

Objective:

The aim of this topic is to facilitate a greater market uptake and large-scale rollout of holistic, industrialised deep renovation solutions for buildings, thereby supporting the implementation of the EU Renovation Wave strategy.

Industrial approaches to deep renovation have been shown to result in many benefits including faster, higher quality construction; less disruption to building occupants; less waste and fewer mistakes; reduced costs including over the building’s life cycle; better integration of design teams, decision makers, end users and other stakeholders. The objective is to accelerate the rate and depth of energy renovation, and to deliver higher quality renovations with enhanced certainty of energy savings, and a reduced performance gap through industrialised solutions.

Scope:

In line with the Renovation Wave strategy, proposals should look at how to stimulate the volume and depth of building renovation through industrialised solutions with reduced inconvenience for occupants. Proposals could address different types of buildings, including as part of larger approaches, e.g. at district level. Furthermore, proposals should build on the lessons learnt from previous research and innovation projects that demonstrated innovative industrialised approaches for deep renovation of buildings. Such innovations have included standardised prefabrication and off-site construction, digital tools such as Building Information Modelling and Augmented Reality, compact and high quality plug & play technical building systems suitable for retrofitting. As well as technical solutions, innovations have also taken place in business models, performance guarantees, design and procurement processes, and a focus on the desires and needs of the end user. Proposals should tackle market barriers and stimulate the development of business models to accelerate rollout of industrialised deep renovation solutions. The focus should be on the whole value chain, from efficient design and construction methods with low embodied energy and embodied carbon to on-site works organisation and a commitment to guarantee a high performance, cost effective product for the end user, ensuring high levels of comfort and a high quality of indoor environment. Proposals should address the investment cost of renovation, the time needed on the building site and the consequent disturbance for building occupants. Proposals should make the whole renovation process more attractive for all those involved, from construction stakeholders and investors to building owners and occupants.

The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of up to EUR 2 million would allow the specific objectives to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.

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Eligibility & Conditions

Conditions

Conditions

1. Admissibility conditions: described in section 5 of the call document

Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System

2. Eligible countries: described in section 6 of of the call document

3. Other eligibility conditions: described in section 6 of the call document

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion: described in section 7 of the call document

Submission and evaluation processes: described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual

Award criteria, scoring and thresholds: described in section 9 of the call document

Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement: described in section 4 of the call document

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants: described in section 10 of the call document

Documents

Call documents:

Call document

Standard application form — call-specific application form is available in the Submission System

Detailed budget table

Participant information

LIFE General MGA v1.0

LIFE Work Programme 2021-2024

LIFE Regulation 2021/783

EU Financial Regulation 2018/1046

Info session recordings and presentations

Support & Resources

Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals.

IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc.

Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and submission to reporting on your on-going project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.

Latest Updates

Last Changed: May 16, 2022

Topic code	Call Topic	Budget (M EUR)
LIFE-2021-CET-LOCAL	Technical support to clean energy transition plans and strategies in municipalities and regions	7
LIFE-2021-CET-POLICY	Towards an effective implementation of key legislation in the field of sustainable energy	6
LIFE-2021-CET-GOV	Multilevel climate and energy dialogue to deliver the energy Governance	5,5
LIFE-2021-CET-BUILDRENO	Large-scale rollout of industrialised deep renovation solutions	6
LIFE-2021-CET-AUDITS	Uptake of energy audits recommendations for the energy transition of companies	5,5
LIFE-2021-CET-VALUECHAIN	Fostering sustainable energy uptake along the whole value chain in industry and services	4
LIFE-2021-CET-BUILDSKILLS	BUILD UP Skills – rebooting the National Platforms and Roadmaps	6
LIFE-2021-CET-COOLING	Facing the increase in cooling demand of buildings in the coming years	4
LIFE-2021-CET-SMARTSERV	Establish innovative business models and contractual schemes for smart and sector-integrating energy services	4
LIFE-2021-CET-SMARTREADY	Creating the conditions for a global improvement of smart readiness of European buildings	6
LIFE-2021-CET-MAINSTREAM	Mainstreaming sustainable energy finance and integrating energy performance in EU sustainable finance criteria and standards	5,5
LIFE-2021-CET-INNOFIN	Innovative financing schemes for sustainable energy investments	5,5
LIFE-2021-CET-HOMERENO	Integrated Home Renovation Services	6
LIFE-2021-CET-HOMERECOM	EU community of "Integrated Home Renovation Services" practitioners	2
LIFE-2021-CET-COALREGIONS	Community-driven clean energy transition in coal, peat and oil-shale regions	3
LIFE-2021-CET-PDA	Disruptive PDA – Technical Assistance to advance market boundaries for sustainable energy investments	6
LIFE-2021-CET-ENERPOV	Addressing building related interventions for vulnerable districts	5,5
LIFE-2021-CET-ENERCOM	Developing support mechanisms for energy communities and other citizen-led initiatives in the field of sustainable energy	7

The results of the evaluation are as follows:

Call LIFE-2021-CET:

Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls): 171