EU Projects

syn.ikia innovation project aims to enable the development of sustainable plus energy
neighbourhoods in different climates, contexts, cultures, and markets. Over the course of the project
(2020-2024), four real-life plus-energy demo neighbourhood projects tailored to different climatic
zones are developed, analysed, optimised and monitored, demonstrating the functionality of the
plus-energy neighbourhood concept to the rest of Europe. Interested?

Contact: Niki Gaitani.

ARV – Climate Positive Circular Communities is a H2020 EU funded project (2022-2026) aiming at creating climate positive circular communities in Europe and increasing the building renovation rate. Total project budget: € 20 mill

Project Coordinator: NTNU, Inger Andresen 

PEDvolution is a H2020 EU funded project (2024-2025) that aims to demonstrate interoperable solutions to streamline Positive Energy District evolution and cross-sectoral integration. Total project budget: € 4,3 mill

Project Coordinator: INLECOM  Contact: Inger Andresen

Dialogues is a European H2020 research project focusing on Energy Citizenship and how individuals
can participate in a just transition towards a more energy conscious future regardless of gender or
background. The work focuses on the European Citizen Action Labs, represented by Overhalla and
Oppdal in Norway. Check out the dialoguesproject or contact Pasi Aalto.

iClimaBuilt is a European H2020 research and innovation project (2021-2025) focusing on supporting
SME to develop and optimise advanced building envelope systems. The goal of the project to realize
and demonstrate an open access ecosystem for developing, upscaling and testing innovations in
building envelope materials and technical systems, aiming at reaching a Zero Energy Buildings (ZEB)
balance. iClimaBuilt also provides support and help for small high-tech firms to scale up and cope
with the continuous increases in technological complexity, assisting in the transformation of
research results into innovations.

Contact: Francesco Goia

MASS-IPV is a European HEU research and innovation project (2023-2027) that aims to demonstrate
that suitable tools, technologies, and methods, combined with a collaboration framework among
key stakeholders, can overcome the barriers preventing the mass-deployment of Integrated
PhotoVoltaics (IPV) systems. The project will deliver new multifunctional and cost-effective IPV
systems for building and infrastructures.

Contact: Francesco Goia

Making PEDs is a DUT European Partnership that stands for "Decision-Making digital twins for
climate neutral PEDs". The use of simulation tools in the urban context and connected to 2D or 3D
web-based visualization applications are valuable tools for decision-makers and citizen’s
engagement. The aim of the Making PEDs project is not only to research and plan Climate Neutral
PEDs but also to facilitate the transition into practice providing Digital Twins to support decision-
making and participatory urban transformation processes.

Contact: Niki Gaitani

CA22155 - Network for forest by-products charcoal, resin, tar, potash (EU-PoTaRCh)

EU-PoTaRCh -establishes a network for the past, present and future of use of major non-timber
forest raw materials and products in Europe. Whilst it will focus on forest by-products mainly Potash
Tar Resin Charcoal (PoTaRCh)–as representatives of traditional forest exploitation heritage, it will
touch upon other forest by-products (tannins, pitches). The scholarly vision is to enlighten the
relevance of these products in history, especially their role in industrialization. The goal is to identify
and assess production changes and their social and environmental impacts on sustainable
development, and based on their heritage, to draw lessons for the future. The Action will support
stakeholders who know these products and are interested in them, as they use them in the
production, education, and promotion of heritage. Due to the participation of stakeholders with
significantly different activity profiles (museums, state forests, associations, etc.), hence high
diversity of needs will have to be answered by this Action.

Contact: Roald Renmælmo

ChiNoZEN is a research project (2021-2025) fostering international cooperation between Norway
and China to address technological challenges in the transition to a reliable and affordable
sustainable built environment. The project is co-funded by the Norwegian Research Council and by
the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology. The project develops and demonstrates new
knowledge, solutions, and innovative technologies for low-carbon buildings and neighbourhoods: It
investigates combined cooling, heating and power generation system, heat pump technologies,
photovoltaic and thermal technologies with energy storage, and advanced control infrastructures for
building clusters that maximises the exploitation of renewable energy sources.

Contract: Arild Gustavsen / Francesco Goia

Direction Earth

A room with a view is an interdisciplinary project supported by the Daylight Academy. Scientists from many European countries are working together to establish evaluation criteria for view quality and are testing different methodologies. The Nidarvoll project is a joint co-funded endeavour between NTNU, Trondheim Municipality and Trøndelag County to develop good ways of testing circularity in small building projects. The partners promote local building projects that are designed by architecture students and built by the student craftsmen at Charlottenlund, Tiller and Skjettlein upper secondary schools in Trondheim. The project gets its name from the first location, the new Nidarvoll School.

Contact: Pasi Aalto