Co-creating Tools and Services for Smart Readiness Indicator Uptake

Introduction

Long term strategies for smartness upgrades in building construction and renovation require reliable measures for the assessment of buildings' smart readiness. In this line, the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) was introduced in the revised EPBD to provide a standardised methodology for evaluating the smart readiness of buildings.

Challenges

However, the realisation and uptake of SRI from EU countries induces a number of open challenges related to:

1. The SRI definition and tailoring to different national contexts.
2. The lack of SRI expertise among the energy auditors.
3. The need to address scalability and reliability issues for large-scale deployments.
4. The low engagement of relevant stakeholders in the different EU countries.
5. The difficulties in informed decision making for energy smartness upgrades.

Solution

In response to these challenges, SRI-ENACT provides a holistic solution to facilitate the SRI uptake in Europe. This is achieved by:

• Engaging stakeholders in the co-creation of national-tailored SRI implementations.
• Developing the SRI-ENACT toolkit, which encompasses SRI assessment and decision support tools to promote informed decision making for smartness upgrades.

Training and Certification

Beyond the methodological and technological outcomes, SRI-ENACT will deliver a package for the training and certification of the prospective SRI auditors.

Implementation

The resulting solution will be applied in 8 EU countries:

• Austria
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Czech Republic
• Greece
• Latvia
• Romania
• Spain

This initiative will involve 120 SRI auditors for the SRI assessment of 1,200 buildings.

Outcomes

The large-scale pilots will provide evidence on the success of the SRI implementation to:

• Create best practices.
• Design financing schemes for the SRI improvement.
• Deliver policy recommendations for the replication and wider uptake of the SRI-ENACT tools and services.