StepUP

Make decarbonisation of existing buildings a reliable, attractive investment

Solutions and technologies for the uptake of deep energy renovation processes

What is StepUP?

Deep renovation is a key action to drastically reduce energy demand and achieve the EU vision of a decarbonised building stock by 2050. However, only 1% of European buildings are being renovated yearly and shallow retrofits persist with low impact on energy consumption.

The StepUP project is developing new technologies and solutions to make building renovation more attractive and affordable.

To achieve this, StepUP uses continuous feedback loops and promotes an iterative deep energy renovation approach, based on data insights, which minimises performance gaps, reduces investment risks, minimises disruption and positively impacts on energy costs, Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) and comfort.

Objectives

Make renovation more attractive and reliable

New methodology based on near-real time data intelligence

Reduce the performance gap

<10% by developing an integrated life-cycle software platform 

Minimise time on site

Cut 40% of current renovation onsite work by creating  market-ready modular renovation technologies 

Optimise renovation investments

Innovative financial models

Accelerate the renovation market

Interoperability protocol for renovation solutions

Cost-effective deep energy renovation technologies

Plug & Play Envelope System

Pre-assembled envelope panel integrating windows and provisions for the technical systems

Plug & Play Heat solution

Groundbreaking technology for flexible consumption of thermal energy monitored and optimised through StepUP data tools

Innovative financing tools for deep renovation

Energy Performance Contracts (EPCs) based on co-investment, continuous performance measurement and management

Software tools and platform for data collection

Data intelligence solutions to generate a sound base for the continuous measurement and verification of the renovation

Pilots

Public non-residential building

Budapest, Hungary

Multi-family residential dwelling

Pamplona, Spain

Rental private-office building

Glasgow, Scotland (UK)

News & Events

StepUP consortium meets in Budapest to visit pilot

The StepUP project celebrates a consortium meeting in Budapest and visits BP18 pilot StepUP partners from ABUD have hosted the project’s General Assembly on March 21-22 in Budapest, Hungary. Representatives from each partner entity have joined the meeting to review the project tasks and actions done during the last 6 months of the project execution and discuss …

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Partners from ACR organise a design thinking workshop with students from the Higher Technical School of Building of Madrid

Partners from ACR organise a design thinking workshop with students from the Higher Technical School of Building of Madrid StepUP project partners from ACR organised a design thinking workshop with students and researchers with the objective to define strategies to overcome existing barriers when implementing new industrialised technologies in the energy rehabilitation sector. The session, …

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StepUP project presented during a workshop on new trends in deep energy renovation in Spain

StepUP project presented during a workshop on new trends in deep energy renovation in Spain The StepUP project was presented during a workshop about new trends in deep energy renovation of buildings in Spain organised by the Spanish Construction Technology Platform (PTEC), in collaboration with the Higher Technical School of Construction (UPM), and celebrated last …

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 847053.

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