StepUP
Make decarbonisation of existing buildings a reliable, attractive investment
What is StepUP?
Deep renovation is key to drastically reduce energy demand and achieve the EU vision of a decarbonised building stock by 2050. The technology to achieve this reduction is available on the market today, but shallow retrofits persist. To transform the market and increase the rate of renovation across Europe, it needs to become an attractive, low-risk investment.
StepUP will develop a new process for deep renovation for decarbonisation, to minimise performance gap, reduce investment risk and maximise value.
Our Objectives
Make
renovation more attractive and reliable
Reduce
the performance gap to <10%
Minimise
Time on site to <40%
Optimise
renovation investments
Accelerate
the renovation market
Project Partners
NEWS
Can smarter Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) enhance the case for the StepUP renovation methodology?
When building owners engage into an energy renovation of their building based on the StepUP renovation methodology, they engage in new technologies and solutions making their building renovation more attractive and affordable. StepUp achieves this by using continuous feedback loops and promoting an iterative deep energy renovation approach, based on data insights, which minimises performance …
Workshop targeting ESCOS presenting StepUP smartEPC model held in Brussels
Workshop targeting ESCOS presenting StepUP smartEPC model held in Brussels On 29th June, StepUP partner Energinvest organised the workshop “Energy Performance Contracting in combination with innovative deep building renovation processes and technologies”. During the event, the innovative smartEPC model for building renovation, being scaled up with some of the methodologies, processes, and technologies covering all …
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StepUP participates at Sustainable Places 2023
StepUP participates at Sustainable Places 2023 StepUP project’s partners participated in two different sessions held as part of the 11th annual edition of the Sustainable Places Conference, which was celebrated as a hybrid event, from June 14-16 in Madrid, Spain. The participation in the event included two presentations by Amisha Panchal, StepUP coordinator from Integrated …
StepUP participates in the 1st Congress on Rehabilitation 2023
StepUP participates in the 1st Congress on Rehabilitation 2023 Guillermo Jiménez, General Director at ACR Grupo, presented the StepUP project during the 1st Congress on Rehabilitation, held on April 20 and 21, 2023. His participation was during a round table touching on industry and innovation in rehabilitation. Along with the participation of StepUP partner ACR …
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Eurecat presents StepUP project in the first edition of the Maresme EcoConstruïm
Eurecat presents StepUP project in the first edition of the Maresme EcoConstruïm David Masip, researcher at the Product Innovation & Multiphysics Simulation Unit at Eurecat presented StepUP project Plug & Play technologies and methodology for the rehabilitation of buildings to increase energy efficiency at the Maresme EcoConstruïm fair. The fair, celebrating its first edition, took …
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The StepUP project takes part to the REBUILD Congress 2023
The StepUP project takes part to the REBUILD Congress 2023 Project partners from Eurecat presented the StepUP during the REBUILD Congress 2023, the leading innovation event for building industry, taking place from 28th – 30th of March in IFEMA-Madrid, Spain. During the session “New energy strategies: Passivhaus in private development”, David Masip, architect and researcher …
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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, …
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 …
Boosting the Renovation Wave with Modular Industrialized Renovation Kits: mapping challenges, barriers and solution strategies
Improved methodology for affordable, reliable deep building renovations Proceedings of the Sustainable Places 2021 (SP2021), Rome, Italy, 28 September – 1 October 2021 by J. van Oorschot (Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Smart Urban Redesign Research Centre); M.S. Di Maggio (Huygen Engineers & Consultants; ABT); P. Op ‘t Veld (Huygen Engineers & Consultants); A. Tisov …
Improved methodology for affordable, reliable deep building renovations
Improved methodology for affordable, reliable deep building renovations Proceedings of the SBE Regional Conference “Innovations for the Urban Energy Transition” (SBE22DELFT), The Netherlands, October 2022 by M. Orova and A. Reith (ABUD Mérnökiroda Kf; Marcel Breuer Doctoral School of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Pécs) Abstract European Union energy efficiency goals …
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Optimised IES-VE model calibration methodology integrating IoT, smart meter and BMS data
Optimised IES-VE model calibration methodology integrating IoT, smart meter and BMS data Proceedings of the eSIM 2021 Conference, Online, 14-16 June 2021 (Session A-3: Parallel Session A-3 (Simulation in Practice)) by Adalberto Guerra-Cabrera (Integrated Environmental Solutions, Research & Development, Glasgow, UK) Ruth Kerrigan (Integrated Environmental Solutions, Research & Development, Dublin, Ireland) Abstract In this paper, …
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Computer Vision-based Reader for analogue Energy/Water Meters in low-cost embedded System: a Case Study in an Office Building in Scotland
Computer Vision-based Reader for analogue Energy/Water Meters in low-cost embedded System: a Case Study in an Office Building in Scotland Proceedings of the 12th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics (NSB 2020), 7-9 September 2020 by Adalberto Guerra-Cabrera; Giulia Barbano (Integrated Environmental Solutions, Research & Development, Glasgow, UK) Giovanni Tardioli; Girish Mallya Upudi (Integrated Environmental Solutions, …
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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