FORTESIE - CBDC powered Smart PerFORrmance contracTs for Efficiency, Sustainable, Inclusive, Energy use
The built environment is responsible for a significant share of our consumption of energy and resources: 50% of all extracted materials, 30% of water consumption, 40% of energy consumption and 36% of CO2 emissions are associated with the building industry. This is why the European Commission has launched the Renovation Wave with the aim of doubling the current renovation rate in buildings by 2030.
In this way, the overall vision of FORTESIE is to design, demonstrate, validate and replicate innovative renovation packages in the building industry with Smart Performance-Based guarantees and financing, aiming at Efficient, Sustainable and Inclusive Energy (ESIE) use to accelerate the Renovation Wave in Europe.
The renovation packages will combine the following elements to raise the overall Energy Performance Contracts (EPC) value proposition:
- State-of-the-art construction materials and technologies components (prefabricated facades, Build Integrate Photovoltaics (BIPV), heat pumps, etc.).
- Innovative digital technologies for measurement and verification
- Attractive financing (contractual frameworks for smart performance guarantees, financing mechanisms, engagement techniques, green-euros, etc.).
Among the set of technologies to be developed in FORTESIE, CTIC is responsible for a blockchain-based architecture, as well as an energy efficiency assessment and certification service.
In addition, CTIC is the coordinator of the pilot to be carried out in Spain, with the collaboration of several entities from the construction and energy sectors. This is one of the 7 pilots in 6 different countries that will be carried out in FORTESIE, with the aim of evaluating the effectiveness of technological solutions and validating new business models in real demonstrators.
