Conference “Towards the creation of a high-tech building industry: Turning energy efficiency into a sustainable business”

Conference “Towards the creation of a high-tech building industry: Turning energy efficiency into a sustainable business”

The event aims at bringing together people from across the European Parliament, Commission and various businesses to debate the research and innovation potential of a high-tech building industry in order to accelerate the development of the economy in Europe. For Maria da Graça Carvalho, who will open and the close the conference, "PPPs are a very useful instrument that allow us to boost innovation and research at European level through the crucial involvement of key stakeholders".

E2BA is promoting an industry driven research, demonstration and innovation (RDI) programme for Energy-efficient buildings and districts, with the vision to drive the creation of a high-tech building industry which turns energy efficiency into a sustainable business, extending the scope of the running and successful PPP EeB beyond 2013. With its 150 members coming from Industry, Research Organizations, SMEs, Public Promoters and Agencies, E2BA has finalized a new Roadmap in the energy efficient built environment field for the period 2014-2020 and beyond, with shared and focused RDI priorities needed to create the desired breakthrough acceleration and implementation in the market, openly agreed amongst the vast community of stakeholders across enlarged Europe, and in line with Horizon 2020 strategic targets.