CIMNE BEE Group activities in research projects have evolved over the years to provide comprehensive solutions for improving energy efficiency in buildings and environment. Hereby you will find a list of all R&D projects. You also can check our publications and stay connected by signing in our monthly BEE News.

ONGOING

Research projects
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  Data analytics  

CR-BCN – Climate Ready BCN

01/05/2023 – 30/06/2025

Climate-Ready Barcelona (BCN) aims to support the Barcelona city council and citizenship in anticipating and adapting to climate change effects and the related energy crisis. It will develop and implement cutting-edge energy awareness services addressed to the Energy Advisory Centers (EACs) users and a data-driven household climate vulnerability map to support the municipal departments’ climate-related decisions.

ICLEI Action Fund 2.0 | Ref. number: …

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  Demand response  

DEDALUS – Data-driven Residential Energy Carrier-agnostic Demand Response Tools and Multi-value Services

01/05/2023 – 30/04/2026

DEDALUS will design, develop and demonstrate SSH-driven (Social Science and Humanities) multi-value energy carrier-agnostic micro (home/apartment)-to macro(building & district-scale) participatory Demand Response (DR) ecosystem.

Horizon Europe – Climate, Energy & Mobility | Ref. number: …

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  Energy Positive Communities  

ePLANET – European public local authorites’ network for driving the energy transition

01/09/2021 – 31/08/2024

ePLANET is a three-years project where in the first year will develop a proof of concept over three regional pilots (Catalunya, Crete and Czech Rep) to ensure the correct deployment of developed tools and to cover the real needs of public authorities in the energy transition.

HORIZON 2020 – Secure Clean & Energy Efficiency | Ref. number: …

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  Data analytics  

BIGG – Building Information aGGregation, harmonization and analytics platform

01/12/2020 – 30/11/2023

The BIGG project aims at demonstrating the application of big data technologies and data analytic techniques for the complete buildings life-cycle of more than 4,000 buildings in 6 large-scale pilot test-beds.
HORIZON 2020 – Secure Clean & Energy Efficiency | Ref. number: 847066

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EN-TRACK: Energy Efficiency Performance-Tracking Platform for Benchmarking Savings and Investments in Buildings

01/11/2020 – 31/10/2023

Data is still hard to access because it is decentralized and in different formats. Consequently, only a small part of this can be used to produce reliable empirical evidence…
HORIZON 2020 – Secure Clean & Energy Efficiency | Ref. number: 885395

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BEE Group CIMNE thematics on research projects include: Demand response, big data analytics, energy empowerment & user behaviour, biodigesters, and energy-positive buildings

FINISHED

Research projects
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  Energy Positive Communities  

PI-PLATES – Plataforma de predicció Territorial

01/01/2020 – 30/06/2022

The Pi-PLATES project is based on the willingness of the Government of Catalonia to update and improve the technological capabilities of the competent public administrations in land management in Catalonia.
SmartCatalonia – TDA: Programa de Tecnologies Digitals Avançades

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EKATE Shared photovoltaic electricity & shared self-consumption - CIMNE BEE Group
  Demand response  

EKATE: Photovoltaic Electricity and Shared Self-Consumption Management in the France-Spain cross-border area, using “Blockchain” and “Internet of Things (IoT) technology

01/12/2019 – 31/05/2022

Aprovechando la existencia de un marco legal para el autoconsumo compartido, los principales resultados serán la implantación de…
Interreg POCTEFA| Ref. number: EFA312/19

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GAVIUS

GAVIUS

01/09/2019 – 31/08/2022

The GAVIUS project will create a digital tool that facilitates citizens to obtain the subsidies and social aids to which they are entitled in an agile and easy manner, through artificial intelligence features.
UIA 2019 Sustainable use of land nature based solutions | Ref. id: UIA04-095

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SENSEI H2020 Project (P4P Pay for Performance schemes)
  Data analytics  

SENSEI

01/09/2019 – 31/08/2022

Smart energy services integrating the multiple benefits from improving the energy efficiency of the European building stock.
H2020 SC3 – Secure, Clean & Energy Efficiency | Grant agreement: 847066

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FEM IoT Internet of things
  Data analytics  

FEM IoT

02/05/2019 – 30/04/2021

The main goal of Fem IoT is to become a laboratory platform for research and innovation in smart city infrastructure elements and all the resulting value-added services.
GENCAT – FEDER – Activitats emergents | Ref. number: 001-P-001662

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  Demand response  

FLEXCoop – Flexibility based demand response

01/10/2017 – 30/09/2020

Democratizing energy markets through the introduction of innovative flexibility-based demand response tools and novel business and market models for energy cooperatives.
H2020 SC3 – Secure, Clean & Energy Efficiency | Grant agreement: 773909

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Sim4Blocks Residential demand response - BEE Group CIMNE
  Demand response  

SIM4BLOCKS

01/04/2016 – 31/03/2020

Simulation supported real-time energy management in building blocks
H2020 – Secure, Clean & Energy Efficiency | GA

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SHERPA Project, Energy renovation in buildings by public administrators
  Data analytics  

SHERPA

27/09/2016 – 31/10/2019 (EXTENDED 31/12/2019)

Shared knowledge for Energy renovation in buildings by Public Administrations.
MED Programme 2014-2020 – Fostering low-carbon strategies and energy efficiency in specific MED territories

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  Data analytics  

SIE3

01/04/2017 – 30/06/2019 (EXTENDED)

Sistema de Información Energética de Edificios en Ecuador
Proyectos de cooperación AECID

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  Data analytics  

EDINET – The Energy Data Innovation Network

01/03/2016 – 28/03/2019 (EXTENDED 31/12/2019)

EDI-Net assists in building city’s or region’s capacity to more effectively implement sustainable energy policies.
H2020 – Secure, Clean & Energy Efficiency | GA

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  Energy empowerment  

REFER

01/06/2016 – 31/05/2019

Reducció Energètica i Flexibilitat en Edificis en Rehabilitació
Comunitats RIS3CAT – Projectes col·laboratius de recerca industrial i innovació

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  Biodigesters  

PNB – Programa Nacional de Biodigestores en Ecuador

2018

Línea base y demanda potencial técnica de biodigestores en Ecuador: Análisis del contexto y tipologías de productores.
CTCN- Ref. Num.: 2015000061

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FLEXEDINET

01/07/2016 – 31/12/2017

Gestió activa intel·ligent d’energia en edificis terciaris
Comunitats RIS3CAT – Projectes col·laboratius recerca industrial i innovació

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  Positive living  

BUILDUP

01/07/2016 – 31/12/2017

The European portal for energy efficiency in buildings. Operation, maintenance, improvement and promotion.

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ZEBRA 2020 – Nearly  Zero-Energy Buildings Strategy

01/04/2014 – 30/09/2016

The EPBD requires nZEBs by 2019/2021 and long term-targets such as the EU energy roadmap a carbon reduction target of 88 to 91% in the building sector up to 2050.
CIP 2007-2013 IEE – Intelligent Energy Europe

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Miliconcentradores dieléctricos

2014 – 2016

Miliconcentradores dieléctricos multifase para integración de sistemas solares en edificios..
Plan nacional I+D

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Provisions of the Directive 2012/27/EU on Energy Efficiency

2014 – 2016

Analysis of good practices and development of guidelines.
ENER Call for Tender

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  Energy empowerment  

Empowering

01/04/2013 – 31/03/2016

Empowering customers to save energy by informative billing.
CIP (2007-2013) | IEE – Intelligent Energy Europe

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  Energy empowerment  

ENCERTICUS

01/03/2013 – 30/06/2015

Energy Certification, Technology, Information and Communication for User Satisfaction.
MED Programme 2007-2013 | ENVIRONMENT: Protection of the environment and promotion of a suistanable territorial development

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  Positive living  

AIDA

01/04/2012 – 31/03/2015

The AIDA project carried out actions to develop and promote nearly zero-energy buildings (nZEBs) in the municipal energy roadmaps and in the Sustainable Action Plans (SEAPs). The project involved a large number of territories and municipalities joining 4.936 signatures that commited to implement SEAPs with the aim of reducing CO2 emissions.
CIP (2007-2013) | IEE – Intelligent Energy Europe

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  Data analytics  

SMARTSPACES

01/01/2012 – 31/12/2014

The SmartSpaces pilot project was ambitious and complex, involving 22 partners in 11 pilot cities all undertaking slightly different approaches to addressing the use of ICT to reduce energy and water consumption in European public buildings.
ICT-PSP – ICT Policy Support Programme

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SEMANCO

01/09/2011 – 30/11/2014

SEMANCO helped reduce CO2 emissions by integrating energy use information in neighbourhoods, cities and regions. It provided architects, engineers, building managers, local administrators, citizens and policy makers with tools to help them make informed decisions about how to reduce CO2 emissions in cities.
FP7 ICT

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  Energy empowerment  

Balanced European Conservation Approach

01/01/2011 – 31/12/2013

ICT services for resource saving in social housing
CIP-ICT-PSP-2010-4 | ICT for energy and water efficiency in social housing

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  Energy empowerment  

Saving Energy in Social Housing

01/03/2010 – 28/02/2013

Over 5,000 tenants were provided with EAS and EMS services across ten pilots in six countries.
CIP-ICT-PSP.2009.4.1 | ICT for energy efficiency in social housing

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