ahedd DIH participates in SUSTAIN

ahedd DIH participates in SUSTAIN – CluSter bUilding SmarT reAdiness INdicators project, that officially started on Monday 3 October 2022.

The project aims to promote energy efficiency measures and innovation strategies in the construction sector. More specifically, the project’s strategy seeks to:

• boost the market of building construction by developing a wide network of related clusters and SMEs in order to minimize the effect of the Covid-19 crisis,
• address the strategic dependencies, both technological and industrial in the field of building construction sector and enhance the EU’s open strategic autonomy, by promoting innovative services and training SMEs to adopt these services and
• focus on the green and digital transition for companies related in the market of building sector, by promoting innovative solutions related to buildings’ energy efficiency and smartness.

SUSTAIN will also focus on introducing an innovative digital tool that assess the buildings Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) using Building Information Modelling (BIM) technologies.

About SUSTAIN

SUSTAIN Eurocluster project will support companies, especially SMEs, in a continuous business innovation process while introducing the latest technologies of the European industrial ecosystems to the market. The consortium members will seek to implement new models of collaboration between European cluster organizations and other key business actors, facilitating new interconnections in the energy sector’s value chain.

The Eurocluster project consists of 5 members from 3 European countries: the Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH), project coordinator, the IsZEB Cluster and ahedd Digital Innovation Hub, NCSR Demokritos from Greece, the Clúster de l’Energia Eficient de Catalunya from Spain and the Green Tech Cluster Latvia. SUSTAIN project is funded by the Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (COSME) under the Single Market Programme (SMP) 2021-2027.