“procuRE: re-commercial Procurement of Breakthrough Solutions for 100% Renewable Energy Supply in Buildings

European Commission granted “procuRE: re-commercial Procurement of Breakthrough Solutions for 100% Renewable Energy Supply in Buildings’’ project, in which OzU and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi - İBB) are partners, under Horizon 2020 program. The project started as of December 2020, to support renewable energy applications by receiving 7 million Euros of R&D investment.

The project, involving various academics from OzU, Faculty of Architecture and Design Building Materials and Physics Laboratory, intends to provide 100% renewable energy to existing public buildings located in different cities in Europe. These developed systems are purchased through a tender method and implemented in selected public buildings. With the realization of improvement in tasks in facilities, the annual energy requirement of each building is supplied totally from renewable energy systems. The OzU team conducts the necessary research studies to ensure that the pilot building in Istanbul uses 100 % renewable energy without requiring other energy resources. More information on the project can be accessed here. 

Adaptable Technological Solutions based on Early Design Actions for the Construction and Renovation of Energy Positive Homes

ÖzU Center for Energy, Environment and Economy is a partner in the LEGOFIT project which aims to work adaptable technological solutions based on early design actions for the construction and renovation of Energy Passive Homes.
The project is coordinated by Demir Enerji and is composed of 19 partners representing 10 countries, bringing together a multidisciplinary team, involving academic partners, small, medium and large enterprises from the energy and building sector and large European networks.
Due to provide affordable residential building characteristics, it is urgent to promote actions aimed at increasing the share of both existing buildings and new dwellings built with higher efficient standards and promoting energy renovation strategies at a large scale.
The LEGOFIT project aims to revolutionize energy efficiency in multi-family residential buildings by designing, implementing, and validating a flexible and integrated approach. This innovative approach is tailored for renovations but will also be adapted for new constructions during the project. It addresses long-standing challenges faced by LEGOFIT partners over the past decade in implementing energy-efficient projects in residential buildings. The LEGOFIT project aims to design, implement and validate an advanced and dynamic integrative approach to accomplish Energy Positive Homes (EPH) based on smart and innovative solutions with a high scalability and replicability for building construction and renovation, through 

-developing an innovative holistic design platform that encompass not only passive and active technologies but also their integration for smartest exchange of information and interoperability of systems based on Building Information Modelling (BIM)
-integrating active and passive strategies with smart management technologies for climate neutral and high energy building performance
-investigating innovative routes for promoting minimum environmental impacts by the smart use of solid and liquid residues generated during building life cycle stages 
-fostering sustainable stock of buildings by guaranteeing the fulfilment of sustainable criteria and the enhancement of smart readiness of buildings.
This innovative and integrated approach is demonstrated in 3+ demos across a range of geographical, cultural and construction stages/technological market maturity scenarios.