Description
Description (EN): Smart specialization strategies have been used to build more effective innovation policies and support interregional cooperation. The Smart Specialization University Campus project aims at emphasizing the role of Universities in regional innovation policies, by providing specialist research and technical expertise in the field of energy sustainable buildings and by offering campuses as an hands-on lab where to implement these innovative solutions. Universities involved in the project can contribute to regional knowledge exchange and its translation into innovative energy products, solutions and public/private services.
The S3UNICA project is the natural follow up of the Pilot Project ”Smart Campus” selected by DG REGIO under the call for expression of interest for “Thematic Partnerships to pilot interregional innovation projects”, within the S3 Partnership on “Sustainable Buildings”.
The main goal of the project is to capitalize the experience of "Smart Campus" project to improve the energy efficiency of University Campus buildings and infrastructures, promoting the symbiosis with regional territory and the development of innovative solutions throughout the value chain associated to energy saving and smart grid developments: a common methodology will be defined, using the new Energy Performance of Buildings directive and its Smart Readiness Indicator.
Being S3 an ex-ante conditionality to access Cohesion Policy funds, this project will contribute to the foreseen “entrepreneurial discovery” process to influence regional policy, starting from University achievements and involving all the quadruple helix actors: S3UNICA can count on the involvement S3P Partnership on Sustainable Buildings, which currently includes 45 public administrations and the participation of different stakeholders from the industrial sector and civil society.
Read more Achievements (EN): In terms of activities, the project has organised a total of 41 policy learning events. It has also identified 16 good practices, produced 5 action plans and led to the increased capacity of 61 people.
Website: https://www.interregeurope.eu/interreg-europe-2014-2020
Expected Results (EN): The main objective of the project is to improve policy instruments to contribute to a more suitable solutions for university campus, that will collaborate to improve energy management systems at university campuses, development of renewable energies, more accurate energy efficiency solutions, promotion of adequate energy infrastructures at university campuses, improving smart grid, increasing mobility at university campuses.
Among the 41 projects financed by IE, 6 of them (VIOLET, ENERSELVES, ZEROCO2, BUILD2LC, REBUS and SETUP) face the energy aspects in buildings. However S3UNICA differs because it refers to university buildings, that have different uses and energy consumptions and it is not easy to monitor them in old buildings because the most innovative measures are not always cost-effective; The S3UNICA project is SMART: as foreseen in the paper “Universities and Smart Specialisation” by JRC-2013, universities can play a key role by contributing to the design and implementation of S3 in a local learning and capacity building process.
SPECIFIC: it refers to complex buildings systems with different use all connected within campuses and in symbiosis with the regional territory.
MEASURABLE: energy efficiency improvement in campus buildings have been performed using innovative solutions coming both form Academia and industrial stakeholders.
ATTAINABLE: innovative technological solutions have been aready implemented on campuses and they will result as case studies to influence policy directives.
RELEVANT: the development of energy saving innovative solutions, the use of renewable energy, smart energy generation, use and distribution systems in existing buildings is a crucial issue within the specific obj, “Improving low-carbon economy policies”
TIMELY: a common methodology has already been defined and is now being implemented and applied to different university buildings and energy infrastructures, matching commercial and innovative advanced solutions.
Read more Expected Outputs (EN): The main activities of the project are organized as follows:
6 Steering Group (SG) meeting in 4 different countries: (M1,, M9, M15, M21,M27,M33).
5 Exchange of Experience (EE), 1 every 6 months in all partner regions: 1 EE (M9) will focus on "identifying and analysing" needs, competences and S3, 2 EE (M15, MM21) will focus on "interregional mutual learning". 2 EE (M27, M33) will focus on "knowledge transfer and actionplanning" through the Technology and Policy Roadmap.
3 Campus Technical Meetings (CTM) to be held at the universities of the 3 Countries (M9, M15, M21) to present the most innovative solutions adopted on campus.
30 Regional multi-stakeholders' Meeting (RSM): 1 regional meeting per semester in each partner region (5 regions x 1 event x 6 semesters = 30 meetings). The RSM will be organised on a number of bottom-up topics with a four-propeller approach, thus influencing Regional Policies.
Within “Sustainable Building” Partnership (S3P Energy) events 2 Bruxelles meeting (BM) (M18, M35) with dissemination purposes will be organized.
Expected outputs in
Step 1 – Identification and Analysis. A self-assessment tool enabling regional stakeholders to identify their strengths and weaknesses across the innovation cycle, policy framework, technical and financial performance.
Step 2: Interregional mutual learning: S3UNICA will organise exchange of experience (EE) events for each region. Each will focus on strategies, technical solutions, the policy frameworkand the ecosystem of the host region to increase smart energy saving, distribution and production measures, as well as methods, resources, results and experience throughout the innovation cycle.
Step 3: Knowledge transfer and action plans. S3UNICA will disseminate the main lessons learned from the rich experience of S3UNICA partners in meetings, start codifying tools and implementation of policy methods and develop an interregional ecosystem to support the growth of transnational markets.
The results that we are trying to achieve through the S3UNICA project are as follows:
All regional actors in the value chain in the dissemination of energy efficiency innovations will have collaborated on applied learning activities to identify how governments can improve regional energy policies.
By using innovative solutions tested on university campus, the Regions will be able to have a supra-product roadmap and energy services that can be applied in public buildings and, at the same time, they will be able to review or contribute to the creation of specific trajectories for the S3 already approved by the partner regions.
Transnational markets will be grown through the development of ecosystems and interregional and regional tools to support transnational collaborations.
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Thematic information
Specific Objective:
Improve the implementation of regional development policies and programmes, in particular programmes for Investment for Growth and Jobs and, where relevant, ETC programmes, addressing the transition to a low-carbon economy
Thematic Objective:
(04) supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors by:
Investment Priority:
(04e) promoting low-carbon strategies for all types of territories, in particular for urban areas, including the promotion of sustainable multimodal urban mobility and mitigation-relevant adaptation measures
Partners (9)
Lead Partner:
Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia - Direzione Centrale Ambiente ed Energia - Servizio transizione energetica
Address:
via Carducci, 6, 34100 Trieste, Italy
Legal status:
public
Total budget:
EUR 332 250.00
ERDF budget:
EUR 282 412.50
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Etelä-Karjalan liitto
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Name:
Etelä-Karjalan liitto
Department:
Regional development
Address:
Kauppakatu 40 D, FI-53100 Lappeenranta, Finland
Legal status:
public
Website:
http://www.ekarjala.fi
Total budget:
EUR 131 640.00
ERDF budget:
EUR 111 894.00
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Instituto de Domótica y Eficiencia Energética. Universidad de Málaga
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Name:
Instituto de Domótica y Eficiencia Energética. Universidad de Málaga
Address:
Ada Byron Research Centre, 29071 Málaga, Spain
Legal status:
public
Website:
http://www.uidee.com
Total budget:
EUR 138 675.00
ERDF budget:
EUR 117 873.75
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Università degli Studi di Trieste
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Name:
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Department:
Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Architettura - Department of Engineering and Architecture (DEA)
Address:
Piazzale Europa 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
Legal status:
public
Website:
http://www.units.it
Total budget:
EUR 148 099.00
ERDF budget:
EUR 125 884.15
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Agencia Andaluza de la Energía, Consejería de Empleo, Empresa y Comercio, Gobierno de Andalucia
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Name:
Agencia Andaluza de la Energía, Consejería de Empleo, Empresa y Comercio, Gobierno de Andalucia
Department:
Internationalisation and Prospective Department
Address:
Calle Isaac Newton nº6, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
Legal status:
public
Website (not verified):
http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/agenciadelaenergia/
Total budget:
EUR 149 375.00
ERDF budget:
EUR 126 968.75
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Agenția Locală a Energiei Alba – ALEA
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Name:
Agenția Locală a Energiei Alba – ALEA
Address:
Trandafirilor Street, no.9, 510119 Alba Iulia, Romania
Legal status:
public
Website (not verified):
http://www.alea.ro
Total budget:
EUR 149 600.00
ERDF budget:
EUR 127 160.00
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Stowarzyszenie Gmin Polska Sieć "Energie Cités"
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Name:
Stowarzyszenie Gmin Polska Sieć "Energie Cités"
Department:
European Cooperation Service / Department for Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation
Address:
17/30 Sławkowska str., 31-016 Kraków, Poland
Legal status:
public
Website:
http://www.pnec.org.pl
Total budget:
EUR 149 740.00
ERDF budget:
EUR 127 279.00
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Università degli Studi di Udine - DPIA
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Name:
Università degli Studi di Udine - DPIA
Department:
Dipartimento Politecnico di Ingegneria e Architettura – Polytechnic Department of Engineering and Architecture - DPIA
Address:
Via Delle Scienze 206, 33100 UDINE, Italy
Legal status:
public
Website:
http://www.uniud.it
Total budget:
EUR 159 233.00
ERDF budget:
EUR 135 348.05
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Lappeenrannan teknillinen yliopisto
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Name:
Lappeenrannan teknillinen yliopisto
Department:
LUT School of Energy Systems
Address:
Skinnarilankatu 34 53850 Lappeenranta, 53850 Lappeenranta, Finland
Legal status:
public
Total budget:
EUR 180 050.00
ERDF budget:
EUR 153 042.50
