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ProGETonE
ProGETonE
ProGETonE stands for Proactive synergy of inteGrated Efficient Technologies on buildings’ Envelopes and is a 4-year H2020 innovation project. ProGETonE develops and proves an integrated approach to tackle two important needs in existing buildings: safety upgrades to face future earthquakes in seismic zones and nearly zero energy consumption to be aligned with EU climate change reduction targets. One important barrier is high investments to undergo a structural renovation and, at a minor scale, deep energy renovation needs important initial budgets. ProGETonE proposes a pre-fab approach to significantly reduce these upfront costs. In addition, it is followed a user-centered approach to involve actively the occupants in decision making process as well as taking into account their needs first-hand, thus increasing success in renovation outcomes for the users.
ProGETonE will apply the new approach in the design of 4 demo-sites (Greece, Italy, The Netherlands and Romania), and in the implementation of 2 demo-sites (Greece and The Netherlands) to demonstrate the feasibility of this new integrated approach and test at real scale the implementation and social acceptance of the new high performing envelope, which offers as an option the extension of the living space.
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