Asparrena City Hall will be used as a pilot site of the OrbEEt project and therefore the municipality infrastructures will serve to the main purpose of the project as a demonstration area in order to further evaluate and validate the behavioural change framework developed within the OrbEEt framework.
The public office building for the pilot testing in Pernik (Bulgaria) is a monolithic four-storey high building, constructed in 1962. The number of personnel occupying the building is more than 250 people, with an average of 2-3 occupants per office allowing the OrbEEt framework to provide accurate and targeted feedback. They perform a series of typical business activities that will be further analysed during the business process modelling phase of the project.
The Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg is one of Germany’s largest universities with currently 26.000 students, 260 chairs and 24 clinics. It is firmly rooted in the Nuremberg metropolitan area which has a strong focus on technology and environment (e.g. by the Medical Valley EMN e. V. initiative). T
The Hofburg Innsbruck, a 5-storey building with a total floor space of 26,300 m² and a total cubic volume of around 110,000 m³, counts with Schönbrunn Palace and the Vienna Hofburg to the three culturally important buildings in Austria, as a cadastral prepared by the Federal Monuments Office points out. The building has 10 offices and 4 public services (e.g.
Broadgate House is based in the city of Coventry in the United Kingdom. It is an office building owned by Coventry City Council. The building was constructed in 1953 and has a concrete frame with a brick front façade and curtain walling to the rear. The structure covers five storeys and includes a penthouse and a basement. It has been designed for multi tenanted use with common heating system to the first floor and above.
Decebal High School consists of two main buildings, the old one was constructed in 1897 and is classic design, and the new one was constructed in 1970 and is a modern building, in comparison.
The new part of the building will be renovated. The new school has five storeys above ground and one below ground and is a detached building. The building already has planned renovation and therefore is a prime candidate for this project.
This building will be used to demonstrate the re-cladding option of the PCM panel.
The test facade for the installation and preliminary testing of the retrofitting panels that will be developed during the research project is located at the Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials in Fuorigrotta (Naples, Italy).
The building has a concrete frame with brick walls protected with lime-cement plaster. The structure is composed by a first floor of about 1200 m2 and a seconf floor of about 800 m2. A small portion of an external wall in the back of the building is therefore available for the tests.
The demonstration site includes one building constructed with prefabricated concrete panel elements. It is a typical soviet apartment building, and it is part of a large housing estate. The key characteristics are:
The MORE-CONNECT site in Cesis, Latvia is located in a rural area where the average heating season lasts for 208 days. The demonstration building is a typical soviet building, constructed from silicate bricks and widely built in suburban and remote areas. The total floor space is 559 m2.
Due to the building’s size there are limited possibilities to apply for EU funds. There are also extra construction costs due to building remote location.
The first pilot project within MORE-CONNECT in the Netherlands is situated in Rijssen, Adriaan van Ostadestraat, and is part of a building block that consists of five houses. The energy label of this house is F and the average monthly energy bill exceeds 185 euros per month plus fixed rates for connection.
