Energy efficiency, Renewable Energy Sources and smarT energy conservation for improved quality of life and a GREENer Mediterranean
Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B NEXT Mediterranean Sea Basin (NEXT MED)Description
(1.2) Contact Database and Shared folder(EN)
(1.3) Guidelines for Recruitment & Tendering procedures(EN)
(1.4) Steering/Energy Efficiency/Environmental Monitoring Committees(EN)
(1.5) Progress and Financial Reports(EN)
(1.6) Project meetings(EN)
(1.7) Monitoring/Evaluation/Risk management (MER) plan(EN)
(2.1) Communication Plan(EN)
(2.2) Communication material (poster included)(EN)
(2.3) Digital Communication(EN)
(2.4) Communication with media(EN)
(2.5) Project Events(EN)
(2.6) External events & conferences related to the project(EN)
(2.7) Dissemination Campaign and Sustainability(EN)
(2.8) Inception Video and Final Video(EN)
(3.1) Baseline Diagnosis Reports(EN)
(3.2) Joint roadmap for Energy Efficiency & RESt areas development pilot projects(EN)
(3.3) Reports on pilot actions for Energy Efficiency, smart energy management & development of RESt areas(EN)
(3.4) Pilot activities evaluation and long-term management of pilots(EN)
(4.1) Energy Games for Mediterranean energy heroes/heroines(EN)
(4.2) RESt4GREEN platform to strengthen Energy Efficiency in the MED area(EN)
(4.3) Mediterranean Quadruple Helix Cross-Border Community(EN)
(4.4) Assessment of the multi-level scaling of the social dimension(EN)
(5.1) Analysis of the policy instruments and contribution to the Mediterranean strategies and initiatives(EN)
(5.2) Policy paper on the reform of institutional and policy instruments(EN)
(5.3) RESt4GREEN policy event in Spain(EN)
Website: https://www.interregnextmed.eu/project-page/rest4green/about/
Thematic information
Priority:
(VI-B_MSB_2) Priority 2: A greener, low-carbon and resilient MediterraneanPriority specific objective:
RSO2.1. Promoting energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissionsPriority policy objective (Interreg specific objective):
PO2 A greener, low-carbon transitioning towards a net zero carbon economy and resilient Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate change mitigation and adaptation, risk prevention and management, and sustainable urban mobilityType of intervention:
044 Energy efficiency renovation or energy efficiency measures regarding public infrastructure, demonstration projects and supporting measuresPartners (7)
Lead Partner: Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών- Τμήμα Πολιτικών Μηχανικών
Partner’s ID if not PIC: EL998219694 | PROFIT MAKING: False ~ STATUS PUBLIC: True
Department: Τμήμα Πολιτικών Μηχανικών/Department of Civil Engineering
Address: University Campus Rio,Postcode, 26504 Achaia, Greece
Legal status: public
Organisation type: N.a.
Website: https://www.upatras.gr
Total budget: EUR 571 500.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 508 635.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 89.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 62 865.00
- INSTITUT CATALA D'ENERGIA
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Name: INSTITUT CATALA D'ENERGIA
Department: Departament d’Acció Climàtica, Alimentació i Agenda Rural/Department of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda
Partner’s ID if not PIC: 964482253 (PIC#) | PROFIT MAKING: False ~ STATUS PUBLIC: True | Partial VAT tax recovery, currently corresponds to a 1% of the total income from grants received ... (EN)
Address: C. Foc 57, 08038Barcelona, Spain
Legal status: public
Organisation type: N.a.
Website: https://icaen.gencat.cat/ca/inici/
Total budget: EUR 384 000.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 341 760.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 89.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 42 240.00
- Terre di Siena Lab
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Name: Terre di Siena Lab
Department: Sustainable Development
Partner’s ID if not PIC: 01422570521 | PROFIT MAKING: False ~ STATUS PUBLIC: True
Address: Piazza Duomo 9 , 53100 Siena, Italy
Legal status: public
Organisation type: N.a.
Website: http://www.terredisienalab.it
Total budget: EUR 383 600.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 341 404.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 89.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 42 196.00
- الأكاديمية العربية للعلوم والتكنولوجيا والنقل البحري
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Name: الأكاديمية العربية للعلوم والتكنولوجيا والنقل البحري
Department: College of Engineering and Technology
Partner’s ID if not PIC: Decree no. 2631/1970 | PROFIT MAKING: False ~ STATUS PUBLIC: True
Address: Abu Kir Campus, P.O. Box 1029 Alexandria, Egypt
Legal status: public
Organisation type: N.a.
Website: http://www.aast.edu
Total budget: EUR 347 000.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 308 830.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 89.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 38 170.00
- سلطة منطقة العقبة الاقتصادية الخاصة
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Name: سلطة منطقة العقبة الاقتصادية الخاصة
Department: Tourism directorate
Partner’s ID if not PIC: PIC: 1601041601 | PROFIT MAKING: False ~ STATUS PUBLIC: True
Address: Almarkazya (Prince Hussein Bin Abdullah II Aqaba, Jordan
Legal status: public
Organisation type: N.a.
Website: https://www.aqaba.com
Total budget: EUR 363 000.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 323 070.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 89.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 39 930.00
- شركة التصرف في القطب التكنولوجي ببرج السدرية
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Name: شركة التصرف في القطب التكنولوجي ببرج السدرية
Department: Innovation and technological development department
Partner’s ID if not PIC: 1035409T | PROFIT MAKING: True ~ STATUS PUBLIC: False
Address: Technopark Borj Cedria-Tourist Route, PO 174 Nabeul, Tunisia
Legal status: private
Organisation type: N.a.
Website: https://ecopark.tn/
Total budget: EUR 383 000.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 340 870.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 89.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 42 130.00
- İzmir Yüksek Teknoloji Enstitüsü
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Name: İzmir Yüksek Teknoloji Enstitüsü
Department: Department of Architecture/ Department of Energy Systems Engineering
Partner’s ID if not PIC: PIC: 999869308 | PROFIT MAKING: False ~ STATUS PUBLIC: True
Address: İzmir Yüksek Teknoloji Enstitüsüİzmir, Turkey
Legal status: public
Organisation type: N.a.
Website (not verified): http://www.en.iyte.edu.tr
Total budget: EUR 372 000.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 331 080.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 89.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 40 920.00
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Summary
Project acronym: RESt4GREEN~A_T_2.1_0483
Project ID: 00025
Project start date: 2025-07-16
Project end date: 2028-07-15
Project status:
ongoingRelevant linked projects:
- 1. GreenBuilding, Minimising Energy Consumption for Green Buildings respecting present uses and public needs, ENI CBC Med Programme 2014-2020, Standard Project (EN) | GreenBuilding tackled the territorial challenge, common at the cross-border level, to reduce energy consumption and adverse environmental impacts, through the use RES and energy efficiency measures in public buildings. The project supported 3 cost-effective energy renovations in Greece, Tunisia and Jordan (Regional Unit of Laconia, Mohamed Kassab Institute of Orthopedics and Greater Irbid Municipality), respecting present uses/public needs and monitored refurbishment effectiveness via energy measuring devices. Additionally, 1 small-scale pilot took part in Lebanon with the installation of a Solar Power System on its Municipal Social House Building. The project achieved a production of 351562 kWh/year. The experience from these interventions, the lessons learnt and the results from the building-users–led renovation approach will be shared with all PPs and the maturity of the EE measures application in public buildings will be captured in O3.2 Joint roadmap for Energy Efficiency & RESt areas development pilot projects. In addition, RESt4GREEN will build on the successful Green Building cluster which counts more than 40 members (32 organizations including from 20 private actors and 12 public actors), for the creation of the Mediterranean Quadruple Helix Cross-Border Community (O4.3). Lastly, the RESt4GREEN platform (O 4.2) will be developed by UPatras and ECOPARK will upgrade the GreenBuilding e-tool (application) for monitoring of each building energy data, thus allowing the partners to focus on the development of the new fields, i.e. communication hub of the platform, gaming, networking and knowledge sharing through the EE academy, energy conservation, monitoring the new pilot sites (6 buildings and 6 rest areas).
- LINKING PARTNER: ECOPARK, UPatras
- RELATION TO RESt4GREEN WORK PLAN: O3.2 Joint roadmap for Energy Efficiency & RESt areas, O4.3 Mediterranean Quadruple Helix Cross-Border Community and O4.2 RESt4GREEN platform to strengthen Energy Efficiency in the MED are (EN), 2. MEDNICE Efficient Buildings Community, Bundling energy efficiency tools for the Mediterranean, Interreg Med 2014-2020, Horizontal project (EN) | MEDNICE Efficient Buildings Community (concluded relevant project) was an umbrella project on energy efficiency of public buildings in the Mediterranean area, covering 13 countries from Portugal to Cyprus. MEDNICE bundled the experience of 10 projects that were funded in the framework of the same Interreg Mediterranean programme. The project resulted into 2 key policy papers on Energy Efficiency which are extremely useful for “Fostering policy instruments for territorial development through energy efficiency” RESt4GREEN policy related Work Package. The "MEDNICE Policy Paper on Financing Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings" with recommendations for European policymakers includes recommendations on how to monitor the transposition and implementation of the buildings related EU Directives (EPBD, EED and RED) to effectively identify synergies and barriers and on how to adapt financial rules and dedicate funding tailored to the Mediterranean area and foster harmonisation of EU-wide standards while designing differentiated policies. The other important policy paper which will be scaled-up within the project is the "MEDNICE Policy Paper on Communication, Education and Capacity Building" with recommendations for national policymakers in MED countries on the coordination of building renovation objectives in all strategies through a multi-governance approach, improvement of the organisational readiness for the evaluation and benchmarking of public building performance, improvement of the national training and qualification strategies for the energy performance of buildings, and enhancing efficiency in public building renovation. Last result is also important for the pilot actions of the project.
- LINKING PARTNER: UPatras
- RELATION TO RESt4GREEN WORK PLAN: O5.1 Analysis of the policy instruments and contribution to the Mediterranean strategies and initiatives & O3.2 Joint roadmap for Energy Efficiency & RESt areas development pilot projects (EN), 3. GRASPINNO, Transnational model, strategies and decision support for innovative clusters and business networks towards green growth, focusing on green e-procurement in EE/RES for energy refurbishment of public buildings, Interreg MED 2014 - 2020 (EN) | GRASPINNO (concluded relevant project) provided innovative green procurement solutions for energy savings/efficient refurbishment of public buildings, focusing on smart cities and communities. Its goals were to (a) improve the capacity of public authorities to manage the energy efficiency of buildings, moving towards near zero energy buildings; and (b) strengthen SMEs to enter the green energy market. It also aimed at ensuring the replicability, transferability and leverage effect allowing GRASPINNO to provide smart/low-cost/sustainable solutions to public authorities and SMEs in the whole MED region, notably by:
- a. supporting green energy and eco-innovation networks/clusters increase their business and R&I capacities and reinforce transnational cooperation, and
- b. supporting Public Administrations (PAs) adopt green public procurement through knowledge bases, decision support tools, and validated e-procurement systems.
- Within RESt4GREEN project, the following proposed solutions will be exploited: GRASPINNO Databases to strengthen the capacity of PAs to set quality green energy requirements, eGPP support for PAs for implementing green specs/criteria in tenders with green products/services thus increasing their capacity in green growth, particularly eco-innovation, Life Cycle Costing calculating tool (LCC) for PAs as decision-support tool for evaluating green products/services (this will be managed by TSL who also leaded GRASPINNO PLUS and transferred the knowledge to new areas), and the integrated transnational innovative solutions with practical recommendations to EU decision makers for their effective policy mainstreaming to benefit all MED areas.
- LINKING PARTNER: UPatras (GRASPINNO Lead Partner), TSL
- RELATION TO RESt4GREEN WORK PLAN: Activity 3.3.1 - Preparatory activities (ToR and procurement plan), Act. 3.2.2 Life Cycle Assessment Analysis, O5.1 Analysis of the policy instruments and contribution to the Mediterranean strategies and initiatives (EN), 4. Green Living Areas Mission/ Interreg Euro-MED 7 year governance project (EN) | The Green Living Areas Mission (ongoing relevant project) of the Interreg Euro-MED Programme aims to amplify the impact of innovative solutions developed in the field of sustainable developments and management of living areas and tested within EU projects. Two governance projects work in close cooperation to capitalize knowledge and results produced at the European level, to transfer and mainstream them into effective policies for more sustainable living areas.
- - The Thematic Community project (partner RWG) aims to build a community among thematic projects and facilitate resource transfers to stakeholders, focusing on technical and strategic content.
- - The Institutional Dialogue project (partner UPatras) aims to amplify the transfer of policies by fostering dialogue among policymakers and their stakeholders, focusing on continuous policy improvement and transformation.
- UPatras manages the transfer of practices and results to other stakeholders and territories and their integration into multi-level policies and strategies through the multidisciplinary expertise of the partnership and through the Euro Mediterranean Living Lab (EUCLL) activities. It is expected that for the establishment of the O 4.3 Mediterrenean Quadruple Helix Cross-Boarder Community of the RESt4GREEN project, the project will be benefitted from the already established network of stakeholders and experts of the Green Living Areas Mission. Lastly, it is expected that the project will obtain synergies with the Energy Transition Working Group of the Mission.
- LINKING PARTNER: UPatras, AP06 Region of Western Greece (RWG)
- RELATION TO RESt4GREEN WORK PLAN: O 4.3 Mediterranean Quadruple Helix Cross-Border Community, O 5.1 Analysis of the policy instruments and contribution to the Mediterranean strategies and initiatives (EN), 5. URBAN Green up-New Strategy for Re-Naturing Cities through Nature-Based Solutions/ HORİZON 2020 (EN) | The URBAN GreenUP project (concluded relevant project) aimed to contribute to the mitigation of climate change risks in cities, increase the resilience to climate change effects and improve air quality. The project has paved the way for a greener and more sustainable urban future, and this report seeks to inspire cities worldwide to embrace Mature-Based Solutions (NBS) as a transformative approach to tackle environmental issues while fostering inclusive and resilient urban development. One of the aspects of the project was the green space management. Green spaces are important reservoirs of urban biodiversity, providing resources, ecosystem services and habitats for species of interest, improving functional and structural connectivity at the urban level. RESt4GREEN will leverage the solutions provided in green spaces, e.g. green facade with climbing plants and will consider the proposals made for the green transformation of the urban area, with a view to providing the innovative RESt areas that will be designed as part of the project. It is important that Izmir participated in the URBAN GreenUP project with interventions mainly focused on creating green corridors and reducing the temperature of the city and it will, as an Associated Partner, bring this experience to the RESt4GREEN project through its participation in the project's joint events and the Mediterranean Cross-Border Community Quadruple Helix.
- LINKING PARTNER: IZTECH, AP01 Izmir Metropolitan Municipality
- RELATION TO RESt4GREEN WORK PLAN: O 4.3 Mediterranean Quadruple Helix Cross-Boarder Community, O 3.3 Reports on pilot actions for Energy Efficiency, smart energy management & development of RESt areas (EN), 6. guarantEE, Innovative business and financing models for performance-based ESCO projects
- / HORİZON 2020; New Finance for Energy Efficiency Measures in Public Buildings/Interreg MED (EN) | Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) (concluded relevant project) is a proven model for modernizing mostly public buildings by ESCOs with guaranteed energy and cost savings. Nevertheless, a broad roll-out of EPC is being prevented mainly because of two unresolved issues: the split incentives dilemma and the lack of adequately flexible contract models. The guarantEE project addressed prevailing barriers to EPC in a team of 14 experienced partners, covering large parts of Europe in a mix of advanced and emerging Energy Service Companies (ESCO) markets. The developed models applied in 33 pilot projects involving private and public building owners. The project achieved 78 GWh PE and 18000 tCO2 savings per year and will trigger investments of >11 M€. The guarantEE project unlocked additional EPC project opportunities, contributed to standardisation, and provided political advice and steps towards a common energy service market in Europe. The New Finance created the Guide for the drafting of an Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) for public sector. The Guide developed and updated by ICAEN, is an important document that can help a lot to all public entities in the implementation of energy efficiency projects with guaranteed savings as this model (EPC) represents itself a degree of finance as savings help in the investment’s payment. This experience and knowledge gained by the 2 projects will be exploited through the Activity 5.2.2 - Policy paper with joint reform proposals for institutional and policy instruments of the RESt4GREEN project.
- LINKING PARTNER: ICAEN
- RELATION TO RESt4GREEN WORK PLAN: Activity 5.2.2 - Policy paper with joint reform proposals for institutional and policy instruments (EN), 7. ChArGED, CleAnweb Gamified Energy Disaggregation, HORİZON 2020 (EN) | ChArGED (concluded relevant project) addressed the energy consumption in public buildings and proposed a framework that aims to facilitate achieving greater energy efficiency and reductions of wasted energy in public buildings. The framework leverages IoT enabled, low-cost devices to improve energy disaggregation mechanisms that provide energy use and (consequently) wastages at the device, area and end user level. These wastages were targeted by a gamified application that feeds personalized real-time recommendations to each individual end user. The design of the game followed a cleanweb approach and implemented a novel social innovation process that was designed based on human inceptives factors and helped users to understand the environmental implications of their actions and adopt a greener, active and responsible behaviour. Predictable energy consumption will also support more informed decisions of micro-generation sources to match the use patterns. The ChArGED solution was developed with iterative end users’ representatives’ engagement during analysis, design and development. Further users at least 150 real building occupants in three (3) countries (50 in each building- validation country) were engaged for deployment and validation. This experience will be demonstrated and leveraged through the Activity 4.1.2 - Tailored 2-fold trainings to engage of the junior energy heroes/heroines and build capacity.
- LINKING PARTNER: ICAEN
- RELATION TO RESt4GREEN WORK PLAN: Activity 4.1.2 - Tailored 2-fold trainings to engage of the junior energy heroes/heroines and build capacity (EN), 8. ePLANET H2020, Facilitating the adoption of coordinated energy transition actions by the European public sector, HORİZON 2020 (EN) | The ePLANET H2020 (ongoing relevant project) project targets the deployment of a new clustering governance for energy transition based on a digital framework to share harmonized information. The project improves the coordination between local authorities and regional governments in order to optimise the decision-making process, coherence and consistency of the implementation of energy transition measures in towns and cities. The project uses the most innovative tools in artificial intelligence and big data together with an innovative clustering governance to boost Energy Transition Plans at the municipal level. Besides, it fosters the digitalisation of energy data available in dispersed data sources, of the energy transition measures and of the Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAPs), enabling an ecosystem of data and tools to support decision-making on energy transition. The project provides 1 harmonized set of Energy Transition Measures and policies across local, regional and national authorities and includes 3 regional pilots (Girona, Crete and Zlín).
- LINKING PARTNER: ICAEN
- RELATION TO RESt4GREEN WORK PLAN: Activity 5.2.2 - Policy paper with joint reform proposals for institutional and policy instruments (EN), 9. SEACAP 4 SDG, Med SE(A)CAP integration through uniform adapted assessment and financing methods, mainly targeting buildings in education and health sectors, for sustainable development goals in a smart society, ENI CBC MED Programme (EN) | SEACAP 4 SDG (concluded relevant project) objective was to contribute to fighting climate change by reducing energy consumption in public buildings, promoting development of SE(A)CAP through an innovative financial mechanism and a capitalization process. SEACAP 4 SDG project capitalised on 10 selected reference projects of the B.4.3 - Support cost-effective and innovative energy rehabilitations relevant to building types and climatic zones Programme Priority, with a focus on public buildings, by considering their inputs and outcomes, identifying characteristics to be generalized, and by adapting gained knowledge to maximize efficiency and effectiveness of energy refurbishment strategies adapted to local Med specificities, notably energy poverty. In addition, RESt4GREEN will build on the successful demonstrators set up in the selected cities by SEACAP 4 SDG which received customized energy efficiency and renewable energy assessments to integrate the tools and methodologies into their day-to-day. In addition, the project will leverage on the experience gained through SEACAP4SDG living labs for the establishment of the Mediterranean Quadruple Helix Cross-Border Community.
- LINKING PPs: AASTMT, UPatras
- RELATION TO RESt4GREEN WORK PLAN: O3.2 Joint roadmap for Energy Efficiency & RESt areas, O4.3 Mediterranean Quadruple Helix Cross-Boarder Community (EN)
Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 804 100.00
Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 495 649.00
Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 89.00%
Co-financing sources:
Investments, deliverables, policy contributions
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Contribution to wider strategies and policies:
Programme Common Output Indicator:
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RCO 084 - Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects, Measurement unit:
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RCO 116 - Jointly developed solutions, Measurement unit:
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RCO 081 - Participations in joint actions across borders, Measurement unit:
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RCO 087 - Organisations cooperating across borders, Measurement unit:
Programme Common Result Indicator:
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RCR 104 - Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organisations, Measurement unit:
Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project
Financing programme
2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B NEXT Mediterranean Sea Basin (NEXT MED)
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2026-02-27
No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)
59 / 59 (100%)
No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)
384 / 384 (100%)
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