HIT2GAP project coordinator

Nobatek / INEF4 is a private French non-profit technological research organisation working since 2004 to promote and contribute to innovation in sustainable development and energy efficiency in building technology, architecture and urban planning.

Nobatek / INEF4 provides services in the design and assessment of sustainable buildings and neighbourhoods. NOBATEK/INEF4 works on environmental certification, energy efficiency and comfort simulation, design for recycling, development of new bio-sourced materials, water use optimisation, green construction process organisation, life cycle analysis, sustainable refurbishment and building performance monitoring.

Abo Data was founded in 1979 with the aim of providing Research and Development services for software systems targeted to applications and development solutions.

In over 30 years of solid business activity, the Company has gathered an irreplaceable asset, represented by the education and experience of human resources that are part of it, achieving an important leadership in Europe and ROW countries.

Construction related services with a special experience and a track record in smart buildings, accessible and eco-friendly construction.

Wireless technology and sensor networks for energy and building real time applications. The company delivers cost efficient firmware, able to operate in a localized way as well as a wireless sensor network and operate within a broader operational framework, implementing control operations that do not only depend on locally sourced data but also delivered to it externally.

Research, consulting and technical assistance in areas of ICT, energy, tourism, accessibility.

Bouygues Energies & Services - a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction – is an expert in energy performance, digital technologies and services. Every day, Bouygues Energies & Services installs, maintains and operates technical systems and provides bespoke services. We help our clients and customers by creating an efficient and pleasant working environment, helping manage their energy needs and providing safe, resilient and efficient solutions through leveraging our expertise across our core activities: Energy and digital network; Electrical, thermal and mechanical engineering; and Facility Management.

Bouygues Energies & Services commits to long-term performance on:

• Reliable, sustainable infrastructure
• Better connected, safe cities and towns
• Smart, efficient and comfortable buildings including a wide range of FM services
• High-performance industrial processes for greater competitiveness

BRE is a world leading multi-disciplinary building science centre with a mission to improve the built environment through research and knowledge generation.

BRE is an independent and impartial, research-based consultancy, testing and training organisation, offering expertise in every aspect of the built environment and associated industries. We help clients create better, safer and more sustainable products, buildings, communities and businesses - and we support the innovation needed to achieve this.

Warsaw is the capital of Poland. The city has a population of 1.7 million, around 3 million live within the agglomeration. Warsaw is a political, economic, academic and cultural centre of the country. It is here where seats of most government and public institutions are located, most of the national and international corporations have their head offices in Warsaw.

According to Jones Lang LaSalle “Going Green In Eastern Europe” report Warsaw is the leading Central and Eastern European metropolis in terms of the new built office space seeking environmental certification (over 400,000 square meters for LEED or BREAM certification).

Cylon Controls is one of the largest independent manufacturers of building control systems in Europe, and a recognised international leader in the development of smart energy management systems for buildings for over 30 years. Headquartered in Dublin, Cylon has a local presence in the UK, USA, Middle East, Germany, and China, with a network of 240 partners and over $2 billion of installations worldwide.

Cylon offers a range of Building Energy Management Solutions including Unitron building control systems (hardware & software); BACnet open protocol building control systems (hardware & software); Active Energy Manager SaaS (software as a service) a cloud-based energy analytics and energy management tool to monitor and manage the energy consumption of multiple buildings in multiple locations.

CyRIC is a fast-growing company with a strategic aim to become an important regional Centre developing disruptive products for the world markets and providing unique, high quality services to the industry. CYRIC offers Research and Innovation Services for its customers in the fields of engineering design and prototyping, electronics and communications and software solutions. In addition, a number of specialised consultancy and entrepreneurship services are offered to start-ups and SMEs.

Ege University is the choice of the ones who would like to have an education that welcomes all sorts of scientific, cultural and social novelties and to integrate the knowledge that contemporary age requires with daily life practices while feeling the pride and the privilege of being an Ege University member in the course of life.

Founded in 2004, Enerit is the first and only company in the world to develop software which provides complete coverage of ISO 50001.

Eurecat is the Technology Centre of Catalonia. It is the result of the integration of the most important technology centres from the TECNIO network: Ascamm, Barcelona Media, BDigital, Cetemmsa and CTM, combining the experience of over 450 professionals, generating an annual income of €40M. The new centre serves over a thousand businesses, participates in over 160 national and international R&D&i high level strategic projects, and has 36 international patents and 7 technology-based companies.

ESRU was established in 1987 as a cross-discipline research group concerned with new approaches to built environment energy utilisation and the introduction of sustainable means of energy supply at various scales.

The group's belief is that options for energy demand reduction and clean supply must be considered together if society is to attain significant levels of energy efficiency and new & renewable energy systems deployment.

EVOLUTION has conceived, designed and operated in Bordeaux DARWIN project, hybrid and innovative place, now referenced in the alternative urban projects sector. DARWIN based hosting companies in the green and creative economy, nurseries and incubators of innovative projects, responsible business, artistic and cultural fabric, experimental area of sports association activities and urban agriculture. Project incubator entrepreneurial leaders and “armed wing” of DARWIN “EVOLUTION operates in the areas of real estate engineering, responsibly communications, support services to businesses, hotels / catering, retail and in Council mastery of uses. EVOLUTION is an independent group whose diverse activity consolidates around the triptych “responsible economic development - ecological transition - urban cultures."

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems is Europe's biggest solar energy research institution and part of the Fraunhofer society, a non-profit organization for applied research. The Institute is located in Freiburg, Germany. The Institute develops components, materials and processes in the areas of the thermal use of solar energy, solar building, solar cells, electrical power supplies, chemical energy conversion, energy storage and the rational use of energy. Fraunhofer ISE is certified according to DIN EN ISO9001:2000.

Building and construction and residential applications represent major markets for the future from both an ecological and economic perspective. In close co-operation with manufacturers, Fraunhofer ISE develops new materials and procedures as well as integrated energy concepts for buildings. The work at the Institute ranges from the investigation of scientific and technological fundamentals for solar energy applications, the development of production technology and prototypes, to the construction of demonstration systems.

GIROA is the specialist of energy and environment management services company of Veolia also dedicated to the maintenance, conservation and adaptation of buildings, installations and complexes of different nature, in order to improve their comfort, performance and security in a less expensive way. GIROA company with more than 20 years of experience in the market, where it has been a forerunner in the Saving Share and in the Guarantee of Results, has created a new conception of job and service, based on a pragmatic approach to the demands of its clients.

IK4 is a private Alliance, made up of 9 Technological Centres. Its mission is the generation, uptake and transfer of technological knowledge and know-how, aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of the business fabric in its entrepreneurial environment, through innovation and in a global context marked by competitiveness.

Mostostal Warszawa S.A. is one of the largest construction companies in Poland; acting as the general contractor, it carries out investments in all key sectors of the construction market in Poland and abroad. The company has been operating in Poland for seven decades and this has borne fruit in the form of the implementation of all types of construction facilities: general, industrial, environmental, energy, infrastructural and road. In the course of its history, the company has acquired significant experience in developing steel structures and technological installations for the petrochemical and chemical industries.

National University of Ireland Galway is represented by IRUSE group (Informatics Research Unit for Sustainable Engineering) of the College of Engineering and Informatics. This group consists of a unique multidisciplinary research team with interest and expertise in architecture, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, energy systems and information technology.

IRUSE is committed to realising the goal of energy efficient buildings through a combination of modelling, technology development and implementation, data acquisition, management and visualisation and informatics.

IRUSE's research focus areas are:

• Building life cycle strategies (Design, Commissioning, Operation)
• Virtual and physical data generators to enhance building performance
• Health, safety and comfort of built environments

R2M Solution is an integrated and multi-disciplinary consulting company that aggressively targets filling the gap between research activities and market implementation. We excel at helping companies grow and acting as an accelerator for bringing technologies and services to the market across the fields of Innovation Management, Engineering, Energy, and ICT/Automation. We invest in opportunities, conduct research, and offer pure engineering, energy services, and ICT consulting services. We actively seek spinoff creation opportunities, showcase promising technologies and build clusters for their uptake.

The University of Girona (UdG) is represented by the eXiT group(Control Engineering and Intelligent Systems) of the Institut d'Informatica i Aplicacions. Expertise of this research group is in data driven methods for systems monitoring including fault detection and diagnosis. These methods are being applied in different domains as power distribution networks, waste water treatment plants or energy efficient buildings.

The University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour (UPPA) is a multidisciplinary university which covers three major areas of study:

• law, economics, business, management
• science and technology
• literature, languages, arts, social sciences and humanities and sport

The university also includes two IUTs (University Institute of Technology), one IAE (University School of Management), two engineering schools (ENSGTI, covering industrial technology engineering and ISA BTP covering construction), a continuing education department and an apprenticeship training centre.

Zutec is a global company with over 16 years’ experience in providing world class web and mobile platform device solutions to the construction, engineering & facilities management industries.
Process and Data Management capabilities are a key strength in every project we deliver. The company and its people have had extensive global experience in the delivery of web-based applications.