CHRONICLE

The CHRONICLE project aims to deliver a set of digital tools to support sustainable design, construction and renovation, as well as investment decision making for buildings, taking a life-cycle approach in building performance assessment.

Buildings account up to 40 % of the total energy consumption in Europe and generate up to 36 % of the greenhouse gas emissions. The majority of the building stock is over 40 years old, with high potential for improved energy efficiency through renovation activities.

The project’s goal is to improve the performance of buildings towards energy efficiency, comfort, and improved well-being of residents.

• Learn more: About the CHRONICLE project

CHORNICLE takes a human-centric approach to digitalization of buildings whereby end-users, residents and professionals working in the building sector alike, are at the centre of the development of the tools and services.

The project’s building performance assessment framework and toolset will be demonstrated and validated in five pilot sites spanning the geographic diversity of Europe, namely in Spain, Ireland, Denmark, Greece and Switzerland.

Project focus:

• CHRONICLE seeks to improve building performance towards energy efficiency, comfort and well-being by developing a series of tools for digital building management, renovation planning, to optimise the life-cycle cost and carbon emissions of the building​
• Five pilot sites in residential buildings in Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Spain and Switzerland

Role of the Social Innovation team:

• Collecting stakeholder requirements​
• Assessing user experience, tool validation​
• Coordinating LL activities across five pilot sites and with stakeholders in the building sector​
• Policy development

Keywords: Energy efficiency, digital building management, green renovations, co-creation, user experience, user validation, technology acceptance, stakeholder engagement