METABUILDING LABS (G.A. Nº 953193) is a new five-year Horizon 2020 EU-funded Innovation project whose main intention is to co ... ntribute to reach the Paris Climate Agreement (COP21) goal of “nearly-zero energy, zero emission buildings”. A large consortium of 40 partners from 13 European countries have joined forces to provide European SMEs from the construction sector with easy access to a wide network of high value testing facilities allowing them to develop and test innovative envelope solutions for next generation buildings. These testing facilities will be provided by: * Research & Technology Organisations (RTOs) * Living Labs * Social Housing buildings The METABUILDING LABS network of testing facilities will extend across the following countries: AUSTRIA · BELGIUM · FRANCE · GERMANY · HUNGARY · IRELAND ITALY · LUXEMBOURG · POLAND · SPAIN · SWEDEN · TURKEY Some SMEs, representing the main targeted stakeholder group, form part of the project consortium to collaborate in the specification and development of the OITB and its services, and to “test drive” their innovations. The OITB will help to accelerate SME innovation and allow SMEs to become competitive against big industry players. The METABUILDING LABS project is closely related to the H2020 project METABUILDING (G.A. Nº 873964), (www.metabuilding-project.eu), which started in June 2020. The METABUILDING project has put in place the first layer of this ecosystem by involving 6 target countries (which will now be extended to 13 European countries) and has created an Open Innovation Digital Platform for the innovation ecosystem of the construction sector. This platform will be consolidated and enlarged through METABUILDING LABS. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 873964. read more