Since the release of the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI), and despite efforts to adopt it, the SRI uptake is still hindered by several obstacles. On the one hand, European member states find their legal and market specificities to demand for tailored approaches; on the other hand, businesses and market stakeholders lag in the understanding the benefits of SRI and, consequently, in their adoption.

This session aims to shed light over the benefits of SRI roll out to a variety of stakeholders, while also addressing exploring paths to solve the most relevant hindrances to SRI implementation across sectors and across countries. European, national, and regional policy makers, construction and automation stakeholders, and real-estate investors are our primary target audiences.

In order to address a wide range of audiences that may have different expertise levels, the session will split into two parts. The first part will focus on introducing SRI and presenting the experience of countries where roll out is ongoing. A presentation of recent advances and challenges within the building automation industry should also contribute to build a common ground for all attendees.

The second part will focus on handing the helm over to the audience. After briefly presenting their projects’ research, representatives of EASY SRI, SRI2MARKET, Smart^2, and SRI-ENACT – along with previous speakers – will engage in an interactive panel discussion fed by questions from the audience.

Visit here the projects' websites:

• Easy SRI
• SRI2MARKET
• Smart^2
• SRI-Enact

Agenda

Part I

10.00 Presentation of BUILD UP, introduction to webinar topic and agenda
BUILD UP Team

10.03 Welcome
Sophie Dourlens-Quaranta, Managing Partner, R2M Solution

10.05 The LIFE-CET programme and the revision of the EPBD
Sylvain Robert, Policy Officer, DG ENERGY

10.20 SRI: what role for BACS
Simone Alessandri, Managing Director, EU.BAC

10.30 Rolling out SRI in national policies: Austria and Spain
Armin Knotzer, Scientific Researcher, AEE INTEC
Maria Fernandez Boneta, Research Project Manager, CENER

Part II

10.50 Welcome 
Sophie Dourlens-Quaranta, Managing Partner, R2M Solution

10.55 Presentation of LIFE projects

• Easy SRI
• SRI2MARKET
• Smart^2
• SRI-Enact

Paraskevas Koukaras, Research Associate, CERTH
Sophie Dourlens-Quaranta, Managing Partner, R2M Solution
Paris Fokaides, R&D Director, Euphyia
Stamatia Rizou,R&D Manager, Singular Logic

11.15 Open discussion
Sophie Dourlens-Quaranta, Managing Partner, R2M Solution

11.30 Thank you from BUILD UP 
BUILD UP Team