To embrace this opportunity, Member States are now officially invited to contribute to the implementation or pilot testing of the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI), a rating scheme designed to assess our buildings’ capacity to accommodate smart-ready services, which was introduced in the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) and its subsequent regulations.
To work hand in hand with and to support this roll-out and testing phase, the European Commission DG Energy has launched its dedicated technical assistance service for testing and implementation of the SRI.
To this purpose a two year service contract has been awarded to a team comprised of VITO (Belgium), Waide Strategic Efficiency Europe (Ireland), Research to Market (R2M) Solution (France) and LIST, the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology.
This contract will provide technical assistance to the European Commission services and to Member States in the first phases of the testing and implementation of the SRI. This will include the set-up of a direct support framework in cooperation with Member States and stakeholders, including a helpdesk and technical and training material. The contract will also assist in the preparation of implementation guidance and provide additional technical support. Finally, the contract will assist the European Commission services in the promotion of the SRI, including the establishment and operation of a SRI Platform, which will consist of a multi-stakeholder forum to support and monitor the implementation of the SRI, and to issue recommendations on possible future evolutions of the SRI.
This SRI newsletter will keep you updated with the latest news and events related to the roll-out of the Smart Readiness Indicator in Europe. We wish you an enjoyable read !