Built4People (B4P)
Built4People is a co-programmed partnership in Horizon Europe’s Cluster 5 (Climate, Energy and Mobility).
It brings together the European Commission (EC) and two leading associations (ECTP and WorldGBC Europe) with a membership base of actors in the built environment.
The partners co-programme European Union (EU) research and innovation funding for the built environment, ensuring it is invested in projects which will accelerate innovations towards a sustainable, people-centric transformation of Europe’s built environment.
The Built4People partners bring together the whole value chain to accelerate people-centric innovation for a sustainable built environment. Within the context of this partnership, a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for the next few years has been developed that determines the topics in which the EU funds will be invested.
STAR*track (May 2024 – April 2027) is a Coordination and Support Action (CSA) funded by the European Union under Horizon Europe, launched within the scope of the Built4People (B4P) Partnership.
Building on the foundations laid by Nebula, STAR*track aims to support and expand the Built4People Innovation Cluster (B4PIC) Network, helping clusters and their members deliver sustainable, people-centric innovations and to accelerate their uptake across regional value and supply chains.
STAR*track works to create enabling conditions by providing tools, access to funding opportunities, training, and targeted services for B4PICs and their members. It also seeks to grow the network and to help ensure its long-term sustainability.
To underpin these efforts, STAR*track fosters cross-organisational connection and collaboration among B4PIC stakeholders, with additional support provided via the Metabuilding Platform to strengthen partnerships and drive innovation forward.
The Nebula project (October 2022 – March 2025) was an EU-funded project launched within the scope of B4P to establish a network of innovation clusters across Europe
The Built4People Innovation Cluster (B4PIC) Network that Nebula supported connected innovators and the wider value chain. Its main aim was to accelerate the deployment and scaling of new sustainable solutions and innovations in the built environment. Clusters helped to open up new markets for products and services and fostered collaborative approaches to overcome market barriers.
Building on Nebula’s achievements, the STAR*track project will continue this work, aiming to further strengthen and develop theB4PIC Network.
