Built4People Innovation Cluster Network
A network of B4P Innovation Cluster (B4PIC)
The Built4People (B4P) partnership launched a network of innovation clusters to promote sustainable innovation and help reach European Union climate targets for Europe’s building stock, which is falling behind in the green transition.
The B4P public-private partnership between the European Commission and two of Europe’s leading built environment associations (ECTP and WorldGBC) was set up in 2021 to channel around €800 million into research and innovation for the sector.
The B4P Innovation Cluster Network will help the industry to scale up new solutions, products and services aligned with the ambitions of the EU Green Deal and New European Bauhaus.
The set-up of this B4PIC network was supported by the Nebula project and will be further expanded through the STAR*track project. B4PIC candidate clusters are supported with a dedicated timeline and step-by-step integration of the B4PIC success factors, helping clusters to reach maturity levels faster.
Frontrunners
Our frontrunners
The first members of the B4PIC Network, Build:INN (Basque Country Construction Cluster),and Odéys (Cluster construction et aménagements durables in Nouvelle-Aquitaine), signed the B4PIC Charter on 18 September 2023, joining forces to create the first B4PIC!
Specialised in the construction sector, the clusters will work towards a better mutual understanding, the consolidation of synergies, the integration of New European Bauhaus concepts, and more cross-border cooperation between their members, with the support of the local innovation ecosystem.
Stay tuned!
For more information: visit the Nebula project page.
Emerging B4PICs
The network is growing!
On Monday 23 September 2024, 10 Prospective Built4People Innovation Clusters (B4PICs) signed the Built4People (B4P) Innovation Cluster Charter as part of a dedicated signing ceremony at the Built4People Stakeholder forum, held at the European Convention Center, Luxembourg.
The 10 B4PICs were supported by the Nebula consortium, each demonstrating their further commitment to the B4PIC network by signing the charter. The B4PICs who signed the charter were as follows:
- Archenerg International Innovative Cluster for Renewable Energy and Building Trade, Hungary
- BUILT CoLAB, Portugal
- Clust-ER BUILD of Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- Construction Industrialization Cluster of Navarre, Spain
- Galicia Construction Cluster, Spain
- Galician Wood and Design Cluster / Cluster da Madeira e o Deseño de Galicia, Spain
- Green Net Finland (GNF), Finland
- Innovation 4 Society, Belgium
- Novabuild, France
- STRESS – Distretto ad Alta Tecnologia per le Costruzioni Sostenibili, Italy
On Thursday March 6 2025, an additional six Prospective B4PICs signed the B4PIC Charter at a special ceremony held at the Nebula project’s final event, ‘Shaping Sustainable Futures’, in Brussels, Belgium. In total there are currently 18 clusters now officially recognised as members of the B4PIC Network.
The six B4PICs are:
- AEICE Cluster of Efficient Habitat, Spain
- Association of Balkan Eco-Innovation, Serbia
- Habitech, Italy
- e-CODOMH, Greece
- NEB Forum BiH, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Venetian Green Building Cluster, Italy
A B4PIC is a group of innovation-driven stakeholders from the built environment that engage in a tailored development and maturation process nurtured by the B4P Partnership. Through this process, each cluster aims to expand its geographical reach, cross-sector collaboration, and multidisciplinary expertise, ultimately enhancing the sustainability and impact of its members’ innovations.
Prospective B4PICs
Prospective B4PICs
There are currently two Prospective B4PICs located in Denmark and Slovenia. Learn more about the Prospective B4PICs:
- We Build Denmark, Denmark
- Slovenian Research and Innovation Construction Network, Slovenia
Why join a Built4People Innovation Cluster Network?
Why join the network?
The purpose of the B4PIC Network is to support Innovation Clusters to become B4PICs through establishing innovation ecosystems at multiple scales (local/regional/national).
B4P Innovation Clusters can benefit from support services offered by the B4P partners :such services include guidance to increase the clusters’ coverage on six maturity dimensions, dedicated channels and events to share experience, knowledge and resources, and specific support regarding partnership and funding opportunities.
Call for applications
The first call for applications took place from September to December 2023, with applications processed in January 2024, leading to the selection and formal application of Emerging and Prospective B4P Innovation Clusters.
On 1 April 2025, STAR*track opened applications for clusters to join the B4PIC Network. The call is open to existing hubs and clusters across the European built environment that are committed to formally engaging with B4P objectives and being guided by the New European Bauhaus (NEB) principles.
Submit your expression of interest here to apply to join the B4PIC Network. The deadline for applications is 31 May 2025.
For more information or any enquires, please send an email to: info@built4people.eu
