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Innovation in action: unlocking data and digitalisation for smarter buildings in Europe’s built environment

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As Europe’s built environment becomes increasingly digital, secure data sharing, interchangable platforms and intelligent systems are becoming essential to improve building performance, enable smarter decision-making and accelerate the clean energy transition.

From data space connectivity to integrated renovation platforms and service-level energy optimisation, digital innovation is reshaping how buildings, systems and users interact across the energy and information and communication technology (ICT) landscape.

Through its engagement with European Union (EU)-funded projects, STAR*track is identifying and showcasing innovations that are being developed, tested and deployed across Europe.

This article brings together a growing portfolio of data and digitalisation-focused solutions that address the challenge from different angles, from secure data exchange systems to user-driven sustainable digital infrastructure.

Please note: This page will be updated regularly as additional projects and innovations are added.

 

Featured data and digitalisation projects and innovations:

WeForming – Data Space Connector

Innovation type: Software
Innovation development status: under development (MVP 2.0)

A secure and interoperable data-sharing solution that:

  • enables seamless and sovereign sharing of datasets and energy applications across intelligent grid-forming buildings (iGFBs)
  • provides a modular connector with local data storage, data management and a user-friendly interface
  • supports interoperability through alignment with European Common Energy Data Spaces
  • introduces Connector-as-a-Service (CaaS), enabling buildings to connect to data spaces without complex hardware or software installations.

Learn more about WeForming.

EBENTO – One-Stop-Shop Platform for Energy Performance Contracting and Renovation

Innovation type: Software / System
Innovation development status: Under development (TRL 7–8, public testing phase)

A collaborative digital renovation platform that:

  • brings together renovation design, financing, contracting and performance monitoring within a single platform
  • uses BIM-based simulations to compare technical and financial renovation scenarios
  • includes digital Energy Performance Contracts (EnPC), smart contracts and digital logbooks to improve transparency and traceability
  • helps reduce transaction costs while strengthening collaboration and citizen engagement throughout the renovation process.

Learn more about EBENTO.

EXIGENCE – Per-Service Energy Consumption in Sustainable 6G

Innovation type: System / Technology
Innovation development status: Under development (TRL 4 validated in lab and 5G testbed environments)

A service-layer energy optimisation approach that:

  • measures and optimises energy consumption and carbon emissions at the service level rather than only the infrastructure level
  • encourages users to adopt lower-carbon service options through dynamic incentive mechanisms
  • connects ICT performance with carbon markets to support commercially viable, sustainability-driven operations
  • contributes to international standardisation, helping accelerate the adoption of greener digital infrastructure.

Learn more about EXIGENCE.

Next steps

These innovations aim to demonstrate how secure data spaces, integrated digital platforms and service-level optimisation can transform how buildings and digital systems operate, supporting greater efficiency, transparency and sustainability across Europe’s built environment.

STAR*track will continue to engage with EU-funded projects and expand this overview, highlighting practical and emerging solutions as they are developed, tested and deployed across Europe.

WILSON – Distributed data modelling and Federated Digital Twinning for lifecycle data-driven sustainable operation and management of buildings and districts

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About the Project:

The built environment faces mounting pressures from climate change, resource scarcity, and the need for sustainable development across the full lifecycle of buildings. Yet, fragmented and siloed data within Building Management Systems (BMS) limits the effective use of lifecycle information for informed sustainability decision-making. WILSON addresses this challenge by introducing a transformative approach built on semantic data repositories, cognitive digital twins, and decentralised data management. Through a holistic and extensible data mesh architecture, the project ensures interoperability with existing proprietary BMS and Digital Twin systems while enabling improved building operations, environmental impact assessment, circularity evaluation, and advanced diagnostics. Central to this ecosystem are Personalised Building Data Hubs (PDHs), which apply International Data Space (IDS) principles to enable trusted data exchange and service transactions via a P2P marketplace.

Complementing these technological solutions, WILSON will deliver an Investment Tool providing stakeholders with detailed insights to guide decisions regarding building operation, renovation, and uptake of sustainable assets. To maximise its relevance and impact across Europe, the project’s integrated solutions will be validated in four large-scale pilots representing diverse contexts: a public district in Italy, a coastal hospital in Spain, an urban mixed district in the UK, and a rural residential area in Switzerland.

Press Release #7 – WILSON & UPSCALE Projects Announce Joint Workshop on Data Spaces for Construction

The WILSON and UPSCALE Projects will host the international “Data Spaces for Construction” workshop at TU/e on 21 May 2026, bringing together experts from research, industry, technology, and policy to advance interoperable, secure, and sovereign data sharing across the built environment. The event will explore essential components of construction-focused data spaces, such as reference architectures, governance and trust frameworks, semantic standards, and technical integration layers, through three parallel hands-on sessions covering business readiness, governance models, and scalable technical architectures. Concluding with a synthesis plenary, networking forum, and reception, the workshop aims to strengthen collaboration and shape a shared roadmap that accelerates the adoption of open, trustworthy, and interoperable data spaces, supporting Europe’s move toward more circular, digital, and climate‑neutral construction ecosystems.

For more information: https://wilson-project.eu/wilson-press-release-v7/

Recent Publications

WILSON’s latest publications showcase the project’s advancements in intelligent, interoperable, and sustainability‑driven solutions for the built environment. The first explores how adaptive and general‑purpose AI can better leverage complex building data to move beyond fixed-purpose automation. The second introduces a domain‑specific Vocabulary Hub that enhances semantic data exchange and interoperability across AECO data spaces. The third presents a hybrid assessment method for evaluating the impacts and benefits of nature‑based solutions in urban systems.

For more information: https://wilson-project.eu/publications/  

Innovation in action: strengthening climate resilience in Europe’s built environment

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As climate risks intensify across Europe, improving the resilience of the built environment is becoming increasingly important. From extreme heat and flooding to other natural hazards, buildings, districts and urban systems must be better prepared to withstand and adapt to these challenges. 

Through its engagement with EU-funded projects, STAR*track is identifying and showcasing innovations that are being developed, tested and deployed across Europe.   

This article brings together a growing portfolio of climate resilience-focused solutions that aim to address the challenge from different angles, from digital planning systems to early warning protocols. 

Please note: This page will be updated regularly as additional projects and innovations are added.  

Featured climate resilience projects and innovations: 

Minority Report– Renovation Road Mapping Decision Support System (DSS) 

Innovation type: Software 

Innovation development status: Under development. TRL 6 

A digital renovation planning platform that: 

  • Helps planners, architects, engineers and building professionals plan and optimise renovations 
  • Supports climate resilience and energy efficiency improvements at the district scale 
  • Facilitates collaboration between multiple stakeholders involved in renovation planning 
  • Provides digital decision-support throughout the renovation process 

Learn more about Minority Report. 

MULTICARE – Flash-Flood Early Warning Protocol for Tecuci City 

Innovation Type: System / Technology  

Innovation Development Status: Under development – TRL 6–7, validated in a relevant environment at the Tecuci pilot site (Romania).  

A digital data driven early warning system that: 

  • Enhances preparedness and minimises the impact of flash flood risks 
  • Integrates real-time river and rainfall sensors with European weather models  
  • Uses AI-assisted hydrological and hydraulic forecasting to predict flood scenarios 
  • Provides automatic alerts and visual dashboards for city operators and first responders 
  • Is designed with a modular structure enabling replication in other European cities exposed to flood and climate hazards 

Learn more about MULTICARE. 

MULTICLIMACT – CREMA Tool (Climate Resilience Maturity Assessment) 

Innovation type: Software, System, Technology  

Innovation development status: Under development, TRL6-7  

A climate resilience assessment tool that: 

  • Conducts comprehensive risk and resilience assessments across various scales, including buildings, urban areas, and entire territories  
  • Empowers decision-makers to evaluate the resilience of assets including cultural heritage sites, urban sectors, and regional amenities  
  • Applies probabilistic and deterministic risk assessment methods to evaluate potential threats, asset characterisation, vulnerability, and impacts 
  • Generates resilience scores and calculates Expected Annual Loss before and after resilience measures 
  • Translates damage into monetary losses to support cost-benefit analysis and intervention planning 

Learn more about MULTICLIMACT. 

Next steps  

These innovations demonstrate how digital tools, early warning systems and decision-support platforms can strengthen climate resilience across Europe’s built environment, helping decision-makers better understand risks, plan effective interventions and protect communities. 

STAR*track will continue to engage with EU-funded projects and expand this overview, highlighting practical, market-ready solutions and real-world applications as they emerge and mature across Europe