Building the European Construction Research

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Building theEuropean Construction Research
Innovation Area
Ankara 13 October 2006 Future Turkish Construction
National Platform

European Commission DG RTD-G.2
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FP7 Special features
7 years duration (cf. 5 years)
Increase of budget 60 vs. FP6
Growth and Jobs supportive
Simplified Rationalised ( legislative, project
life-cycle)
Optimised Management of funds / Externalisation
Links with Competitiveness and Innovation
Programme and Structural Funds operations
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Budgets of the EU Framework Programmes
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FP7 budget (EUR billion)
JRC
1,751
Capacities
4,217
Cooperation
32,365
People
4,728
Ideas
7,46
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7th Framework Programme
4 Specific Programmes
9 Cooperation Themes

1. Health
2. Biotechnology
3. Information Society
4. Nano, Materials Production
5. Energy
6. Environment
7. Transport
8. Socio-economic Research
9. Security
10. Space

Competitiveness Innovation Programme
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Development of the work programme
FEEDBACK
FP 6 project portfolio (including specific
roadmapping/foresight studies)
ANALYSIS
DIALOGUE
Agreed call topics for 200X indicative
priorities for future calls
Proposal for a multi annnual implementation plan
Programme Committee
Platform SRAs
Other foresight material requirements of other
stakeholder groups
External Advisory Group
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STRUCTURE INSTRUMENTS DELIVERABLES
Theme 4 - NMP
Collaborative projects NoEs Coordination
actions Supporting actions
Knowledge intensive industry
Area 1Nanosciences Nanotechnologies
Area3 New Production
High value added products services
Area 2 Materials
New production paradigms efficient production
systems

ERANET ERANET JTI IMS
Sustainable industrial production consumption
Area 4 Integration of technologies for
industrial applications
Strengthening of leadership fields integration
of knowledge
Strategic research topics implemented through a
range of instruments
Aimed at delivering industrial transformation
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Cooperation Theme 4 Nanosciences,
Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production
Technologies

• Overall objective
• Improve the competitiveness of EU industry
  (incl. SMEs) and ensure its transformation
  through
• Transition from resource to knowledge-based
  industry
• Generation of breakthrough , applicable
  knowledge
• Importance of Technology Platforms to help
  establish common research priorities and targets

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Construction
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Construction Situation

• gt10 of the EU GDP
• gt42 of total energy in Buildings
• 50 cultural heritage lost last 100 years
• 12 millions direct workers (EU-15)
• gt2.5 Millions enterprises 90 of SMEs
• gt40 of natural resources consumption
• gt 180 Million waste/year
• lt1 of Turn Over in RD
• Safety problems (on site, indoor..)
• Bad image
• Existing stock low upgrading rate

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Construction Challenges

• 80 citizens live in cities (urban sprawl..)
• Climate change (CO2..)
• Energy and raw material reduction
• By 2020 , 1/3 of population gt60 years
• Infrastruct. buildings -gt EU competitiveness
• Environmental man made impact reduction
• Fragmentation of the stakeholders
• Conservative sector (barriers for innovation..)
• Indoor environment, quality of life (health)
• Reliable decision systems (life cycle)
• Risks reduction (natural human hazards)
• Societal acceptance

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Construction achievements

• Research coverage of their priorities by NMP /
  Sust.Dev./ IST / ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT with more
  than 116 construction running projects
• From the FP5 to FP6 have a successful transition
  from technology development to application and
  multidisciplinary solutions
• Enhanced its strategic position (ECTP) in
  accordance with their economic significance

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Implementation Proposal
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FP7 CONSTRUCTION MAIN POLICY

• Meeting Client/User Requirements
• - A complete life cycle driven processes
• Becoming Sustainable
• - Radically reduce negative impacts
• Transformation of the Construction Sector
• - New image of innovation, high level technology,
  quality, security and good working conditions

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Priority Identification Process
NTPs
SG/HLG
FAs
Others
ECTP/SRA
MS
EC
Nat. and Multinat. Progr.
EC
Input to thematic Work Programmes
Input to First Call
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Overview 1/2
The Construction Sector has identified

• New technologies, concepts and high tech
  materials for efficient and clean buildings
• High Added Value Construction Materials
• Technologies for Healthy, Safe, Accessible and
  Stimulating Indoor Environments
• Reduce Environmental and Man-made Impacts on
  landscape and cities
• SMEs dimension in a traditional sector

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Overview 2/2
The Construction Sector has identified

• Improve Safety and Security
• New Integrated Processes
• A living Cultural Heritage for an Attractive
  Europe
• Underground innovative Construction technologies
• Sustainable management of transports utilities
  networks
• Nanotechnologies for materials in construction

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1st call Proposal -1-
New technologies, concepts and high tech
materials for efficient and clean buildings

• Topic reducing energy materials consumption
• Greenhouse gas emissions
• Europes reliance on imported energies
• Use of waste and secondary products
• Saving raw material/natural resources
• New concepts, technologies, design tools for the
  retrofit of existing new buildings to implement
  new materials renewable energy sources
• New materials structures by means of nano,
  sensor and control systems
• Design tools, information systems, manufacturing
  technologies for high efficient buildings
• Resource efficiency monitoring and management
  systems
• New sustainable manufacturing systems

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1st call Proposal -2-
Innovative added value construction services

• Topic reducing energy materials consumption
• Development of new high added value products and
  services
• Development of knowledge based construction
  processes/product especially for the retrofit,
  refurbishment and maintenance of buildings
• New manufacturing systems, robots and automation
  and ICT infrastructures and tools to develop
  ubiquitous SMEs access to the competitive
  knowledge
• Development of a new full services with high
  added value for clients/users

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1st call Proposal -3-
Strategic cooperation between national
programmes for sustainable construction

• Creating the European Research Area (ERA) in
  research on sustainable development in the
  construction and operation of buildings
• Preparing a trans-national regional RD
  programme in the construction area by enhancing
  the development of the learning network set up in
  Erabuild.

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25 National Construction Technology Platform
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NTPs roles

• Disseminate the Vision of the sector connecting
  people (Industry, RD, universities..)
• Take part jointly in EU initiatives, Eureka,
  Eranet (), JTI etc
• The boundaries of NTPs are larger than the ECTP,
  they are independent
• Stronger position -gt funding agencies,
  ministries, funding organisations, European
  Institutions
• Increase the SMEs impact transfer of
  technology innovation

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Thank you for your attention

• http//cordis.europa.eu.int/fp7/
• http//europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/LexUriServ/site/e
  n/com/2005/com2005_0705en01.pdf for the rules of
  participation
• http//cordis.europa.eu.int/technology-platforms/h
  ome_en.html