CHRONICLE will be present at Sustainable Places 2025 on 8–10 October in Milan. Our partner Que Technologies will showcase how CHRONICLE’s BIM-to-BEP and BIM-to-SRI tools streamline the evaluation of buildings’ smart capabilities and energy efficiency. These innovative tools automate the process using BIM data, reducing manual effort and improving accuracy. The workshop ‘Smart Readiness in Action: Unlocking Energy Efficiency and Comfort in Buildings’ will bring together 6 EU-funded projects to discuss tools, technologies, and real-world demonstrations.
Smart readiness in action: Unlocking energy efficiency and comfort in buildings
Thursday 9 October at 14:00-15:30 CEST, Room 3
SUMMARY: Organised by the SMARTeeSTORY, BuildON, CHRONICLE, REHOUSE, INBUILT, and MULTICARE projects, this workshop will explore how the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) is being applied in practice to advance smart, energy-efficient, and resilient buildings. It will present digital tools, real-world demonstrations, and strategies that link smart capabilities to occupant comfort, cost-effective upgrades, and adaptive building design. Through interactive discussion, the session will highlight how the SRI can serve as a driver for sustainable renovation and user-centred innovation.
www.sustainableplaces.eu/smart-readiness-in-action
DETAILED DESCRIPTION: How is the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) making buildings more resilient, sustainable, and smart? The SRI, introduced under the EU’s Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, is a powerful tool for assessing how well buildings can use smart technologies, adapt to user needs, optimise energy use, and interact with the energy grid.
This 90-minute workshop brings together leading practitioners and innovators working in 6 EU-funded projects to explore how the SRI is being implemented in practice—across tools, technologies, and real-world demonstrations. Through short, focused presentations and interactive discussions, participants will gain insights into three focus areas:
- Focus 1: SRI in the Operative – Tools and Methodologies How are digital tools and methodologies making the SRI measurable and actionable in real-world settings?
- Matteo Porta (RINA) will show how SMARTeeSTORY’s SRI digital calculation tool improves the energy efficiency in historic buildings (SMARTeeSTORY
- Giannis Papias (NTUA) will present their SMURF Assessment Tool, building upon the SRI calculator. It supports scenario based decision-making by identify cost-effective upgrade pathways to reach specific SRI targets, incorporating market technologies, environmental impact, and financial constraints (BuildON)
- Konstantinos Mamis (Que Technologies) will present tools that automate the process of evaluating a building’s smart capabilities and energy efficiency using building data from BIM models, reducing manual effort and improving accuracy. CHRONICLE’s BIM-to-BEP and BIM-to-SRI tools streamlines SRI evaluation and energy assessments from a unified model (CHRONICLE)
- Focus 2: Demonstrations in Practice What does SRI implementation look like on the ground and what are we learning from it?
- Matteo Porta (RINA) will present how hands-on experience in renovation demos can help shape and refine the SRI (REHOUSE)
- Keovathana Run (University of Cote d’Azur) will address how innovative building materials and envelope can enable buildings to operate in a smart, energy-efficient, and resilient way, thus supporting the SRI (INBUILT)
- Focus 3: Beyond Energy How does the SRI framework support broader goals like resilience and occupant comfort?
- Konstantinos Mamis (Que Technologies – CHRONICLE) and Matteo Porta (RINA – SMARTeeSTORY) will show how their approaches advance occupant comfort
- Łukasz Wilczyński (ASM Research) will present MULTICARE’s comprehensive approach that incorporates resilience-based decision-support tools towards energy efficiency and enhanced occupant comfort in alignment with the SRI.
The workshop is designed to be participatory, with live polling, reflection moments after each focus session, and audience interaction woven throughout. It offers a unique opportunity to learn from hands-on experiences and explore how the SRI can drive smarter, more sustainable, and resilient buildings across Europe.
