EURIX has been awarded “ENTRANCE – Enabling smart-grid ready building through integrated solutions and digital technologies”,  a Horizon Europe research project that aims to make buildings smart-grid-ready and decarbonised through the integration of energy efficiency, digital technologies, local renewable sources, mobility, end-user empowerment and interoperability between buildings and electricity and district heating networks.

In the current energy transition, the building sector is recognised as playing a key role, thanks to its ability to easily adopt advanced control strategies and smart management systems.

To enable the transition of the building sector, interoperability with energy carriers and services must be improved. Buildings must become active contributors to the energy system, ensuring reliability, resilience and sustainability, particularly in the face of challenges such as climate change, resource constraints and emerging threats such as cybersecurity and geopolitical threats.

The ambition of ENTRANCE is to develop and demonstrate solutions that promote building integration and active participation in the energy system and market through guaranteeing end-users’ comfort and empowerment while creating value for the economic actors of the energy landscape.

In this project, EURIX coordinates the activities for managing cybersecurity for IoT. We then implement prescriptive maintenance strategies to understand which parts of air-conditioning systems need to be maintained.

The project consortium consists of: NTNU-Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway), Aalborg University (Denmark), REHVA-Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Associations (Belgium), Politecnico di Torino (Italy), Lublin University of Technology (Poland), CIT RENERGY AB (Sweden), Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia), REMONI A/S (Sweden), NORCONSULT NORGE AS (Norway), EURIX Srl (Italy), PORT PC (Poland).

ENTRANCE started on 1 January 2025 and has a runtime of four years.