Description
Reducing energy consumption is one of the many actions which are necessary in order to reduce the climate change. The project idea is to develop an innovative ICT platform that would be applicable in local district. The ICT system will help achieving increased resource efficiency through optimizing, in real time, the combination of various heating methods. This project, supported under the small grant scheme, will aim to further elaborate the project idea with the aim of prepairing the project application for the main open call under the Green Industry Innovation programme. The project focus will be on assessing the feasibility and further estimating the possible impact results, developing the initial concept for the ICT solution and forming an initial action plan. The funding will also be used to search for possible partners to be involved in the project.
Summary of project results
The project was necessary to prepare open call project application and assess the project idea. The project idea is to develop an innovative ICT platform that would be applicable in local district. The small grant project objective is achieved. As result of the small grant project the project feasibility is assessed, the possible project impact results are estimated, initial concept for the ICT solution is developed and action plan is formed. During the project activities project promoter negotiated with five potential Estonian as well as Norwegian partners, partnership agreement was signed with 3 companies. Consortium agreed on the ICT conception, which shall be developed during the open call project activities. Project resulted also with the agreement with one local government, who's willing to contribute as a testing authority for the developments. Development end-users are consumers and benefits the environmental care as well as project promoter Soletek, who's further business model is to act as ESCO (service provider). Project results can be considered as sustainable as the open call project was submitted to the first open call round as a result of the project.
Summary of bilateral results