The European research project PROBONO aims to demonstrate how technological and social innovations can be implemented to realize sustainable, CO₂-neutral and environmentally friendly buildings and neighbourhoods, so-called Green Buildings and Neighbourhoods (GBN). PROBONO wants to focus on the development of infrastructures on the one hand and on social aspects with regard to sustainability on the other hand. Smart technologies and digitalization are to be used to implement this. Broad acceptance of the PROBONO approaches and innovations is to be ensured by involving stakeholders including citizens. In total, so-called Living Labs are planned in six European cities (Madrid, Dublin, Porto, Brussels, Aarhus, Prague), which are to be transformed into GBNs. The aim is to use energy-efficient buildings there to achieve both a positive energy balance and zero CO₂ emissions. A multidisciplinary consortium consisting of 47 partners from 15 European countries is working on the implementation of the project ideas and the achievement of the goals.

As a project partner, DIN assumes responsibility for the consideration and implementation of standardization in the project. On the one hand, the project partners are to be provided with an overview of the existing standardization landscape so that existing standards are applied. On the other hand, DIN's involvement also ensures that the reference of innovations developed in the project and project results to standardization is established. Here, the main focus is on introducing the project to existing standardization activities, identifying standardization gaps and initiating new standardization activities for these. In this way, PROBONO is supported by DIN in all matters relating to standardization.

Project duration

January 2022 - December 2026

Project coordinator

Acciona (Spain)

Project partners

• INLECOM INNOVATION (Greece)
• FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. (Germany)
• Serco Belgium SA (Belgium)
• Mott MacDonald France SAS (France)
• Aarhus University (Denmark)
• AKKA High Tech (France)
• Technological Institute of Aragón (Spain)
• GECO Global APS (Spain)
• University College Dublin (Ireland)
• Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council (Ireland)
• INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE TECHNOLOGIQUE SYSTEMX (France)
• RESALLIENCE by SIXENSE (France)
• KONNECTA SYSTEMS LIMITED (Ireland)
• Virtual Learning Transport Networks (VLTN GCV) (Belgium)
• eBOS Technologies Limited (Cyprus)
• Technical University of Crete (Greece)
• TPF Utilities S.A. (Belgium)
• International Biodiversity & Property Council (France)
• Smart Innovation Norway AS (Norway)
• Fundación CARTIF (Spain)
• PNO Innovation, S.L. (Spain)
• Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands)
• Vias institute (Belgium)
• Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
• Bovlabs SAS (France)
• Stam S.r.l. (Italy)
• Distrito Castellana Norte, SA (Spain)
• Municipality of Madrid (Spain)
• SOPREMA (France)
• COWI AS (Denmark)
• De l’Autre Côté de l’Ecole (Belgium)
• VisBlue AS (Denmark)
• Compañía Española de Laminación S.L. (Spain)
• Fundación CIDAUT (Spain)
• Telcoserv (Greece)
• IDOM, CONSULTING, ENGINEERNG, ARCHITECTURE, S.A.U. (Spain)
• SONAEMC Serviços Partilhados (Portugal)
• Willis Towers Watson (Belgium)
• Ecoforest Geotermia S.L. (Spain)
• ANERDGY (Switzerland)
• BeePlanet FactoryTM (Spain)
• Capwatt S.A. (Portugal)
• Croatia Green Building Council (Croatia)
• Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic)
• Prague District 6 (Czech Republic)

Project funding

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101037075.