Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on Mobilising Information and Communication Technologies to facilitate the transition to an energy efficient, low carbon economy Projects on ICT for Energy Efficiency and on Energy Efficient ICTs {COM(2009) 111 final} {SEC(2009) 269} {SEC(2009) 270}
Date: 2009-03-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carbon, energy policy, environmental protection, information technology, telecommunications

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 12.3.2009 
SEC(2009) 268 

COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT 

Accompanying document to the 

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN 
PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL 
COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS 

on Mobilising Information and Communication Technologies to facilitate the transition 
to an energy efficient, low carbon economy  

Projects on ICT for Energy Efficiency and on Energy Efficient ICTs 

{COM(2009) 111 final} 
{SEC(2009) 269} 
{SEC(2009) 270} 

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Projects on ICT for Energy Efficiency and on Energy Efficient ICTs 

The Commission funded a few projects in ICT for energy efficiency in the second part of 6th 
Framework  Programme  for  Research  and  Technological  Development  (FP6).  In  2007,  ICT 
for  Energy  Efficiency  was  introduced  as  a  specific  theme  under  the  ICT  priority  of  the  7th 
Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7).  

Research focuses on solutions for the electricity grid (smart grid), buildings and transport, and 
R&D  on  solid-state  lighting.  Furthermore,  the  same  themes  were  introduced  into  the 
Competitiveness and Innovation Programme to complement the research activities with pilot 
projects. The Commission also provides funding to energy-efficient ICTs.  

The following list includes relevant examples from each area. 

ACRONYM 

FULL TITLE 

FP6 Energy Efficiency for ICT 

Networked  Embedded  System  middleware 
heterogeneous  physical  devices 
architecture 

for 
in  a  distributed 

Integrated  Risk  Reduction  of 
Infrastructure Systems (IRRIIS) 

Information-based 

Hydra 

IRRIIS 

EU 
Funding  

7 650 000

6 995 831

COOPERS 

Cooperative Networks for Intelligent Road Safety 

9 799 210

CVIS 

Cooperative Vehicle-Infrastructure Systems 

21 905 795

FP6 ICT for Energy Efficiency 

Subtotal 

46 350 836

IMPROVE 

Circles of light 

Improving  Display  and  Rendering  Technology  for 
Virtual Environments 

Compact  SOI  nanophotonic  Raman  Laser  and 
modulator  and  detector  based  on  circular  grating 
resonator devices 

1 879 757

1 065 000

VIBES 

VIBration Energy Scavenging 

2 600 000

MIMOSA 

e-CUBES 

MIcrosystems  platform  for  MObile  Services  and 
Applications 

10 000 000

3-D-Integrated  Micro/Nano  Modules 
Adapted Applications 

for  Easily 

12 000 000

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MUFLY 

Fully Autonomous Micro Helicopter 

2 700 000

OSIRIS 

Original  System  for  Image  Rendition  via  Innovative 
Screens 

FLEXIDIS 

Flexible Displays 

7 100 000

14 320 000

GIBON 

HECTO 

Opt-electronic  integration  for  100  Gigabit  Ethernet 
Optical Networks 

1 850 000

High-speed Electro-optical Components for integrated 
Transmitter and receiver in Optical communications 

2 364 992

LANCER 

Light Amplifiers with NanoClusters and ERbium 

2 199 942

IOLOS 

Integrated Optical Logic and Memory Using Ultrafast 
Micro-ring Bistable Semiconductor Lasers 

1 250 000

MEPHISTO 

Merger  of  Electronics  and  Photonics  Using  Silicon 
Based Technologies 

PHOLOGIC 

Nanophotonic Logic Gates 

2 099 966

2 000 000

OLAS 

Organic electrically pumped LASer by engineering of 
heterostructures in field-effect devices 

1 600 000

POLYCOM 

Plastic  optical  fibres  with  embedded  active  polymers 
for data communications 

1 550 000

PLASMOCOM 

Polymer-based  nanoplasmonic 
devices 

components 

and 

1 849 710

DOMINO 

VILLAGE 

Antimonide  Quantum  Dots  for  Mid-Infrared  Nano-
Photonic Devices 

2 027 919

Versatile Infrared Laser source for Low-cost Analysis 
of Gas Emissions 

1 800 000

OLLA 

Organic LEDs for ICT and Lighting Applications 

12 000 000

WISDOM 

MUFINS 

HYCON 

FLAME 

Wirespeed 
Monitoring 

Security  Domains  Using  Optical 

1 140 000

Multi-functional  integrated  arrays  of  interferometric 
switches 

2 694 795

ID  Control:  taming  heterogeneity  and  complexity  of 
networked embedded systems 

4 600 000

Flexible  Organic  Active  Matrix  OLED  displays  for 
Nomadic Applications 

3 000 000

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Active  Matrix  of  Any  Shape  with  Organic  Light 
Emitting Diode displays 

WASP 

Wirelessly Accessible Sensor Populations 

4 800 000

10 100 000

Subtotal  110 592 081

FP7 Energy Efficiency for ICT 

Architectures for fLexible Photonic Home and Access 
networks 

11 200 000

Building the Future Optical Network in Europe 

3 700 000

Dynamic  Impairment  Constraint  Networking  for 
Transparent Mesh Optical Networks 

3 200 000

Fibre  Optic  Networks  for  Distributed  and  Extendible 
Heterogeneous Radio Architectures 

6 600 000

12 100 000

ALPHA  

BONE  

DICONET 

FUTON  

OMEGA 

Home Gigabit Access 

ReDeSign  

SARDANA 

SENDORA  

SENSEI  

UCELLS 

TeleFOT 

Research  for  Development  of  Future  Interactive 
Generations of Hybrid Fibre Coax Networks 

1 800 000

Scalable  Advanced  Ring-based passive Dense Access 
Network Architecture 

2 600 000

SEnsor  Network  for  Dynamic  and  Opportunistic 
Radio Access 

3 800 000

Integrating the Physical with the Digital World of the 
Network of the Future 

15 000 000

Ultra-wide band real-time interference monitoring and 
CELLular management Strategies 

2 700 000

Field  Operational  Tests  of  Aftermarket  and  Nomadic 
Devices in Vehicles 

9 703 001

POBICOS  

Platform for Opportunistic Behaviour in Incompletely 
Specified, Heterogeneous Object Communities 

Smartfreight 

Smart freight transport in urban areas 

2 300 000

2 200 000

OLED100 EU 

Organic LED Lighting in European Dimensions 

12 500 000

FP7 ICT for Energy Efficiency 

Subtotal 

89 403 001

ATHENIS 

Automotive  Tested  High-voltage  Embedded  Non-

5 150 000

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AIM 

A  novel  architecture  for  modelling,  virtualising  and 
managing  the  energy  consumption  of  household 
appliances 

2 609 867

AmI-MoSES 

Ambient-Intelligent Interactive Monitoring System for 
Energy Use Optimisation in Manufacturing SMEs 

2 000 000

Be Aware 

DEHEMS 

Boosting Energy Awareness With Adaptive Real-time 
Environments 

2 711 816

Digital  Environment  Home  Energy  Management 
System 

E4U 

Electronics Enabling Efficient Energy Usage 

2 899 996

449 997

GENESYS 

Good  practices  for  European  developers  of  advanced 
ICT-enabled energy efficiency Systems  

1 079 397

IntUBE 

Intelligent Use of Buildings’ Energy Information 

2 700 000

ULTRA 

AEOLUS 

SM4ALL 

POBICOS  

HD-MPC  

PRODI 

Ultra-fast eLectronics for Terahertz Rapid Analysis in 
compact lab-on-chip applications 

2 900 000

Distributed  Control  of  Large-Scale  Offshore  Wind 
Farms project proposal 

2 500 000

SMART  HOMES  FOR  ALL  AN  EMBEDDED 
MIDDLEWARE  PLATFORM  FOR  PERVASIVE 
AND IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR-ALL 

2 900 000

Platform for Opportunistic Behaviour in Incompletely 
Specified, Heterogeneous Object Communities 

2 300 000

Hierarchical and Distributed Model Predictive Control 
of Large-Scale Systems 

2 000 000

Power plants Robustification based On fault Detection 
and Isolation algorithms 

1 600 000

GINSENG 

Performance Control in Wireless Sensor Networks 

3 100 000

PECES 

DISC 

PErvasive Computing in Embedded Systems 

1 750 000

Distributed Supervisory Control of Large Plants 

1 900 000

MAC-TFC 

Mems  Atomic  Clocks  for  Timing,  Frequency  control 
and Communications 

MEMFIS 

Ultrasmall MEMS FTIR Spectrometer 

3 350 000

2 850 000

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Enabling MEMS-MMIC technology for cost-effective 
multifunctional RF-system integration 

2 900 000

E-STARS 

FACESS 

Euridice 

Nearctis 

Historic 

Efficient  Smart  sysTems  with  enhAnced  eneRgy 
Storage 

2 600 000

Flexible  Autonomous  Cost  efficient  Energy  Source 
and Storage 

3 400 000

European  Inter-Disciplinary  Research  on  Intelligent 
Cargo  for  Efficient,  Safe  and  Environment-friendly 
Logistics 

A  Network  of  Excellence  for  Advanced  Road 
cooperative  traffic  management  in  the  Information 
Society 

8 248 853

2 500 000

Heterogeneous InP on Silicon Technology for Optical 
Routing and LogIC 

2 300 000

PHASORS 

PHase  sensitive  Amplifier  Systems  and  Optical 
RegeneratorS and their applications 

2 698 947

MINIGAS 

SensHy 

SUBTUNE 

Miniaturised  photoacoustic  gas  sensor  based  on 
patented  interferometric  readout  and  novel  photonic 
integration technologies 

1 850 000 

Photonic sensing of hydrocarbons based on innovative 
mid infrared lasers 

2 350 000 

Widely  Tunable  VCSEL  using  Sub  Wavelength 
Gratings 

2 787 695

DOTSENSE 

Group  III-nitride  quantum  dots  as  optical  transducers 
for chemical sensors 

1 223 789

GREENBAT  

GREEN  and  SAFE  thin  film  BATteries  for  flexible 
cost-efficient energy storage  

2 799 319

CombOLED 

Combined  Organic  LED  Technology  for  Large-Area 
Transparent and low-cost lighting Applications 

4 187 163

OLATRONICS 

integration  of  processes  and 
Development  and 
technologies  for  the  production  of  Organic  Low-cost 
and large-Area flexible Electronics 

3 800 000

FAST2LIGHT 

High-throughput,  large-area  and  cost-effective  OLED 
production technologies 

10 000 000

E3CAR 

Nanoelectronics for an energy-efficient electrical car 

42 824 358

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Smart Power Management in Home and Health 

20 759 726

REEB 

Smart 
House/Smart 
Grids 

The  European  strategic  research  Roadmap  to  ICT 
enabled  Energy  Efficiency 
and 
constructions  

in  Buildings 

Smart  House  Interacting  with  Smart  Grids  to  achieve 
next-generation energy efficiency and sustainability  

BeyWatch  

Building EnergY WATCHer 

1 250 000

2 557 257

2 873 170

Subtotal  166 461 350

FP7 Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (SSH) projects 

GILDED 

Governance, infrastructure, lifestyle dynamics and 
energy demand: European post carbon communities 

PACT 

Pathways for carbon transitions 

FP7 Energy project 

OPEN METER 

Open-access Standard for Smart Multi-Metering 
Services 

CIP PSP ICT for Energy Efficiency 

in-Time 

Intelligent  and  Efficient  Travel  Management  for 
European Cities 

FREILOT 

Urban Freight Energy Efficiency Pilot 

ICT21EE 

European ICT network for energy efficiency 

iCars Network  

Intelligent Cars Thematic Network 

1.426.647

1.374.467

2.801.114

2.400.000

2.400.000

2 493 805

2 036 134

405 000

334 000

HosPilot* 

Intelligent Energy Efficiency Control in Hospitals  

2 170 000

In-Time* 

Intelligent  and  Efficient  Travel  Management  for 
European Cities 

2 290 000

LITES* 

LED-based intelligent street lighting for energy saving 

1 280 000

BEST Energy* 

Built  Environment  Sustainability  and  Technology  in 
Energy 

2 260 000

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Save  energy  in  public  buildings  from  4  major 
European  cities  (Helsinki,  Manchester,  Lisbon  and 
Rome)  

2 230 000

BEPMS* 

Building Energy Performance Management System 

2 230 000

FREILOT* 

Urban Freight Energy Efficiency Pilot 

2 000 000

ICT4SMARTDG* 

Thematic  Network  on  ICT  solutions  to  enable  Smart 
Distributed Generation  

SEESGEN-ICT* 

Supporting  Energy  Efficiency  in  Smart  Generation 
Grids through ICT 

531 000

494 000

Subtotal 

20 753 939

Total  438 762 321

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