Project proposals are now being accepted for the Efficient Energy call under Horizon 2020, which has a total available budget of approximately 64 million euros. Proposals must fall within one of the following areas: buildings, finance, consumer and services, public authorities & policy support. These areas are further divided into a total of 10 topics.

The areas and topics are as follows:

Buildings (18 million euros)

• Stimulating demand for sustainable energy skills in the building sector (B4E-2)
• Upgrading smartness of existing buildings through innovations for legacy equipment (B4E-3)
• Next-generation of Energy Performance Assessment and Certification (B4E-4)

Finance (19 million euros)

• Financing for energy efficiency investments - Smart Finance for Smart Buildings (B4E-11)
• National roundtables to implement the Smart Finance for Smart Buildings initiative (B4E-12)
• Aggregation - Project Development Assistance (B4E-13)

Consumer & Services (12 million euros + 6 million euros)

• Enabling next-generation of smart energy services valorising energy efficiency and flexibility at demand-side (B4E-14)
• The role of consumers in changing the market through informed decision and collective actions (EC-1)
• Mitigating household energy poverty (EC-2)

Public authorities & Policy Support (9 million euros)

• Supporting public authorities in driving the energy transition (EC-5)

A co-funding rate of 70% is provided for innovation actions, while a rate of 100% applies to coordination and support actions.

The deadline for this call is 10 September (17:00 Brussels time).

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