Pre-commercial procurement of breakthrough solutions for climate proofing of public buildings

Successful proposals will: 1. Customise and pre-operationalise customer-tailored, nature-based and complementary solutions for climate adaptation of public buildings, achieving beyond state-of-the-art targets on structural resilience, thermal comfort and resource efficiency. 2. Demonstrate and validate a collective PCP approach that reduces fragmentation of public demand and increases procurers’ capacity to address climate risks jointly. 3. Generate wide market uptake and economies of scale by: adopting joint specifications; publishing results openly; and contributing, where relevant, to standardisation, regulation or certification, thereby removing market entry barriers and fostering new products, processes or services. 4. Accelerate time-to-market for innovations, leading to viable new businesses, job creation and sustainable economic growth in the EU. 5. Strengthen operational links with the Adaptation Mission’s Implementation Platform and knowledge repositories, ensuring lessons learned feed into broader Mission objectives and future calls.

1. Technology focus: nature-based solutions (green roofs, walls, urban greening) as priority (other approaches allowed if justified); integration with active/passive systems to improve structural resilience, thermal comfort, energy efficiency and lifetime of public buildings under climate stress. 2. Demand aggregation: consortium of at least three public procurers from EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries, able to conduct joint PCP under compatible legislation and procedures. 3. Deliverables: innovative, fully tested product(s) and/or service(s) meeting common needs and beyond state-of-the-art performance targets; concrete targets for functionality, cost-efficiency, durability, indoor climate metrics. 4. Project design: description of jointly identified challenge, fit within mid-to-long-term climate adaptation plans of each buyer, gap analysis of current market solutions, methodology for job creation and economic growth assessment. 5. Duration and Budget: maximum 36 months; up to EUR 5 000 000 total requested. 6. Mission alignment: include dedicated resources and a mechanism to interact with the Mission Implementation Platform (MIP 4 Adapt), the Mission Community of Practice and knowledge platforms (Climate-ADAPT, Copernicus) to exchange data, lessons learned and best practices.