Extremadura's regional infrastructure and housing authority, active in energy renovation financing and BIM-based digital renovation tools.
This is the regional government department for Infrastructure, Transport, and Housing of Extremadura, one of Spain's least urbanised regions. Their core mandate covers public building management, housing policy, territorial planning, and infrastructure investment across the region. In H2020, they brought the value that only a public authority can offer: access to a real portfolio of residential and public buildings, regulatory leverage, and the ability to pilot solutions at regional scale. They participated in projects aimed at both unlocking financing for energy renovation of multifamily housing and deploying advanced digital tools (BIM, LiDAR, UAV) for cost-effective building renovation — positioning them as an end-user institution that bridges technical research and public-sector deployment.
In HousEEnvest (2018–2022), they worked on investment financing schemes, guarantees funds, and de-risking mechanisms to unlock energy efficiency investments in multifamily housing.
In ENCORE (2019–2022), they participated in developing a BIM cloud platform using LiDAR, photogrammetry, UAV, and augmented reality for cost-effective building renovation.
Both projects required a regional public authority to provide access to real building portfolios and validate solutions in an operational public-sector context.
As Extremadura's department for infrastructure and housing, they bring regulatory and procurement authority relevant to both financing schemes and renovation mandates.
Their two projects, though overlapping in time, show a clear thematic shift in emphasis. The first project (HousEEnvest, 2018) focused on the financial and policy side of energy renovation — how to structure investment vehicles, pool funding, and reduce investor risk to make renovation bankable. The second project (ENCORE, 2019) moved decisively toward technical execution — using BIM, LiDAR, UAV, and augmented reality to actually carry out and monitor renovation work at lower cost. The arc is from "how do we fund renovation?" to "how do we do renovation better with digital tools?" — a logical progression for a public authority that first needed to solve the financing problem before scaling the delivery.
They appear to be moving toward the operational and technical side of building renovation, making them a plausible partner for future projects combining smart building technologies with public-sector deployment at regional scale.
They have participated exclusively as a consortium partner, never leading a project — consistent with a public authority that contributes regional access and policy context rather than driving research agendas. Their two projects involved 21 unique partners across 9 countries, which is a relatively broad network for such a small portfolio, suggesting they join well-connected consortia rather than operating in a closed circle. For a prospective partner, they are likely most useful as a pilot site, end-user validator, or policy anchor — not as a technical lead.
With 21 unique consortium partners across 9 countries from just 2 projects, their network is surprisingly broad relative to their portfolio size. No geographic concentration is evident from the data, but their participation in pan-European energy renovation consortia gives them connections across Southern and Central Europe.
What sets this organisation apart is precisely its nature as a regional public authority with direct control over infrastructure, housing stock, and local building regulations in Extremadura — a region with a large share of older, energy-inefficient buildings. They can offer something most research partners cannot: real buildings, real procurement channels, and real policy levers to implement and scale validated renovation approaches. For a consortium needing a public-sector end-user in southern Spain with genuine institutional commitment, this organisation is a practical and legitimate choice.
