Spanish engineering SME specializing in BIM, digital twins, and energy-efficient building systems across EU research consortia.
IDP is a Spanish engineering and architecture firm specializing in the digitalization of the built environment — from building design and construction management to energy-efficient retrofitting and infrastructure operations. Their core contribution to EU projects is bridging physical construction and engineering with digital tools like BIM (Building Information Modeling), digital twins, and data-driven decision support platforms. They bring practical engineering know-how to consortia working on energy efficiency in buildings, circular construction, transport infrastructure, and hybrid energy systems. Based near Barcelona, they operate as a technology-savvy SME that translates research concepts into deployable engineering solutions.
Coordinated SPHERE (digital twin platform for residential buildings) and INTERMODEL EU (BIM for multimodal transport), participated in BIM2TWIN (construction management via digital twins) and GeoFit (GEOBIM integration).
Contributed to GeoFit (geothermal retrofitting), HyCool (solar-hybrid industrial cooling), SPHERE (residential energy optimization), and HYPERGRYD (district-level thermal-electric networks).
Participated in HOUSEFUL (circular solutions for housing), METGROW PLUS (metal recovery from waste), and CircThread (digital thread for circular product management).
Received largest single grant (EUR 895K) in HERMES for smart freight wagons and coordinated INTERMODEL EU on multimodal transport simulation.
Coordinated HYBRIS (2021-2024), combining lithium-ion and organic redox flow batteries for grid and behind-the-meter applications.
Participating in SCENARIOS (2021-2026) on PFAS contamination assessment using new approach methodologies.
In their early H2020 participation (2015–2018), IDP focused on physical engineering challenges: geothermal heat pumps, solar cooling, wastewater treatment, bio-waste processing, and transport infrastructure — traditional engineering territory with some circular economy work. From 2019 onward, the focus shifted decisively toward digitalization: digital twins, BIM-based platforms, graph databases, machine learning for construction, semantic data interoperability, and data-driven lifecycle management. This trajectory shows a firm that started as a conventional engineering contributor and systematically repositioned itself as a digital construction technology provider.
IDP is moving toward becoming a digital twin and data platform specialist for the built environment, combining their engineering roots with software-driven construction management and energy optimization.
IDP operates primarily as an active partner (9 of 12 projects), but has demonstrated coordination capability in 3 projects — a notable ratio for an SME. With 204 unique partners across 23 countries, they maintain a wide network rather than relying on a closed circle of repeat collaborators. This breadth suggests they are adaptable, easy to integrate into new consortia, and comfortable working across different research cultures and project structures.
IDP has built a broad European network of 204 unique partners spanning 23 countries, reflecting consistent engagement across diverse consortia. Their Barcelona base and Spanish identity likely anchor them within Southern European partnerships, but their reach is clearly pan-European.
IDP combines real-world engineering and architecture practice with digital twin and BIM expertise — a rare profile among H2020 SMEs, where firms tend to be either traditional engineering consultancies or pure software companies. Their project portfolio shows they can contribute both the physical domain knowledge (how buildings and infrastructure actually work) and the digital layer (how to model, monitor, and optimize them). For consortium builders, this dual competence means one partner covering two roles, which simplifies proposals and reduces coordination overhead.
