INVELA

Their core work

INVELA is a Danish private SME based in Slagelse working in the energy-efficient building renovation sector. Their EU project participation centers on developing and supplying prefabricated, multifunctional building envelope components — factory-made panels or modules applied to existing facades and roofs to dramatically improve a building's energy performance. Their second project extends this into plug-and-play renovation systems, suggesting they develop standardized products that reduce on-site complexity and installation time. As a private company in Innovation Actions, they likely bring commercial manufacturing or installation capability to research consortia rather than pure R&D capacity.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

No keyword data is available, so evolution must be read from the project titles and dates alone. INVELA's first project (MORE-CONNECT, 2014) focused on the physical product — prefabricated envelope elements — while their second (P2Endure, 2016) added a process and systems dimension, targeting how renovation is planned and delivered, not just the component itself. This is a coherent deepening: from making the part to making the whole renovation faster and more standardised. There is no evidence of a sector shift; both projects sit squarely in energy-efficient building renovation throughout their entire H2020 period.

INVELA is moving toward integrated, standardised renovation solutions — combining physical prefab products with simplified installation processes — which aligns well with the EU's accelerating building renovation wave under the EPBD and Renovation Wave strategy.

How they like to work

INVELA has never led an H2020 project, participating only as a consortium partner in both cases — a pattern typical of SMEs that contribute a specific product or market capability rather than coordinating research. Both projects are large Innovation Actions with broad consortia; their 33 unique partners from 10 countries across just 2 projects confirms they operate inside the large, multi-stakeholder renovation consortia common in this field, which typically include manufacturers, housing associations, installers, and research institutes. This suggests INVELA is comfortable as a specialist contributor and unlikely to be seeking coordination roles.

With 33 unique consortium partners across 10 countries from only 2 projects, INVELA has been embedded in large, pan-European Innovation Action consortia. No single geographic cluster is identifiable from the available data, suggesting broad European exposure rather than a regional network.

What sets them apart

INVELA's value in a consortium comes from being a commercial actor — a Danish private SME — in a research space often dominated by universities and public institutes. That means they can validate whether a prefabricated renovation product is actually manufacturable and sellable, not just technically sound. Their consecutive participation in two thematically aligned Innovation Actions on building renovation signals a genuine strategic commitment to this market rather than opportunistic project-hopping, making them a credible long-term partner for building renovation R&D.

Highlights from their portfolio

• MORE-CONNECT
  INVELA's largest EC award (EUR 223,212) and the project that defines their core expertise in advanced prefabrication of multifunctional building envelope elements.
• P2Endure
  Demonstrates INVELA's evolution beyond component manufacturing into full renovation process innovation, with a plug-and-play systems approach running through 2021.