Interoperable and smart homes and grids

The selected applicants will participate in the InterConnect Support Programme, with a duration of maximum 7 months, split into 3 stages: 1st STAGE: Specification & Development Plan (1 month) Up to ten (10) selected beneficiaries will be invited to participate in a Welcome Event where the Technical and Business Mentors will be allocated to each Project. Beneficiaries will have (1 month) to define ‘Specification and Development Plan’ for the Energy Application, with support of their mentors that will include KPIs and Deliverables that will be used to evaluate the projects’ performance and define the payment schedule. At the end of Stage 1 a ‘Selection Day’ will take place. Projects will be invited to pitch their solutions in front of the ‘Selection Committee’. Up to seven (7) beneficiaries with the highest score will be selected to continue in the programme, the rest will finish their participation in the Support Programme. 2nd STAGE: Development & Integration (3 months) Up to seven (7) beneficiaries will be selected to develop the different interoperable components and services and make the necessary integration for pre-testing and validation of the Energy Application ecosystem. During the duration of this stage beneficiaries will have access to Specialized and Technical Mentors that will provide support to the different activities. By the end of this period an intermediate report will be delivered by the beneficiaries to demonstrate the achieved progress and results. 3rd STAGE: Demonstration in the field (3 months) Up to seven (7) beneficiaries will validate and demonstrate the Energy Application ecosystem in a set of preselected consumers that will use the developed set of services and show how consumers can take an active role in supporting the grid resiliency whilst potentiating energy savings. The performance will be evaluated through the presented results on the established KPIs. A final report will be delivered where the results achieved will be presented as well as relevant lessons learned for the CERF. All data concerning the results produced during the demonstration period will have to be collected by the beneficiaries and made available to the EC or the project management for auditing purposes. Funding per stage: 1st stage: ‘Specification & Development Plan’ - up to 10,000.00€ per beneficiary 2nd stage: ‘Development & Integration’- up to 45,000.00€ per beneficiary 3rd stage: ‘Demonstration in the field’ - up to 45,000.00€ per beneficiary