SRI Smart Readiness Indicator

Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI)

The potential of smart technologies in buildings is very high, because a smart building is the right way to create a better environment for its occupants. The technologies that make buildings "smart" are used in practice for building automation, including heating, hot water, ventilation, lighting, etc.
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Smart technologies in buildings

The ‘smartness’ of a building refers to its ability to sense, interpret, communicate and actively respond in an efficient manner to changing conditions in relation to:

the operation of technical building systems,
the external environment (including energy grids)
demands from building occupants

The SRI rates the smart readiness of buildings (or building units) in their capability to perform 3 key functionalities:

optimise energy efficiency and overall in-use performance
adapt their operation to the needs of the occupant
adapt to signals from the grid (for example energy flexibility)

The current Directive 2010/31/EU on Energy Performance Buildings and Directive 2012/27/EU on Energy Efficiency were amended in 2020 (see on the side).

In addition, on 15 December 2021, the Commission presented a Proposal COM(2021) 802 to recast the one on Energy Performance of Buildings, in order to achieve a zero-emission building stock by 2050. The Council and the European Parliament reached an agreement on the new Directive (see below).

Article 13 reinforces the Smart Readiness Indicator for large non-residential buildings as of 2026. To facilitate development of new services related to buildings, a new Article 14 specific to building data ensures that the building owner, tenant and manager or third parties can have access to building systems’ data. New rules on data interoperability and access to data are to be laid down by the Commission by means of an implementing act.