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Associated Projects
EcoQUIP (2012-2016)
LCB-Healthcare (2009-2012)
Energy4Healthcare (2014-2015)
The Energy4Health project is one of six that are being carried out in support of the EU Demand-Side Action Plan. It was carried out by a project team that was able to build on the knowledge gained in two related European projects: RES-Hospitals and the EcoQUIP predecessor LCB-Healthcare.
The project commenced in January 2014 and concluded in March 2015. Its aim was to develop a policy roadmap to improve the main factors (framework conditions) that influence the demand for innovative energy solutions in the healthcare sector.
This was delivered through four main activities:
- Generate baseline scenarios to 2020
- Create policy action roadmaps for more favourable scenarios
- Engage with influential stakeholders
- Develop implementation strategy
We are pleased to announce the successful completion of the Energy4Health project, which was co-financed by the European Commission. A strategic policy roadmap has been published which identifies eight operational objectives, that if realised will improve the framework conditions influencing the demand for and market uptake of innovative solutions in the healthcare sector. This work was the result of extensive consultation with stakeholders in the healthcare and energy technology sectors, funding agencies and investors, government agencies, and trade and professional associations.
The Strategic Policy Roadmap and the associated Monitoring and Evaluation Plan are both available to download.
European Procurers Platform - eHealth - Transforming the market for eHealth Solutions (EPP eHealth) (2015-2016)
Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI) is a crucial challenge for public bodies to be implemented during next years. The "usual" way of purchasing goods is based solely on the price of the product. Life cycle costing, supply chain analysis or group purchase are rarely used, which means missing some opportunities to get innovative products that would give purchasers competitive advantage. Therefore, there is an urgent need to start developing networks of procurers. Such networks will enable them to identify common needs, conduct market analysis, understand supply chain, use these tools to comprise a higher procurement volume, and achieve bigger impact on suppliers. It will allow them voice out their unmet needs, create a new demand to access sustainable products of higher quality, and develop new applications with lower life cycle costs. This can be obtained through PPI.
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has equally become an essential tool used in nearly all areas of society. Health sector, which is the core of this proposal, is no exception to this regard. The target of the project is to understand health care public procurers unmet needs, particularly in eHealth. That is why a network of procurers will be developed within the scope of the project. The network will allow the consortium to identify common needs, explore the best available solutions and stimulate the market with the aim of creating a PPI/PCP procurement strategy for the eHealth sector. In order for the EPP-eHealth consortium to be able to achieve the mentioned objectives, a set of 4 workshops aimed at project members and potential stakeholders will be developed. Three of these workshops will train attendees in public procurement while a 4th workshop will be used as a market test.
Finally, aiming to widespread project results, a comprehensive set of dissemination activities will be carried out.
Express interest in the EPP-eHealth Joint Statements of Unmet Needs
Download the EPP-eHealth PPI/PCP Strategy for eHealth
More information on EPP eHealth is available here
Visit the EPP eHealth website here