Thermal energy optimisation and waste heat recovery of high energy demand IT rooms in buildings or small edge data centres

Typy wnioskodawców

MŚP, duża firma, startup, organizacja badawcza, uczelnia

Cel

Badania i innowacje

Znaczenie dla B+R

3 z 3

Polska kwalifikuje się

Tak

Ograniczenie krajów

—

Region

Dowolny

Konsorcjum

Niejasne

Poziom gotowości technologicznej (TRL)

—

Tematy

• odzysk ciepła z serwerowni
• ciepło odpadowe z centrów danych
• zarządzanie ciepłem w serwerowniach
• chłodzenie serwerowni
• brzegowe centra danych
• efektywność energetyczna infrastruktury IT

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Konsorcjum wymaganeBeneficiaries; affiliated entities do not count toward minimum

Tak

Unless the topic provides otherwise, at least three independent legal-entity beneficiaries from three different countries: one from a Member State and two others each from different Member States or Associated Countries.

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The Work Programme classifies this exact topic as an Innovation Action.

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General Annex B excludes legal entities established in China from Innovation Actions. The specific Work Programme condition additionally excludes entities established in an eligible country but directly or indirectly controlled by China or by a legal entity established in China only where that topic states the critical-technology restriction.

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Horizon Europe projects must focus exclusively on civil applications.

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If the project uses satellite-based Earth-observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data or services, beneficiaries must use Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS; other data and services may also be used.

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Where a Type 2 detailed budget is required, estimates may include subcontracting, purchases, and other cost categories per beneficiary/affiliated entity and work package. Subcontracting must cover action tasks and meet the MGA eligibility and best-value/no-conflict conditions; purchases follow the beneficiary’s usual purchasing practices and best value for money or lowest price, with no conflict of interest. These are estimated-cost rules, not separate LS reimbursement promises.

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The expected outcomes are improved open access to IT-infrastructure performance data and good practice, and new IT-room/edge-data-centre designs that valorise waste heat through thermal-management techniques, processes, and tools.

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The call overview indicates around 3 project(s) expected to be funded under this topic. This is a planning estimate, not a guaranteed award count or consortium-size rule.

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The specific topic conditions state that eligible costs take the form of a lump sum under the Horizon Europe lump-sum decision. This is not direct reimbursement of each actual payroll or invoice.

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The call Work Programme specifies lump-sum funding but does not identify its subtype. For project-based Type 2 lump sums, the Commission’s guidance calls for realistic estimates by cost category, beneficiary/affiliated entity, and work package, using costs eligible under the programme’s actual-cost rules, in line with normal practices, reasonable and necessary for the activities. Confirm the subtype in the call’s submission system before treating that Type 2 estimate table as call-specific.

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Public universities (higher education establishments) established in China and administered by or under the supervision of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology are ineligible to participate in any action under all parts of this Work Programme.

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The granting authority may, up to four years after the action ends, object to transfer of ownership or exclusive licensing of results under the specific Annex 5 provision.

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Approaches should consider the building thermal envelope (including simulation/digital twins), integration with building automation/control and existing BMS, opportunities for self-assessment/self-optimisation and energy services. Demonstrators should be in both cold and warm climates in Member States or Associated Countries.

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Develop business cases for heat recovery and reuse, potentially with storage/upgrade, including reuse in building heating or water production, local district heating/cooling, or another nearby site that creates added value.

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The topic encourages synergy with funded Cluster 4 HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DATA-09 demonstration pilots; this is encouragement, not a formal participation requirement.

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Demonstrate state-of-the-art, holistic and cost-effective thermal-management and excess-heat-recovery/reuse approaches in existing building IT rooms or small edge data centres in the 100–500 kW range that are outside the recast Energy Efficiency Directive scope. Heat storage or upgrade is optional; recovered heat should create added value locally or nearby.

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The Work Programme expects activity to reach TRL 6–7 by project end. This is an expected range, not a guarantee or a separately imposed funding entitlement.

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The Work Programme allows the responsible Director-General to open the call up to one month before or after its planned opening and to delay its deadline by up to two months. These are call-programme flexibilities, not a claim that a change occurred.

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The Work Programme schedules this call to open 2027-05-05 and sets the deadline as 2027-09-15 at 17:00 Brussels local time.

Poziom gotowości technologicznej na koniec projektu, maksimum

TRL 7

Both endpoints are an expected end-of-project target range, not separate eligibility floors or ceilings. The Work Programme says activities may start at any TRL.

Poziom gotowości technologicznej na koniec projektu, minimum

TRL 6

Both endpoints are an expected end-of-project target range, not separate eligibility floors or ceilings. The Work Programme says activities may start at any TRL.

Limit kosztów kwalifikowalnychEligible direct costs in MGA categories A–D, with stated exclusions

25 percent of eligible direct costs

The HE MGA flat-rate calculation excludes volunteer costs, subcontracting, financial support to third parties, and exempted specific cost categories. For these topics the grant is a lump sum; this is an underlying estimate/eligibility rule, not a separately reimbursed 25% payment. Operating-grant restrictions may also make indirect costs ineligible under the lump-sum guide.

Intensywność wsparcia, maksimumNon-profit legal entity beneficiaries only

100 percent of eligible costs per beneficiary

General Annex G permits a rate up to 100% for non-profit Innovation Action beneficiaries. The rate is not an award guarantee and for lump sums is applied through the amount-setting methodology.

Intensywność wsparcia, maksimumBeneficiary category under this action type

70 percent of eligible costs per beneficiary

General Annex G maximum for this Horizon Europe action type; not an award guarantee. For lump-sum grants, the rate is applied through the amount-setting methodology rather than shown separately in the grant agreement.

Oczekiwany wkład na projektCommission estimated EU contribution for this topic

5 250 000 €

The overview identifies this as an amount around which outcomes could be addressed; different proposal amounts are not precluded. This is not a fixed minimum, maximum, or award guarantee.

Budżet tematuTopic-specific indicative allocation in the 2027 Work Programme call table

15 750 000 €

The Work Programme labels the amount indicative; call footnote says the budget is subject to Union budget appropriations. It is a topic allocation, not a per-beneficiary grant amount.

• Inna rola

  Koszt personelu, który można pokryć z dofinansowania

  These are cost-category estimate inputs only if this call uses a project-based Type 2 lump-sum detailed budget. The Work Programme only identifies lump-sum funding and does not identify the lump-sum subtype. A role row does not advertise a vacancy, fix a headcount, salary, or hiring entitlement; the lump sum is paid for action implementation, not separately as actual payroll. MGA A.2/A.3 requires assignment to the action, employee-like working conditions, and (unless agreed otherwise) the result belonging to the beneficiary; the calculated rate must correspond to actual costs and not be significantly different from similar employee tasks.

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  Koszt personelu, który można pokryć z dofinansowania

  These are cost-category estimate inputs only if this call uses a project-based Type 2 lump-sum detailed budget. The Work Programme only identifies lump-sum funding and does not identify the lump-sum subtype. A role row does not advertise a vacancy, fix a headcount, salary, or hiring entitlement; the lump sum is paid for action implementation, not separately as actual payroll. Under the HE MGA, employee costs may qualify when the person works for the beneficiary under an employment contract/equivalent appointing act and is assigned to the action; eligible remuneration components and calculation follow Article 6.2 A.1.

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  Koszt personelu, który można pokryć z dofinansowania

  These are cost-category estimate inputs only if this call uses a project-based Type 2 lump-sum detailed budget. The Work Programme only identifies lump-sum funding and does not identify the lump-sum subtype. A role row does not advertise a vacancy, fix a headcount, salary, or hiring entitlement; the lump sum is paid for action implementation, not separately as actual payroll. MGA A.4 permits such action work to be declared as personnel costs only where the person is an SME owner or natural-person beneficiary not receiving a salary and the amount is calculated as the applicable unit cost under Annex 2a.

• Horizon Europe Work Programme 2026–2027, Part 8: Climate, Energy and Mobility

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• Horizon Europe General Annexes 2026-2027

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• EU Grants: Horizon Europe MGA — Multi & Mono, V1.2, 01.06.2026

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• EU Grants: How to manage your lump sum grants, V1.5, 01.06.2026

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Otwarcie

5 maj 2027

Tryb terminów

Jednoetapowy

Program

Horyzont Europa · 2021–2027

Nabór

HORIZON-CL5-2027-05 · BATTERIES and ENERGY

Rodzaje działań

HORIZON Innovation Actions

Źródło

ec.europa.eu

Sprawdzono

25 paź 2026

Aktualizacja w portalu

7 paź 2026

Status przeglądu

Przegląd częściowy

Przejrzano

23 paź 2026