The Building of Tomorrow Program – Background and Results
Abstract
"Building of Tomorrow”, a research and technology program of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology, took its start in 1999; the 5th and last call for proposals was launched in 2007. In 2008 the Ministry started “Building of Tomorrow Plus" as subsequent program, with the overriding goal to achieve the technological preconditions for constructing buildings that do not consume energy, but generate it. The new program comprises instruments of research promotion, instruments of investment as well as improved project coaching, therefore “Building of Tomorrow Plus” is managed by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), the promotional bank of the Republic of Austria (aws) and the Austrian Society for Environment and Technology (ÖGUT). The following pages give a short overview of results and strategies of “Building of Tomorrow” and “Building of Tomorrow Plus”.