Technology based innovations should prove the potential for novel symbiotic renovation projects acting as demonstrators involving multiple industrial sectors (combining non-exhaustively energy, construction, renewables, circular, electronics and creative industries, social housing associations and public authorities). Projects are expected to address:

• The development of a broader integrated methodology towards renovation of social housing districts starting from a cross-sectoral approach and engagement models of residents to develop the application of technologies that make social housing more energy efficient, accessible and liveable;
• Research how technologies for housing and renovation can be adapted in a way that serves the needs of residents in social housing at affordable cost as well as how development at scale (e.g. district level of multi-apartment building) might bring cost optimisation and improve the affordability;
• The adaptation of technology in way it addresses the basic and essential needs of residents rather than to showcase the most advanced application from a technical perspective;
• Research on how renovation of social housing districts can deliver a more balanced population in terms of income, age and socio-economic profile;
• Social innovation and financial planning must ensure that the cost of living will not increase significantly for tenants and residents;
• Integration of ICT and digital tools, including smart grids, smart living applications, advanced modelling for eco-design and modular construction, to design and establish novel symbiotic interactions, data sharing and preservation of data confidentiality, as a non-exhaustive list;
• Research on how realised lighthouse models can be duplicated and adapted to other social housing contexts. etc. (p.140 of the work programme)

This topic supports the Bauhaus Initiative as lighthouse districts could display the application of the New European Bauhaus practices focussing on the aesthetic and co-creative aspects of renovation and building of social housing districts.