Welcome to the Fourth Edition of the WILSON Newsletter!
Dear WILSON Community,
We are excited to bring you the latest updates from the WILSON Horizon Europe project! In this edition, we highlight our recent technical achievements, share news from our latest consortium meeting, and look ahead to upcoming events and collaborations with sister projects. Let’s dive in!
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WILSON-UPSCALE Projects Announce Joint Workshop on Data Spaces for Construction
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The WILSON and UPSCALE Projects are pleased to announce the upcoming “Data Spaces for Construction” workshop, an international event dedicated to advancing interoperable, secure and trustworthy data sharing across the built environment. Hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) on 21 May 2026, the workshop will bring together researchers, industry experts, technology developers, and policy stakeholders to explore how data spaces can accelerate the transition toward smarter, more circular construction ecosystems.
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WILSON’s 3rd General Assembly – Mid Term Meeting was held in December in France
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We successfully held the WILSON Project GA – Mid-Term Meeting on 10-11 December 2025, hosted by CSTB. One of the highlights of the day was the guided visit to CSTB’s cutting-edge facilities, where partners had the chance to see first-hand the advanced research and testing environments that support innovation in the built environment.
This visit allowed us to deepen our understanding of CSTB’s capabilities and explore how these infrastructures can support WILSON’s ambitions around data-driven, interoperable, and sustainable building management. Throughout the meeting, each work package presented its progress, challenges, and next steps, including topics such as digital twins, data mesh interoperability, lifecycle solutions, building performance assessment, and more. A big thank you to CSTB for the warm hospitality and inspiring facility tour, and to all partners for the productive discussions.
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WILSON on the Road: Recent Events and Conferences
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Our team has been busy sharing the latest project developments at key industry events:
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Sustainable Places 2025:
WILSON partners showcased their advances in BIM based SRI and digital twin integration at Sustainable Places 2025, contributing to a collaborative workshop with key EU projects to strengthen the market uptake of the Smart Readiness Indicator.
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Sustainable Places 2025, Workshop :
The WILSON Project Coordinator, Andreas Muñoz Zuara, represented WILSON at Sustainable Places 2025, participating in the workshop “Supporting Circular Construction through Data-Driven Solutions.”
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ENLIT Europe 2025
WILSON was represented at this year’s ENLIT Europe event by Project Coordinator Andreas Muñoz Zuara, who joined the CIRCE delegation. ENLIT continue to be one of the leading international platforms for discussing emerging energy technologies, digitalisation trends, and strategies supporting the energy transition.
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Upcoming Event Where to Meet WILSON
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We are gearing up for several important events where WILSON will be present. Mark your calendars!
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Stay tuned for more details on our participation!
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#4, Learning from OMEGA X: Key Lessons Guiding WILSON’s Path Toward Interoperable and Sustainable Data Spaces:
This Press Release highlights the key technical, governance, and stakeholder engagement lessons learned from the OMEGA X project, providing guidance for building interoperable, trustworthy, and future proof data spaces that support long term sustainability and European alignment.
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#5, Scientific Excellence in the Built Environment: WILSON Releases Key Research Findings from First 18 Months
This Press Release showcases how the project’s first 18 months have delivered substantial scientific advances, from integrated assessment methods for nature based urban solutions to new frameworks for semantic interoperability and pioneering research on adaptive AI for buildings, demonstrating WILSON’s growing contribution to the digitalization and sustainability transformation of the built environment.
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#6, What is Built4People (B4P) Partnership and WILSON’s Presence in B4P:
This Press Release explains how the Built4People (B4P) Partnership drives Europe’s transition toward a people centric, climate neutral and innovation driven built environment, and highlights WILSON’s role within B4P as a project specifically designed to deliver interoperable lifecycle data, digital twin enabled intelligence, and scalable solutions that directly support the partnership’s mission of transforming how buildings are designed, operated and renovated across their full lifecycle.
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#7, WILSON – UPSCALE Projects Announce Joint Workshop on Data Spaces for Construction:
This Press Release announces a joint international workshop by WILSON and UPSCALE, detailing how the event hosted by TU/e on 21 May 2026 will unite researchers, industry experts, technology developers and policy stakeholders to advance interoperable,secure and sovereign data sharing frameworks for the construction sector through hands on sessions on business readiness, governance, trust mechanisms and technical architectures, ultimately supporting Europe’s transition toward smarter, circular and climate neutral built environments.
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WILSON partners have recently published three scientific contributions showcasing the project’s progress in AI-driven intelligence, semantic interoperability, and nature-based solutions for the built environment.
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An integrated method for the Hybrid assessment of the Impacts and Benefits of the nature-based solutions in Urban system
Published by: CSTB
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Vocabulary Hub for Semantic Data Exchange and Interoperability in an AECO Domain-Specific Data Space
Published by: Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
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From Fixed-Purpose to Adaptive Intelligence Pathway to General-Purpose Intelligence for Buildings
Published by: Newcastle University & Birmingham University
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WILSON collaborates with the European Clusters to amplify innovation, strengthen knowledge exchange, and align its digital‑built‑environment solutions with wider EU ecosystems.
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Built4People is a European initiative that connects projects advancing climate neutral, energy efficient, and human centric buildings, fostering collaboration to accelerate innovation across the built environment. WILSON is part of this cluster because its semantic data frameworks and federated digital twins directly support the transition toward smarter, sustainable buildings. You can access the details here.
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The Circular Construction Cluster (CCC) promotes circularity, resource efficiency, and low impact construction methods by uniting initiatives that develop digital and material solutions for a circular built environment. WILSON is included because its lifecycle driven data models and interoperable digital infrastructure enable circular renovation, material traceability, and sustainability assessment. You can access the details here.
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The European Digital Innovation Network (ENGINE) is a collaborative network that empowers digital transformation by linking stakeholders developing advanced technologies such as data interoperability, AI powered services, and digital decision support tools for the built environment. WILSON participates because its decentralized data mesh and cognitive digital twin technologies strengthen Europe’s capacity for data centric and interoperable building management. You can access the details here.
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Metabuilding supports the innovation ecosystem of construction SMEs by facilitating cross sector collaboration, shared experimentation, and the uptake of breakthrough digital and sustainable construction solutions. WILSON is part of this cluster because its open, scalable, and interoperable digital twin framework aligns with Metabuilding’s mission to bring emerging technologies into mainstream construction practices. You can access the details here.
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Sister Project Updates – Engagement Opportunities
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Our sister projects play a crucial role in fostering collaboration and maximizing the impact of our research. We are proud to collaborate with DATAWISE, DATA CELLAR, HEDGE-IoT, ODEON, REEFLEX. Here are some of their latest updates:
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Over its first 18 months, DATAWISE established the structural foundation of its ecosystem through a detailed system architecture that clarified data flows, interactions, and scalability, supported by formalised governance mechanisms ensuring reliability and long‑term sustainability. The project advanced from architecture to operational capability, integrating its DBPM and LD2S toolkits into functional systems and developing individual services that were tested through simulated and pilot demonstrations. Progress during this period was disciplined and milestone‑driven, with key achievements delivered on time, validated learnings from work packages, and strategic planning for the months ahead, culminating in structured execution and measurable advancement.For more information about DATAWISE Project: here
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DATA CELLAR has concluded after years of Europe wide research and collaboration focused on advancing trusted, value driven data sharing. The project strengthened data ecosystems by tackling challenges in governance, interoperability, and trust, combining technical work with ethical and organisational perspectives. With a strong emphasis on cross sector collaboration and stakeholder engagement, it ensured that its outcomes were aligned with real world needs and European data strategies. Although the project has ended, its publicly available results continue to support new initiatives in the European energy data landscape, offering guidance for policymakers, researchers, and practitioners working toward transparent, trustworthy, and socially valuable data-driven innovation.
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A new video from the HEDGE-IoT Dutch Pilot is now live! Filmed at the Arnhems Buiten Electricity Campus, the video showcases how HEDGE-IoT enables intelligent, standardised data exchange between key energy assets, including smart meters, BMS/EMS systems, heat pumps, storage solutions, and EV charging infrastructure. By combining semantic interoperability, edge intelligence, and AI-driven optimisation, the Dutch Pilot demonstrates how energy campuses can unlock flexibility, improve operational efficiency, and prepare for participation in future energy markets.
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The ODEON project recently highlighted two significant advancements in its work toward a smarter, data driven energy future. In the first article, ODEON’s participation in the “From Data to Action” workshop showcased how its cloud edge, AI enabled data space architecture is accelerating energy digitalisation and supporting interoperable, secure data sharing across the energy ecosystem. The second article presents ODEON’s innovative demand response approach for Local Energy Communities, demonstrating how its community portfolio management and elasticity based tools help operators optimise local assets, enhance flexibility, and enable more intelligent participation in evolving energy markets.
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REEFLEX has developed a new Dynamic Flexibility Tool to better assess how smart energy assets can support the grid under different real-world scenarios. By considering both technical performance and user behaviour, the tool provides a more realistic understanding of flexibility potential in technologies such as heat pumps, EV chargers, PV systems and batteries. This approach helps unlock demand-side flexibility and supports more resilient, renewable-integrated energy systems. You can access the article here.
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Stay Connected!
Follow us on our social media channels and visit our website for the latest updates and insights from the WILSON project. Let’s shape the future of sustainable, data-driven built environments together!
Thank you for being part of our journey!
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