1. Introduction

As stated in the Description of Work Document (DoW) and in Deliverable 3.1 of this Work Package (“Requirements”), Work Package 3 within Apollonclusters four Living Labs that focus on energy efficient solutions that will be transferred and piloted from one Living Lab to another (receiving) Living Lab.

Task 3.2 dealswith the actual preparation of the deployment and set-up of the experiments in the receiving Living Labs (Amsterdam Living Lab, Aalto Living Lab, Portugal Energy Living Lab, Botnia Living Lab). Task 3.3 comprises the actual cross-border piloting of the experiments, after which Task 3.4 coversthe evaluation and recommendationactivities.

This document provides the common approach forthe cross boarder activities, including research, data gathering and analysis activities that will take place in Work Package 3.

For the SME’s involved in the cross border experiments (Home Automation Europe, Process Vision, There Corporation, KYAB, DIY KYOTO, Sensinode, JROMA, ARQUIlED, ISA) the Requirements Identification (Apollon Deliverable 3.1) and Use case analysis and common Living Lab Approach (Apollon Deliverable 3.2) establishes the transferring Living Labs, in case of technology transfer cross boarder activities, as the supervisors to monitor de overall work (coordination) while the local (receiving) Living Labs are responsible for the local deployment and execution of the pilot.

Ideally the coordination of the local Living Labs will be guided by the transferring Living Labs but this will require a close cooperation and open dialogue between all the involved partners.

The research set-up that will be applied in the Living Labs is a people-centered approach in which we will not only focus on the deployment of the service, but also investigate how various users experience the energy efficiency solutions in their daily lives.

Apollon –Deliverable 3.3 This common approach for the activities in Work Package 3 will be inline and accordance with the guidance and instructions provided by Task 1.2 of Work Package 1 (Apollon Methodology Framework) and specifically by Apollon Deliverable 1.1 (Catalogue of state-of-the-art concepts, existing tools and lessons learned fro cross-border living labs networks) and Apollon Deliverable 1.2 (Research framework and investigation strategy).

In addition to the common Living Lab approach towards the piloting measurements and analysis, this document also includes the basic structure of cross boarderLiving Lab activities (including networking activities)in the area of energy efficiency that will be conducted by the participants in Work Package 3.