Das Projekt "SMART SPP - Innovation through sustainable procurement" wird/wurde gefördert durch: Kommission der Europäischen Gemeinschaften Brüssel. Es wird/wurde ausgeführt durch: ICLEI - Local Goverments for Sustainability, Europasekretariat GmbH.'SMART SPP - innovation through sustainable procurement' is a three year project aimed using the pre-procurement phase of public tendering to promote the introduction of innovative, low carbon emission technologies and solutions onto the European market. The term pre-procurement refers to the timeframe prior to the tendering for a particular product or service. Activities undertaken in the preprocurement phase can include structured discussions between suppliers and procurers and procuring research and development (R&D) services. With such pre-procurement activities public authorities can meet their procurement needs by accessing the innovating potential of the market. For example, a public authority may identify the purchase of a new lighting system for its office buildings with substantially reduced energy consumption as a preferable measure to reach political targets on CO2 reduction. Pre-procurement dialogues with technology suppliers and developers will help determine how the market can offer more innovative solutions to achieve this outcome than those currently available SMART SPP will explore this concept in practice by piloting procurement actions in Denmark, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom. SMART SPP pilot actions and outcomes: SMART SPP will develop and pilot a standard approach to encourage emerging technologies and solutions through pre-procurement. The approach will include methods for managing the legal and financial risks in pre-procurement, assessing the financial benefits (life-cycle costing), and calculating and communicating the CO2- equivalent savings. The approach will be developed in close co-operation with a number of public authority partners and companies to ensure the outcomes of the project are as useful as possible. The results will be used to develop guidance and tools. Furthermore, the project will enhance networking and collaboration among public purchasers, developers and suppliers. Awareness raising seminars and study visits will be also be organised and an online platform on innovation and sustainable procurement, available on: www.smart-spp.eu. SMART SPP pilot technology sectors: The project will specifically focus on the following: - Lighting systems (e.g. LED lighting, organic-LED lighting, lighting tubes), - Highly energy efficient electric vehicles (passenger and duty cars), and - Heating/cooling systems using renewable energy sources.