European Direct Management Programs

Program for citizen participation and the promotion of the rights and values ​​enshrined in the EU Treaties.

Budget

It has a budget of 1500 million euros.

Structure

1. Promotion of equality and rights. It seeks the protection and promotion of rights (including those of citizenship of the Union), the protection of personal data and the prevention and fight against inequalities and discrimination. In particular, it highlights the promotion of gender equality and the fight against racism and intolerance.
2. Promotion of the commitment and participation of citizens in the democratic life of the European Union. It aims to get more information from citizens about the EU, its history, its cultural heritage and its diversity, as well as to promote exchanges and cooperation between citizens of different countries.
3. Fight against violence. It seeks to prevent and combat all forms of violence (especially against vulnerable groups) and support victims.
4. Values ​​of the European Union. Its objective is to communicate and spread the values ​​of the Union through civil society organizations (CSOs).

program management

It is shared by General Directorate of Justice and Consumers (JUST) and the Executive Agency for European Education and Culture. The general management manages the vast majority of the program.

Calls for applications

The calls will be published in the Single Portal for EU Grants.

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European Point of Citizenship

Goal

The objective of the program is to support the European audiovisual, cultural and creative sectors.

Budget

It has financing of 2242 million euros.

Structure

1. Culture. This includes cross-border movement, social participation and inclusion, growth and job creation, arts education that reinforces European values ​​and identity, and international outreach and diplomacy.
2. Half. It encompasses new talent, innovation and cooperation in the audiovisual sector, new business models and technologies that improve access to and promotion of European audiovisual works across borders, and theatrical and online distribution.
3. Intersectoral. It combines the two previous chapters on the creation, distribution, promotion and access to content. Other topics of interest within this chapter are quality journalism, pluralism and media literacy, and culture in social inclusion.

program management

In charge of the Executive Agency for European Education and Culture.

Calls for applications

The calls will be published in the Single Portal for EU Grants.

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It seeks to promote the digital transformation of the EU for the benefit of its citizens and companies.

Budget

Its budget amounts to 6761 million euros.

Projects financed

Digital Europe will finance projects in five areas:

1. High-performance computing: €2230 billion
2. Artificial intelligence: 2100 million euros
3. Cybersecurity and trust: 1650 million euros
4. Advanced digital capabilities: €577 million
5. Better use of digital capacity and interoperability: €1100 billion

program management

It is done by the European Executive Agency in the fields of Health and Digital.

Calls for applications

The calls will be published in the Single Portal for EU Grants.

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European Digital Innovation Centers

Erasmus+ is the support program for education, training, youth and sport.

Budget

It has a budget of 23.408 million euros for the 2021-2027 period.

Structure

1. Key Action 1: Learning Mobility of People. It supports mobility in the education, training and youth sectors, which is managed either by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EEEA) or by national agencies. Requests for this action cannot be made by individuals; Those wishing to participate in an activity should contact one of the organizations supported by the Erasmus+ programme.
2. Key action 2: Cooperation for innovation and good practices. It enables organizations from different participating countries to work together to develop, share and transfer best practices and innovative approaches in the fields of education, training, youth and sport.
3. Key Action 3: Support to Policy Reforms. It includes grants for a wide variety of actions aimed at stimulating innovative policy development, policy dialogue and implementation, and knowledge sharing in the fields of education, training and youth.
4. Support studies on European integration (Jean Monnet). Jean Monnet activities promote excellence in teaching and research in the field of European Union studies throughout the world. EU studies comprise the study of Europe as a whole, with particular emphasis on the process of European integration, both in its internal and external aspects. The discipline also covers the role of the Union in a globalized world and in promoting active European citizenship and dialogue between people and cultures. This type of action is open to educational institutions around the world. In addition, certain actions are specifically aimed at organizations active in the thematic area of ​​the European Union and associations of teachers and researchers.
5. Promotion of the development of the European dimension in sport, whose objectives are to address cross-border threats to the integrity of sport, such as doping, match-fixing and violence, as well as all kinds of intolerance and discrimination; promote good governance in sport, the dual career of athletes, voluntary activities in sport, social inclusion, equal opportunities and awareness of the importance of physical activity beneficial to health.

program management

In charge of the Executive Agency for European Education and Culture.

Calls for applications

The calls will be published in the Single Portal for EU Grants.

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Program aimed at the health of European citizens.

Budget

It will have a budget of 5070 billion euros.

Priorities

There are three main priorities of EU4Health:

1. Strengthening health systems through:

• improving the accessibility, efficiency and resilience of health systems
• reducing inequalities in access to health care
• addressing non-communicable diseases, improving diagnosis, prevention and care
• the exchange of good practices on health promotion and disease prevention
• the extension of networking through the European Reference Networks
• support for global cooperation in the face of health challenges

2. Make medicines available and affordable through:

• the availability and affordability of medicines, medical devices and other critical health supplies for patients and health systems
• promoting the prudent and efficient use of medicines
• supporting innovative medical products and greener manufacturing

3. Address transboundary health threats by:

• prevention, preparedness, surveillance and response to cross-border health threats
• creating emergency stockpiles of drugs, medical devices, and other health supplies
• the establishment of a Union health emergency team to provide expert advice and technical assistance in the event of a health crisis
• coordination of emergency medical care capacity

program management

It will be done by European Executive Agency in the fields of Health and Digital.

Calls for applications

The calls will be published in the Single Portal for EU Grants.

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It is an instrument for the defense of social rights and the creation of a fair and socially inclusive society, also capable of recovering after the coronavirus crisis.

The European Social Fund+ invests in creating and protecting job opportunities, promoting social inclusion, fighting poverty and developing the skills necessary for the digital and green transitions.

It is made up of both European Direct Management Programs and Structural Funds.

Budget

Its budget amounts to almost 88.000 million euros.

Structure

1. European Social Fund (ESF). It includes the Youth Employment Initiative and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived. Its budget has shared management and implementation by the EU Member States.
2. Employment and Social Innovation Program (EaSI). Its budget has, primarily, a management similar to that of the European Programs of Direct Management. EaSI has a specific financial endowment of 676 million euros.

Calls for applications

The calls will be published in the Single Portal for EU Grants.

It is the European Direct Management Program dedicated to research.

Budget

Its budget amounts to 95.000 million euros.

Structure

The program is divided into three main pillars and one transversal pillar.

Pilar I. Ciencia excelente

1. European Research Council (CKD). On an annual basis, the European Research Council launches calls for grants for research projects of different types within the Horizon Europe Programme. It finances frontier research – high-risk, high-benefit research – without thematic priority. Its structure is:

• Starting Grant (StG), for the creation of new excellent research teams. Aimed at researchers of any nationality with 2 to 7 years of experience since completing the doctorate (or other equivalent qualification) and a very promising scientific career path, with an excellent research proposal to be carried out in a public or private research organization (a which will be called the host institution) located in an EU Member State or an associated country.

Grant financing up to €1,5 million per grant (in some cases up to two million) and up to five years in duration.

• Consolidator Grant (CoG), to encourage the emergence of new research project directors for researchers. Aimed at researchers of any nationality with 7 to 12 years of experience since completing the doctorate (or other equivalent qualification) and a very promising scientific career path, with an excellent research proposal to be carried out in a public or private research organization (a which will be called the host institution) located in an EU Member State or an associated country.

With a subsidy of up to two million euros (in some cases, up to 2,75 million), and lasting up to five years.

• Advanced Grant (AdG), allow recognized exceptional research directors of any nationality and age to carry out pioneering, high-risk projects that break new ground in their respective research fields or other domains. Aimed at research directors recognized as exceptional in any field of science, engineering and academic knowledge.

Applicants must be scientifically independent and have a recent professional history and a research profile that identifies them as leaders in their respective fields of research, and the activity must be carried out in a public or private research center (which will be called the host institution). located in an EU Member State or an associated country.

With financing of up to 2,5 million euros (in some cases, up to 3,5 million).

• Synergy Grant (S&G), so that groups of principal investigators and their teams bring together complementary skills, knowledge and resources in novel ways to jointly address research problems. Pioneering and cutting-edge research projects in any field of science, engineering or academic knowledge.

The applicant groups must be made up of a minimum of two and a maximum of four principal researchers and, where appropriate, their corresponding teams, normally complementary and interdisciplinary. One of them must be listed as the lead principal investigator, and will act as “contact principal investigator” with the Executive Agency of the European Research Council (ERCEA) on behalf of the group.

The host institution hosting the lead principal investigator during the grant period must be a legally recognized public or private research organization located in an EU Member State or an associated country.

Financing can reach a maximum of fifteen million euros for a period of six years (the amount is prorated for shorter projects).

• Proof of Concept (PoC), a funding initiative called “Proof of Concept” (ERC Proof of Concept) for researchers who have already obtained a previous grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Additional funding to realize the innovative potential of ideas generated in cutting-edge research projects funded by the European Research Council (CKD).

Principal investigators who have received a grant can apply for this funding. ERC Starting, Consolidator, Advanced or Synergy Grant in progress or whose project has been completed less than twelve months before the date of publication of the ERC grant call Proof of Concept. The principal investigator must be able to demonstrate the link between the idea and the corresponding project funded by the European Research Council (ERC). Financing can be up to 150 euros and 000 months.

2. CO-FUND-Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). The COFUND action, within the Horizon Europe-Marie Slodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Framework Programme, provides funding for regional, national and international training and professional development programmes, through co-financing mechanisms. It disseminates the best practices of the MSCA by promoting high standards and excellent working conditions. COFUND promotes sustainable training and international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral mobility.

There are two types of COFUND depending on the activities and recipients. Thus, both the development of activities aimed at training doctors and other individual postdoctoral activities are contemplated. The types of organizations with which COFUND can work include government entities, regional authorities, funding organizations, universities, research organizations and companies. .

Projects must incorporate at least three researchers with a minimum participation of three months, with a duration of five years. The maximum subsidy is ten million euros, 

3. European research infrastructures o funding of centers that offer resources and services to research communities.

Pilar II. Desafíos globales y competitividad industrial

1. health cluster. It includes medical technologies, nanotechnologies, advanced materials, etc. It places special emphasis on public health, innovative, sustainable and high-quality industry and healthcare, digitalization, etc.
2. Cluster of culture, creativity and inclusive society, in which three areas of intervention stand out:
   
   • Democracy: Strengthen democratic values, trust in institutions and fundamental rights
   • Culture and cultural heritage: improving access, promotion, maintenance and restoration of heritage
   • Transformations: promote social, economic and cultural transformations to address inequalities and sustainable growth
3. Civil security cluster for society. Its objectives are the fight against crime and terrorism, border security, the development and protection of critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, a disaster-resistant society, and research and innovation.
4. Digital cluster, industry and space. Its goals include leadership in climate-neutral industrial value chains, digital sovereignty, and a secure, data-agile economy.
5. Climate, energy and mobility cluster. It places particular emphasis on climate science, cross-sectoral solutions, energy provision, energy use, and climate-efficient and safe transport solutions.
6. Cluster of food, natural resources, agriculture and environment. It focuses on biodiversity, food systems, circular economy, pollution removal, climate action, rural areas and governance.

Pilar III. Europa innovadora

1. European Innovation Council (EIC). It finances the capitalization of frontier research (high risk and high impact).
2. The european innovation ecosystems, which seek to promote connectivity between national or regional ecosystems, support SMEs (through the Partnership of Innovative SMEs) and the integration of business, education and research (through the European Institute of Innovation and Technology or EIT).

Pilar transversal

This part of the program supports geographical diversity, building the necessary capacities to enable successful participation in the Research and Innovation (R&I) process, promoting networks of contacts and access to excellence, consequently, optimizing the impact of pillar 2 «Global challenges» and seeking synergies with pillar 3 «Innovative Europe».

Furthermore, this part of the program aims to advance the dissemination and exploitation of research results by reinforcing the interaction between education and research, and strengthening collaboration across Europe by opening up to European R&I networks. To do this, this program is divided into two large sections:

1. Expand participation and spread Excellence
2. Reform and improve the European Research and Innovation system

program management

The management of the program is carried out through various executive agencies.

Pillar I is in charge of the European Research Executive Agency (REA) and the Executive Agency of the European Research Council (ERCEA).

Pillar II is in charge of the European Executive Agency for Climate, Infrastructure and Environment (CINEA), the European Research Executive Agency (REA) and the European Executive Agency in the fields of Health and Digital (HaDEA).

Pillar III is managed by the Executive Agency of the European Council for Innovation and SMEs (EISMEA).

The transverse pillar is occupied by the European Research Executive Agency (REA).

Calls for applications

The calls will be published in the Single Portal for EU Grants.

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News from Horizon Europe

Missions in Horizon Europe

Partnerships in Horizon Europe

Its objective is to jointly address common challenges and find shared solutions in fields such as health, the environment, research, education, transport, sustainable energy, etc.

Budget

Its total resources amount to 8050 million euros.

Structure

1. Cross-border cooperation, with sixty programs and a budget of 5812 million euros.
2. Transnational cooperation, made up of fifteen programs (including Interreg Sudoe and Interreg MED) and 1466 million euros at your disposal.
3. Interregional cooperation, with four programs (such as Interreg Europe) and endowed with 490 million euros.
4. Cooperation in outermost regions, which has 281 million euros.

Most important Interreg programs for the Community of Madrid

Interreg Europe

It is the program that helps regional and local governments to develop and offer better policies in areas ranging from research and innovation to environmental protection and decarbonisation, as well as the competitiveness of companies and SMEs. It is part of the interregional cooperation chapter.

Calls for this program are announced in the institutional portal of the Interreg Europe program and are managed on your portal Interreg Europe Online System (iOLF).

Sudoe Interreg

It is the transnational cooperation program of southwestern Europe, involving, for Spain, all its communities and its autonomous cities (except the Canary Islands).

The program tries to act on the problems common to these regions, such as low investment in research and development, low competitiveness of small and medium-sized companies, and exposure to climate change and environmental risks.

Calls for this program are announced in the institutional portal of the program and are managed in their own portal. The calls usually open on some of the priority axes (and not all five axes at the same time), so it is important to know the calendar.

Interreg Med

It is the main program to promote sustainable growth in the Mediterranean area. The number of partner countries is fourteen (nine members of the EU, the United Kingdom and four candidates for accession to the Union) and the number of regions is 66.

Calls for this program are announced in the institutional portal of the Interreg Europe program and are managed on your portal Synergy CTE.

Its general objective is to contribute to the further development of a European area of ​​Justice, based on the rule of law, mutual recognition and trust.

It is part of the Justice, Rights and Values ​​Fund, together with the CERV programme.

Objectives

Its specific objectives are:

1. Facilitate and support judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters and promote the rule of law
2. Support and promote judicial training, with a view to fostering a common legal, judicial and rule of law culture
3. Facilitate effective access to justice for all and effective reparation by promoting effective civil and criminal procedures, as well as promoting and strengthening the rights of victims of crime and the procedural rights of suspects and defendants in criminal proceedings

This program will have an endowment of 305 million euros.

program management

takes care of the General Directorate of Justice and Consumers (JUST).

Calls for applications

The calls will be published in the Single Portal for EU Grants.

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The Life+ program is the European Environment and Climate Action program, and has special importance as a driver of Green Deal European.

Budget

It has a budget of 4812 million euros.

Goal

The general objective of the Life program is to contribute to the change towards a sustainable, circular, energy efficient economy, based on renewable energy, climate neutral and resilient, thus contributing to sustainable development.

Structure

It is made up of two portfolios, each subdivided into two subprograms:

1. Environmental Portfolio:

• The “Nature and Biodiversity” sub-programme, which supports the development, implementation and promotion of best practices in relation to nature and biodiversity, as well as strategic projects related to nature.
• The "Circular Economy and Quality of Life" sub-programme, which contributes to the transition to the circular economy and the protection and improvement of air and water quality in the EU.

2. Climate Action Portfolio:

• The "Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation" subprogramme, which contributes to the implementation of the strategic framework on climate and energy up to 2030 and to the fulfillment of the Union's commitments derived from the Paris Agreement on climate change.
• The Clean Energy Transition sub-programme, which builds capacity, stimulates investment and supports policy implementation activities, with a focus on energy efficiency and small-scale renewables.

program management

It will be managed by European Executive Agency for Climate, Infrastructure and Environment (CINEA).

Calls for applications

The calls will be published in the Single Portal for EU Grants.

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MITECO. LIFE program

Objectives

The main objectives of Single Market Program or SMP are:

1. Improving the functioning of the internal market
2. Strengthening the competitiveness of EU companies, including SMEs
3. Allow the development of high-quality European standards
4. Increase consumer protection
5. Improve human, animal and plant health, as well as animal welfare
6. Promote high quality, timely and reliable statistics

Financing

It has a financing of about 4000 million euros.

COSME (Competitiveness of Companies and for Small and Medium Enterprises)

The new COSME program (2021-2027), adapts to other synergistic Union programmes, such as InvestEU and the Horizon Europe EIC, in order to generate aid synergies in the SME ecosystem, helping entrepreneurs and small businesses and medium-sized companies to start operating, access financing and internationalize, in addition to supporting the authorities to improve the business environment and facilitate the economic growth of the European Union.

It is part of the Single Market Program and its activities have a budget of one billion euros.

program management

The management of the program is carried out jointly by the General Directorate of Justice and Consumers and Executive Agency of the European Council for Innovation and SMEs. The first will manage the part of the program related to consumer policies and company and contract law; and the second will do the same with COSME, the part of the internal market and support for standardization.

Calls for applications

The calls will be published in the Single Portal for EU Grants.

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European Comission. About the Single Market Program (SMP) 

Wheypack

This project, which is based in Spain, was created to demonstrate the environmental benefits of biodegradable food packaging (such as reduced greenhouse gas emissions) compared to non-renewable materials. It has shown that Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), made from whey, can replace traditional plastics in dairy packaging, offering significant economic advantages.

Wheypack has synthesized the first bioplastic material from whey, a byproduct of cheese manufacturing. The project was successful in producing Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) through a whey fermentation bioprocess. 

Wheypack project website

Life Extruclean

This Spanish project has developed an innovative process to eliminate dangerous substances from plastic waste. This represents a good example of recycling, creating a higher quality of recycled material.

The new technique developed by the Extruclean project is innovative because it uses supercritical carbon dioxide (sc-CO₂) in the extrusion phase of the plastic recycling process. This technique was optimized in the laboratory to remove hazardous substances from plastic waste packaging that had been contaminated by its contents (e.g. solvents).

Life-Transform

It is a project framed within the Life program and led by the IMDEA Agua Institute (which has the company Sadyt as a partner). Its objective is to "increase the sustainability of water treatment systems using membranes, improving their durability and reducing the environmental costs associated with this technology. This will be achieved by recycling, with environmentally friendly methods, the membranes used in reverse osmosis desalination and using these transformed membranes in low pressure filtration processes.

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COMPASS

The COMPASS project (Common Problem Solving Strategies as Links Between Mathematics and Science), included within the Comenius program, has aimed to support teachers in the implementation of school tasks that connect mathematics and science with each other, and with life, interests and student needs.

To do this, it has developed interdisciplinary materials (some of which will integrate the use of ICT) and has proposed pedagogies that promote the acquisition of basic and transversal key skills in these teachings.

In Spain, the University of Jaén has participated in the project, along with others from Germany, the Netherlands, Cyprus, the United Kingdom and Slovakia. 

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EVAL-HEALTH

It is a research project included within the Seventh Framework Program (FP7), whose main objectives are to contribute to the strengthening of EU supervision and evaluation in the field of public health research and to improve the understanding of different types of evidence. , in addition to developing public health policies.

The consortium that will develop the project includes four EU member countries (Spain, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Portugal) and five international partners (South Africa, Thailand, India, Nigeria and Colombia).

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AMPHORA

The AMPHORA project (Alcohol Measures for the Public Health Research Alliance) has been developed within the Seventh Framework Program (FP7), under the coordination of the Hospital Clínic i Provincial of Barcelona, ​​which has had partners dedicated to the fields of medicine, psychiatry and education from several European countries.

The objective of the project was to study the impact of alcohol on European society, taking into account various social factors such as health, education, the problems arising from its abusive consumption, economic factors, etc., and has proposed policies and plans for action on the incidence of alcohol in society.

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AgedBrainSysBio

Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia, with almost twenty-four million patients. Therefore, it is necessary to make great economic and social efforts to continue research on its cause and cure, as well as to guarantee the treatment and care that patients need.

The project AgedBrainSysBio, integrated into the Seventh Framework Program (FP7), aims to discover new treatments for this disease by studying the aging process. The project is directed by the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) and involves, in addition to other institutions such as universities, four SMEs dedicated to research, which will study the process of brain aging and the development of brain characteristics. physical and biochemical aspects of aging, comparing its normal evolution with the pathological one.

DIGITAL INCLUSION

The General Directorate of Social Services and Social Integration of the Community of Madrid is developing the DIGITAL INCLUSION project, in which it participates as a leader along with five countries of the European Union (Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria, Germany, Italy and Spain) and eight partners.

The objective is to offer learning opportunities adapted to each person at risk of exclusion, as well as the knowledge, training and employability of young people in Europe through greater access to training, employment and integrated guidance for disadvantaged young people. . It also seeks to promote Open Educational Resources (OER) to give access to learning to vulnerable young people, often in situations of discrimination and social exclusion, including all people with fewer opportunities (refugees, asylum seekers, immigrants, etc.) .

Work has been underway for two years on the design and implementation of an electronic tool (DI online course) that will provide greater digital capacity and learning opportunities adapted to the needs of each individual, in particular, to vulnerable people, refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants. It is co-financed by the European Commission.

ERASMUS+ PROGRAM EDUCUAL PROJECT

The project aims to provide students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are not doing well at school with specific personalized support through a mentor, in order to improve their cognitive development and non-cognitive skills as a means of improving their performance. , increase their opportunities and thus motivate them to continue their education.

More information about the Erasmus+ Program Educational Project

CoherentPaaS

This is a three-year project, coordinated by the Polytechnic University of Madrid, in which ten partners from six European countries participate and which has received funds worth 4,95 million euros through the Seventh Framework Program ( 7PM).

Its purpose is to reduce the complexity existing in the data and provide the necessary consistency that does not yet exist in cloud computing. Their proposal involves harmonizing SQL (Structured Query Language) and other query languages ​​used in cloud data warehouses in order to simplify them into a single language for developers.

“Thanks to the integration of our extremely scalable transaction management system with different data warehouses in the cloud, SQL and NoSQL (Not-only Structured Query Language), we can guarantee data consistency and avoid data loss in the event of operational failures", explained Dr. Ricardo Jiménez Peris, technical coordinator of CONSISTENT PAAS. "In this way, it is possible to achieve the kind of data management needed for the digital single market."

My EcoNavigator

The EU has co-financed the project My ECO Navigator, a free mobile application (app), available in ten languages, that provides information on energy efficiency in household appliances, adapted to the local context of consumers.

The app has, for example, an innovative scanning function that can read and process a product's EU energy label data with the simple use of a mobile phone camera. After scanning, a traffic light system will clearly indicate whether the product belongs to the top 20% of the most efficient products on the market in its category.

Its energy cost calculator translates abstract efficiency ratings into energy costs over the lifetime of the product. In addition, the app promotes sustainable lifestyles by including features such as contests and tips to encourage more frequent use and build knowledge on how consumers can make their homes more energy efficient.