Homes4Life

Certification for ageing in place

Homes4Life is a Coordination and Support Action (CSA) which developed a new European certification scheme for age-friendly living environments. The project was run by a multidisciplinary group of nine partners from five EU countries under the coordination of TECNALIA (Spain). The consortium grasped expertise from: – Four research centers and universities: TECNALIA (Spain), TNO (Netherlands), Utrecht University (Netherlands), Universita Politecnica Delle Marche (Italy) – A certification body: Certiveìa (France) and its subsidiary Cerway, operator of the HQE certification in Europe – An SME focused on innovation and technology transfer: R2M Solution (France) – Three European associations representative of key stakeholders (Belgium): ECTP – the European Construction, built environment and energy efficient buildings Technology Platform, AGE Platform Europe – the voice of older persons in Europe, EUROCARERS – the European Association working for informal carers

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