The EU Projects Zone Podcast: PRECEPT with Konstantinos Arvanitis and Yuliya Degtyariova

In this episode of the EU Projects Zone Podcast, Areti Ntaradimou talks to Konstantinos Arvanitis and Yuliya Degtyariova about the cutting edge technologies that PRECEPT uses. Konstantinos Arvanitis is the coordinator of the project, while Yuliya Degtyariova represents the Ukrainian company that is a member of the project's consortium. Together, they explain the main focus points of the project, as well as how the war in Ukraine and the Russian invasion have affected PRECEPT. "Less energy, smarter buildings" is the motto of the project according to Konstantinos. He says that "there is a proposal to all European member states for all citizens to cut down the electricity and gas they spend, and basically, that is all PRECEPT is about". Also, in a time of war, since one of the 5 use cases of the project is in Ukraine. According to Yuliya "We were quite active before the war, but when it started, we decided to put the project on hold". That did not last long however, as in the course of a few months, the Ukrainian partners of the project realized that despite the difficulties they could continue. And so they did. "We immediately informed our partners in the EU and our project partners that we are able and eager to continue" Yuliya says. Listen to the discussion and find out how, according to Konstantinos and Yuliya, PRECEPT will help transform conventional residential buildings into highly efficient and proactive residential buildings. As well as what it means running a project in time of war.