About the Project

E+ZERO addresses the growing operational need for energy-positive, resilient, and sustainable infrastructure for deployable camps and fixed military installations. Many existing modular military camps fulfil basic energy and resilience requirements but insufficiently address energy autonomy, environmental performance, interoperability, user well-being, lifecycle efficiency and more.

The project addresses this gap by developing a structured, validated concept for modular, rapidly deployable military buildings that integrate energy efficiency, renewable energy generation, advanced energy storage, sustainable materials, and intelligent energy management into a coherent system architecture.

Its added value lies in a holistic, user-driven, system-of-systems approach. In close coordination with participating Ministries of Defence, the project defines clear operational scenarios and System Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), ensuring that all technological choices are directly aligned with military needs and sustainability objectives. This approach enables armed forces to progressively enhance energy autonomy, reduce logistical vulnerability, improve deployability, and strengthen environmental compliance.

Project Results

Within the project, a defined system architecture and operational concept for energy-positive military infrastructure will be developed, along with agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and an evaluation framework. The project will establish assessment methodologies for technologies, materials, and system integration, map and evaluate candidate technologies and solution providers, and deliver conceptual and modular designs that enable Phase 2 development. In addition, consolidated recommendations and a roadmap for Phase 2 implementation will be prepared.

Project Consortium

Lead Partner:

• TECES, (SI)

Project partners:

• KU LEUVEN (BE)
• VIVES (BE)
• ARMASUISSE (CH)
• I-EM (IT)
• STAM (IT)
• CNR STEMS (IT)
• KAMP ALLIANCE (FR)
• LIST (LU)
• TNO (NL)