
CONSTRUCTION CLUSTER OF SLOVENIA
Slovenski gradbeni grozd - GIZ / CCS
Overview
About us
CONSTRUCTION CLUSTER OF SLOVENIA (SLOVENSKI GRADBENI GROZD, Acronym SGG) is an Economic Interest Grouping (not-for-profit) and an innovation cluster. The main goal of the cluster is to improve the domestic and international competitiveness of its members through commercial cooperation and networking, R&D and innovation, education, training, and policy action. The cluster was established in 2004. SGG is aimed at the broad scope of companies with a wider field of building and construction, especially for energy-efficient and sustainable construction and renovation of buildings, new materials, products and services, and business models - but also all the other organizations that are related to construction or to sustainable development of the built environment, green, and circular economy. SGG is a member of the European Construction Technology Platform and of the E2B association (Energy Efficient Buildings). CCS is aimed at the broad scope of companies (SMEs, entrepreneurs/start-ups, large companies, R&D organization) in the field of buildings and infrastructure value chain, especially for energy-efficient, sustainable and circular construction and renovation of buildings, materials, products, and services - but also all the other organizations (education and training, investors and finances, regional and governmental public organizations) that are related to construction or development of the built environment: energy efficient, circular, and sustainable buildings and infrastructure, and cities. The mission of the Construction Cluster of Slovenia is to lead the transformation of the construction sector to become innovative, competitive, and responsible in delivering circular and sustainable buildings and infrastructure, creating a build environment that is energy and resource-efficient, with less impact on the environment, with high value for users and society, and to become attractive for employment and careers. The cluster mission has for strategic domains of implementation:
CCS`s mission will be implemented through cooperation, collaboration, and co-learning within our innovation cluster, by providing specialized and customized business support services, developing innovative solutions and sustainable competencies. CCS provides or channels specialized and customized business support services to members, mainly SMEs, but also to other stakeholders in the construction value chain. CCS`s services support commercial cooperation and networking, R&D, transfer of technologies and innovation, training, international collaboration, and internationalization. We help our members to adopt new skills, technologies, solutions and innovate possible new business models to increase competitiveness in addressing the circular economy and other challenges of actual economic development and changes. Our vision is to become a leader in the transition to circular construction, a supercluster (according to Strategy tools definition: https://www.strategytools.io/innovation-clusters/) and cluster-of-change (http://clustersofchange.eu/) , strongly positioned in European and global clusters community, innovation ecosystems, and circular transition and being attractive for venture capital and other private funding for green and circular construction development. This will reinforce our position in Slovenia to become recognized as a leader in the transition to circular construction and construction, with highly innovative cluster members:
Slovenian construction cluster services:
SGG's key infrastructure is a network (national, EU) of stakeholders from industry, research, and public sector and expertise in managing their collaboration and involvement in R&D and innovation.
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Established - 17 March 2004
Staff in the management team - 1-5
Cluster composition
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11Cluster Members
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10SME's
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1Number of start-ups among SME's
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1Large Companies
Construction Cluster of Slovenia has been leading communication and dissemination activities in number of EU projects (Fp7/CIP/IEE) and have contributed to these activities in number of project proposals. See the SGG web page for details (www.sgg.si).
Legal form of the cluster organisation
Languages spoken
Link to the team description on the cluster organisation website
Management team

Sectorial and industrial focus
Sectoral industries
Sectoral Industries (NACE 4 digit)
Cross-sectoral industries
Industrial Alliances and Ecosystems
Technology fields
S3 EU priority areas
Key members
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CIRCON d.o.o. |
Slovenia
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CONSTRUCTION CLUSTER OF SLOVENIA |
Slovenia
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360 Arhitekturni posnetki |
Slovenia
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E-NETSI d.o.o. |
Slovenia
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Services
Support services provided
Further information
· Access to the European Internal market: · Innovation Management / Support of innovation processes (internal, external): · Support of knowledge transfer: · Facilitation of cross-sectorial cooperation: · Access to public support (regional/national programmes, innovation vouchers, etc.):
Support training services for cluster managers/policy makers
Upskilling and reskilling expertise
Support programmes
EU Programmes
Name & description
SGG has leaded dissemination and exploitation activities in a number of EU FP7 projects (MESSIB, OPENHOUSE, EE-HIGHRISE, NEWBEE) and participated in a number of EU FP7 RD projects for SMEs and SME Associations (SILENTWALL, STEELPROST, STOREPET). In 2014 SGG collaborates in two demonstration projects, EE-HIGHRISE and STEELPROST DEMO). Within these activities SGG acquired a high level of awareness of the importance and aims of the dissemination and exploitation in Framework projects, and a broad expertise and practices in managing these tasks. In addition, with a professional background in construction, building sustainability, construction management and business management, SGG will contribute to all other R&D and demonstration work packages of the project. SGG was coordinator of the STOREPET FP7 project and of the EU COSME project ECCA, aiming to establish European Circular Construction Alliance. Currently SGG is involved in H2020 GELCLAD project, responsible for communication and dissemination, two ERASMUS+ projects in the field of green building skills development (GREB; PEGBS) and LIFE HEATLAND project dealing with overcoming Heat island effect in cities. In Autumn 2018 we will start with the COSME project CYBER SECURE LIGHT, focusing on using lighting fixtures to provide platform for gathering essential data from different sensors and IOT devices.
Project name
ECCA: European Circular Construction Alliance - adopting Circular Economy for internationalization and global competitiveness of European SMEs in Building and Construction — ECCA, COSME; 2014, project coordinator EE-HIGHRISE, Energy Efficient demo multiresidental high rise building, www.ee-highrise.eu, FP7, Work package leader NEWBEE, Novel Business model generator for Energy Efficiency in construction and retrofitting, www.newbee.eu , FP7, Work package leader ICECLAY, Highly efficient production of ultra-lightweight clay-aerogel materials and their integrated composites for building insulation, http://iceclay-fp7.eu/ , FP7 Work package leader MESSIB, Multi-source Energy Storage System Integrated in Buildings, www.messib.eu, FP7, Work package leader OPEN HOUSE , Benchmarking and mainstreaming building sustainability in the EU based on transparency and openness (open source and availability) from model to implementation, www.openhouse-fp7.eu, FP7 Work package leader STEELPROST , Innovative fire protective coatings for steel structures, http://www.steelconstruct.com/steelprost/ , FP7 SME association, partner STOREPET, Development of PCM-based innovative insulating solutions for the Light-weight building sector, www.storepet-fp7.eu, FP7, Project coordinator STEELPROST 2, Demonstration of innovative fire protection coatings for steel structures, P7 SME association, partner BUILD UP Skills Slovenia, Building Skills for Sustainable Building in Slovenia, www.buildupskills.eu, IEE, Work package leader BUILD YOUR ENGLISH: Strengthening the linguistic skills of students, graduates from construction schools and construction workers through creating computer application enabling self-learning technical English language, http://buildyourenglish.eu/.
Cooperation activities
International cooperation
Targeted countries
Transnational cooperation
Targeted countries
Transnational support activites
International support activites
Participation at missions/events/study visits/fairsMembership in cluster networks, meta clusters and national associations of clusters
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European Construction Technology Platform |
Membership in Cluster Partnerships or initiatives
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