The main mission of the European Networks on Energy (ECTP) is to develop new strategies on Research, Development and Innovation, both to improve the competitiveness of the construction sector and to meet societal needs and environmental challenges. Major objectives of ECTP include: • to regularly update its Strategic Research Agenda Implementation Action Plan and to promote it into European, national and trans‐national programmes; • to promote and follow RDI projects at European, national and trans‐national levels; • to launch and support a Joint Technology Initiative on Energy Efficient Buildings; • to promote the dissemination and exploitation of R&D results within the Construction Sector all over Europe (and even worldwide), in order to improve innovation developments by all the stakeholders of the sector, to contribute to standardisation policies.