Technical Performance Assessment
1. Does the innovation provide significant technical advantage(s)
relative to traditional/conventional measures?
2. Does your innovation physically prevent a hazard from occurring?
3. Does your innovation require combination with other interventions
and/or activities in order to reduce risk (e.g, flood warning system
in combination with a flood barrier or a fire warning system in combination with controlled burning)?
4. Will the innovation require additional testing and/or substantial
upgrades when considering future hazard conditions (i.e., considering climate change)?
5. Is the lifetime of the innovation limited by climate change?
(i.e., will climate change affect the estimated life(time) of the innovation?)
6. Does the innovation require frequent inspection and maintenance
to reach its intended lifetime?
7. Are the materials or software needed for maintenance and/or repair
easily obtained and can they be integrated by the end-user?
8. Is the innovation designed to be used repetitively or continuously
operated over its lifetime?
9. Can the innovation be operated without repair and/or replacement
of components during a hazard event?
10. Does the innovation exhibit vulnerabilities during testing and/or
demonstration (e.g., structural: sliding or rotation, or technological: errors)?
11. Is there a critical component in the innovation's structural or
technological design that could lead to catastrophic failure?
12. Does your innovation rely on the delivery of services or materials
(e.g., structural components, data) outside of your control to be successfully operated during a hazard event?
13. Does your innovation require the execution of tasks by humans
to be successfully operated during a hazard event?
14. Can the vulnerability of your innovation to human error be easily
reduced through improvements in operational protocols and/or end-user training?
15. Is the innovation modular (opposite: monolithic) and can it be easily
installed or applied at different sites across Europe without adjustment?
16. Does the innovation require additional testing and/or substantial upgrades
(e.g., new components) if used at different sites across Europe?
17. Will the size of the market for the innovation (in Europe)
will significantly decrease (>50%) due to future hazard conditions (i.e., considering climate change)?
18. Have relevant end-users have been identified and involved
in formulating design specifications?
19. Does the design of the innovation deliberately aim for advantages
derived from multi-functionality (e.g., reduction of carbon emissions or enhanced recreational activities)?
Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental Design
1.1 Does the innovation deliberately use ecosystems and their services,
or mimic or preserve natural processes?
1.2 How does the change in footprint (area) required for implementation
on-site compare to conventional measures or the present situation?
1.3 How does the construction or operation of the innovation affect
the quantity of greenhouse gases in the Environment (e.g., as CO2 or CH4)?
1.4 Is the innovation made from recycled or recycable materials?
1.5 Does the innovation include specific design features
or components which preserve or enhance ecosystem services?
Environmental Impact
2.1 How does the innovation impact the quality of surface water?
2.2 How does the innovation impact the quantity of
available surface water?
2.3 How does the innovation impact the quality of
ground water?
2.4 How does the innovation impact the quantity of
available ground water?
2.5 How does the innovation impact the quality of
the sea water?
2.6 How does the innovation impact soil quality?
2.7 How does the innovation impact soil quality?
2.8 Does the implementation (or construction) of
the innovation generate debris?
2.9 Does the implementation (or construction) of the innovation
generate noise or vibration?
2.10 How does the innovation impact landscape quality?
Ecological Impact
3.1 How does the innovation impact the spatial extent
of protected nature area?
3.2 How does the innovation impact the quality
of protected habitats?
3.3 How does the innovation impact the number protected species
(e.g., birds, vegetation, fish, mammals)?
3.4 How does the innovation impact the spatial extent
of non-protected nature area?
3.5 How does the innovation impact the quality
of non-protected habitats?
3.6 How does the innovation impact the number non-protected species
(e.g., birds, vegetation, fish, mammals)?
Sectoral Impact Assessment
Agriculture
1.1 How does the innovation impact the total area available
for agricultural production?
1.2 How does the innovation impact agricultural production conditions
(e.g., by increasing soil quality or water availability)?
1.3 How does the innovation impact the variety of agricultural products
(e.g., crops, dairy, meat, fruit, fish, aquaculture) that can be produced or are available?
1.4 How does the innovation impact the total yield of one or more agricultural products?
Energy
2.1 How does the innovation impact the energy production capacity
(e.g., by generating energy or increasing energy distribution)?
2.2 How does the innovation impact the reliability of energy production
(e.g. by improving cooling water conditions for energy plants)?
2.3 How does the innovation impact the efficiency of energy production?
2.4 How does the innovation impact the carbon footprint of the end-user?
Forestry
3.1 How does the innovation impact the total area available
for wood production (including timber and biomass)?
3.2 How does the innovation impact the reliability of energy production
(e.g. by improving cooling water conditions for energy plants)?
3.3 How does the innovation impact the efficiency of energy production?
3.4 How does the innovation impact the carbon footprint of the end-user?
Health
4.1 How does the innovation impact the number of fatalities
in the area exposed to the hazard?
4.2 How does the innovation impact the number of people
affected by the hazard in their physical health
(i.e., number of people injured)?
4.3 How does the innovation impact the number of people
affected by the hazard in their mental/psycho-social health?
4.4 Does the innovation emit or release chemicals or
products that are harmful to humans?
Infrastructure
5.1 How does the innovation impact the quality of the built environment
(I.e., residential, commercial, and industrial)?
5.2 How does the innovation impact the total area available for urban development?
5.3 How does the innovation impact the capacity of existing transportation systems
(e.g., roads, railways, waterways, and airports) or create new capacities?
5.4 How does the innovation impact the reliability of existing transportation systems
(e.g., roads, railways, waterways, and airports)?
5.5 How does the innovation impact the transport capacity of critical infrastructure networks
(e.g., power, water, waste management)?
5.5 How does the innovation impact the reliability of critical infrastructure networks
(e.g., power, water, waste management)?
Tourism
6.1 How does the innovation impact the total area available for recreational activities?
6.2 How does the innovation impact the attractiveness of the area for recreational activities?
6.3 How does the innovation impact the length of the tourist season?
Societal Acceptance assessment
1. Does your innovation use any materials that might be considered unfamiliar (such as nanomaterials or genetically modified materials)?
2. Will members of the public affected by your innovation be the ones to decide whether or when to use it?
3. Does your innovation involve visible infrastructure (such as physical barriers) or visible land use changes (such as woodland removal)?
4. Could the use/deployment of your innovation disrupt daily activities, for example through road closures?
5. Does your innovation require large amounts of capital investment relative to other adaptations in the sector?
6. Does your innovation require a long lead time between users placing an order and it becoming operational?
7. Does your innovation require new infrastructure or significant changes to existing infrastructure?
8. Does your innovation involve releasing any materials into the environment (such as sprays or coatings)?
9. Are your potential users likely to have a single mission, for example to protect ecosystems?
10. Does your innovation take less time to use/deploy than incumbent alternatives (such as sand bags for floods or fire nozzles for wildfires)?
11. Would everyday users of your innovation require special training in how to use it?
12. Will your organisation provide help and support to users of your innovation?
13. Innovations can either reinforce or change users’ existing ways of working. Does your innovation reinforce existing ways of working?
14. Are the effects of your innovation directly publicly tangible (such as seeing flood defences working or hearing a warning alert system)?
15. Adaptations can either be used/deployed permanently or temporarily. Is your innovation deployed permanently?
16. Is any personal data associated with the adaptation shared with others, for example other companies? If your innovation uses no personal data, select 'No'
17. Is any personal data associated with the adaptation held securely, for example in an encrypted database? If your innovation uses no personal data, select 'Yes'
18. Are members of the general public involved in shaping the research, development, demonstration and deployment of your innovation?
Answer the following 4 questions by writing A, B or C in the corresponding cells.
19 What would your innovation primarily protect (either directly or indirectly)?
20 Who would pay for your innovation?
21 Who would implement your innovation?
22 How would compensation be made in the event of your innovation failing?
Could your innovation be subject to cyber security threats?
Please refer to the cuber security threat guidance document if unsure.
Cybersecurity Performance Assessment
Service
1.1 Does any part of your innovation’s system require electricity?
1.2 Is there a protocol in place in case of power outage or other disruption of service?
1.3 Does your innovation prioritizes critical assets in case of limited power supply?
1.4 Is the innovation able to operate offline?
Data Transmission
2.1 Does any part of your innovation’s system require the transmission of data?
2.2 Does your innovation have servers sending and/or receiving data?
2.3 Does your innovation have firewalls for the protection of your servers?
2.4 Does your innovation store data?
2.5 Is stored data in the innovation's system protected from unauthorized access?
2.6 Does the data used by the innovation contain sensitive data (privacy, legal, ethical)?
2.7 Is the data within your innovation encrypted?
2.8 Is the validity of the data in your innovation monitored?
2.9 Is there a backup protocol in case of loss of data?
Hardware
3.1 Does any part of your innovation’s system require hardware?
3.2 Is any hardware belonging to your innovation placed in an on-site location?
3.3 Is the site location of your innovation secured?
3.4 Is any hardware belonging to your innovation placed out in the open?
3.5 Is there a protection for the hardware elements of the system?
Identity & Access
4.1 Does any part of your innovation’s system require staff members’ access?
4.2 Does your innovation have a control for identification of accessing entities?
4.3 Does your innovation have a clear distinction in the authorization of different entities?
4.4 Is the data within your innovation accessible for the entities who need that data?
4.5 Do users have access to the innovation at all times?
4.6 Are entities with access to the innovation’s system trained to limit human errors?
4.7 Does any part of your innovation’s system require outside parties’ access?
4.8 Is every part of your innovator’s system is built within your own company?
