A methodological framework for socio-economic impacts assessment of ict solutions to improve ieq, health and well-being

Mobistyle is a Horizon2020 European project that views the application at different demo cases level of some personalized ICT solutions (Mobile App, Game and Dashboard) to drive persistent behavioural changes in buildings occupants, leveraging on the three issues of energy, indoor environmental quality, health and well-being. Within the project two needs have been identified: i) assessing the effectiveness of the deployment of Mobistyle solutions from both a private (owner/occupant) and a macro-economic (whole society) point of view when multiple benefits are considered; ii) making the potential benefits tangible and understandable for people in order to push a behavioral change. For both purposes, the Cost-Benefit Analysis application turns to be useful. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to present how a well-known economic evaluation tool, namely the Cost-Benefit Analysis, have been applied to the Mobistyle project. A focus is given to the definition, quantification and monetization of the impacts that the project can have in terms of well-being and health. The picture of the methodological framework, as well as some preliminary results on one of the demo cases, are presented and discussed within this paper.