This work is part of the DR BOB Project. The DR-BOB Collaborative Project (Grant Agreement No. 696114) is co-funded by the European Commission, Information Society and Media Directorate-General, under the Horizon 2020 Programme (H2020).This report presents a market and stakeholder analysis for \ud
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emand \ud
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esponse \ud
(DR) in blocks of \ud
buildings\ud
(BoB)\ud
.  This encompasses the identification of \ud
market size and its trends, the key drivers and \ud
the regulations, incentives and legal aspects that set the context in which solutions and services for DR \ud
in \ud
BoB\ud
should enter\ud
, specifically in the target countries where will be demonstrated during the DR\ud
-\ud
BOB\ud
project\ud
. Additionally, it assess\ud
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the roles, expectations and benefits for different relevant stakeholders \ud
to understand how to leverage and engage them. The analysis of the current and expected markets and \ud
stakeholder requirements and benefits will help\ud
the consortium to make  future decisions for business \ud
plans. This document provide critical information to be able to refine product development and define \ud
best  exploitation  strategies  for  each  application  and  geographical  contexts. \ud
Therefore,  this  report \ud
provides a first step in developing the business requirements and business models in \ud
the \ud
DR\ud
-\ud
BOB project. \ud
This market analysis, through a detailed analysis of the  target countries, provides the foundations and \ud
constraints to define feasible business models \ud
(D2.4) for the different demonstration sites. The specific \ud
needs, requirements and local features of the specific demos (D2.2) uses this analysis to study the context \ud
in which they are situated. The market analysis and the demo sites report are the main in\ud
puts to identify \ud
the technological requirements (D2.3)