The Holon Institute of Technology was founded in 1969 in an existing site with workshop buildings, built in 1953.

The pilot site at HIT is building no. 3. A four-storey structure of a total floor area of 2200 m2, constructed in 1972. It was renovated and enlarged in 1992 and in 2009, when an elevator core was added for accessibility. The building provides today a mixed-use of spaces for administration (offices, meeting rooms), laboratories, conference hall, and synagogue. The building is built of exposed reinforced concrete frame in the Brutalist style of exposed concrete surfaces. Other materials include aluminium windows and insulated aluminium panel roof (a later addition).

HIT is an excellent example of similar buildings in Israel and elsewhere in Europe, offering a great example for CH concrete building reuse and retrofit, instead of demolition. The envisioned interventions, which will include thermal insulating and structural retrofitting mortars, radiative cooling coatings and BIPVs, will offer a unique opportunity to evaluate an intensely used building and compare conditions through H-BIM/H-DT tools, before and after interventions evaluating energy production and conservation, maintenance and overall performance of the building. The educational context of the pilot, will also provide opportunities to study the pilot in real-time and engage students and faculty in the monitoring and evaluation process, reporting and dissemination.