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In order to meet the ambitions of exploring the fundamentals of particle physics, the 2020 update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics emphasised the importance of an intensified and well-coordinated programme of accelerator R&D, supporting the design and delivery of future particle accelerators in a timely, affordable and sustainable way. Accelerating particles will always require a large amount of energy, hence achieving a minimal energy consumption is an unavoidable challenge and duty for future colliders. For many frontier accelerators, superconducting RF (SCRF) systems are the enabling technology. With the ambition to maintain competitiveness of European accelerator-based research infrastructures and to enable Europe’s Green Deal, a project has been proposed to Innovate for Sustainable Accelerating Systems (iSAS, https://indico.ijclab.in2p3.fr/event/9521/) with the aim to broaden, expedite and amplify the development and impact of novel energy-saving technologies to accelerate particles with enhanced collaborations. Directly connected to the SCRF accelerating system itself, three key technology areas requiring high power can provide significant energy-savings: RF power, cryogenics and beam energy recovery. The objective of iSAS is to develop, prototype and validate new impactful energy-saving technologies so that SCRF accelerators can provide the same, or improved, performance while using significantly less energy. Integrating iSAS technologies intrinsically in the design of especially high-energy and high-luminosity lepton accelerators is a prominent avenue to unlock a portfolio of impactful applications in particle physics with future electron-proton and electron-positron colliders.
