Topic of the month
This ToM explores the role of energy communities in the EU’s clean energy transition, focusing on:
- Revised EPBD provisions relevant to energy communities
- Citizen Energy Package
- Energy sharing and collective self-consumption in multi-apartment buildings
- Financing models for community-based building projects (LIFE CET, Energy Communities Facility, cooperative capital)
…and more!
What is new in BUILD UP?
- Auditors flag slow progress on EU energy communities
Auditors flag slow progress on EU energy communitiesNewsEditorial team - Stronger communities, thriving regions: the role of energy communities in national and regional partnership plans
Stronger communities, thriving regions: the role of energy communities in national and regional partnership plansPublicationEditorial team - Commission Recommendation on unlocking private investment in energy efficiency
Commission Recommendation on unlocking private investment in energy efficiencyPublicationEditorial team - Support service for citizen-led renovation: a guide for energy communities and renovation initiatives
Support service for citizen-led renovation: a guide for energy communities and renovation initiativesPublicationEditorial team - ‘When technical design, governance structures and community engagement evolve together, energy communities can become a powerful driver of the energy transition at the local level’
‘When technical design, governance structures and community engagement evolve together, energy communities can become a powerful driver of the energy transition at the local level’NewsEditorial team - Decarbonising multi family buildings: available solutions and regulatory drivers
Decarbonising multi family buildings: available solutions and regulatory driversNewsEditorial team
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