From policy to practice: how renovation passports empower Europe’s Renovation Wave
Discover how renovation passports are emerging as a key Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) tool to help building professionals and owners plan staged deep renovations, aligning individual projects with Europe’s zero emission goals.
Maximising solar energy in buildings: Fostering deployment and skills
Explore how the integration of solar energy is reshaping European building stock and helping Europe reach net-zero emissions.
Minimum energy performance standards and progressive renovation trajectories: from the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive to national enforcement
How are Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) and renovation trajectories being translated from EU policy into national action? Discover the instruments, data, timelines, and rules reshaping building upgrades across Europe.
New EU framework harmonises life-cycle global warming potential calculations for new buildings
The European Union has adopted Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/52, establishing a common framework for calculating the life-cycle global warming potential (GWP) of new buildings across the EU. Applicable from 24 May 2026, the framework aims to improve the comparability of national methodologies.
National Building Renovation Plans under the EPBD: Towards a zero-emission building stock
Copenhagen redefines the use of urban heat
Copenhagen is exploring thermal flexibility as a key lever to move towards climate positivity, integrating buildings, users and energy networks into a more intelligent and adaptable system.
SHAREN boosts skills in construction
The SHAREN project is gaining visibility at the BUILD UP Skills Exchange, highlighting the role of training and cooperation in the energy transition of the building sector in Europe.
Bridging the gap between the EPBD and the ground-level reality of digital tools like the HORIS one-stop-shops
This event presents how the LIFE EU‑funded HORIS project’s digital one-stop shops in Spain, Portugal, and Italy support the EPBD’s objectives by guiding citizens through renovation processes, and brings experts together to reflect on results, future models, and emerging digital trends.
Pilot Case Factsheet Croatia: Applying Energy Efficiency First in Transmission Grid Planning and Cost-Benefit Analysis
A pilot case that analyses how to integrate energy efficiency into electricity grid planning, highlighting the key role of scenarios and decision-making at system level.
Pilot Case Factsheet Italy: Embedding the EE1st principle into SECAPs
How can the Energy Efficiency First principle be integrated into local planning? Progress, methodological gaps, and opportunities to improve decision-making in Sustainable Energy and Climate Plans.