Smart Readiness Indicator: progress in EU buildings
The European Commission’s December 2025 newsletter on the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) reviews a year of progress in the digitalisation and energy efficiency of buildings across Europe.
Material and building passports as supportive tools for enhancing circularity in buildings
Digital passports for materials and buildings: the key to a circular, traceable and connected construction sector that drives sustainability, innovation and efficiency throughout the entire life cycle.
Smart Readiness Indicator: progress and experiences
The 4th joint event on the Smart Readiness Indicator brought together European experts to showcase how digitalisation and intelligence in buildings can drive energy efficiency, comfort, and flexibility within the energy system. The session can be watched again on video.
District heating: efficiency and energy resilience
District heating is gaining prominence in the energy transition thanks to its ability to integrate renewable sources and waste heat, cut emissions, and improve efficiency. With smarter, more flexible networks, it can become a cornerstone for resilient and sustainable cities.
Building Renovation Passport: a roadmap to a greener future
EU-funded research projects are developing digital renovation planning tools that support stepwise building upgrades and inform long-term investment decisions in the built environment.
Building renovation passport: a new methodology for scheduling and addressing financial challenges for low-income households
Researchers present a new method to plan energy renovations under the EU Renovation Passport, enabling long-term investment strategies and supporting households in energy poverty.
Giga Regio Factory: next step for more affordable industrialised net-zero renovation solutions
Life Giga Regio Factory scales industrialised deep renovation across Europe. Building on Energiesprong, it deploys prefabrication, open‑source tools, training, and integrators to aggregate demand, scale net‑zero retrofits, cut emissions, improve housing quality, and create local green jobs.
Unlocking housing affordability: How can capital markets and real estate deliver Europe’s housing transition?
Europe faces a growing housing affordability crisis. This Euractiv conference brings together policymakers, financial actors, and real‑estate experts to examine how capital markets and the property sector can support a fair, sustainable, and accessible housing transition.
Europe bets on heat pumps: what you need to know
Heat pumps are key to the energy transition: up to five times more efficient than boilers, they cut costs and emissions, work in cold climates and operate quietly.
Strategies for implementing and scaling Renovation Passports: a systematic review of EU energy renovation policies
A recent academic review has analysed how Renovation Passports are being developed and applied within European Union energy renovation policies, in the context of efforts to decarbonise the building stock.