Green buildings: from boom to stagnation
Interest in green buildings is falling as costs rise and doubts grow about their real performance. A gap between certifications and actual outcomes is undermining confidence, but AI ‑ driven optimisation is emerging as a way to revive the market.
Expert talk: Céline Carré
This month, we delve into 'Bridging the data gap in the building sector for full EPBD implementation' with Céline Carré, Head of Public Affairs at Saint-Gobain.
Energy Poverty Advisory Hub: 3rd call for technical assistance info session
Information session integrated with a presentation from the Covenant of Mayors Office and Covenant of Mayors signatories.
First apartment building in Tartu renovated
Integrated renovation completed in Tartu, Estonia, under the EU-funded oPEN Lab project, improving energy efficiency in a municipal residential building.
LIFE22-CET-BIRTUOSS Project
LIFE22-CET-ComActivate Project
ComActiV empowers communities in Bulgaria, Hungary, and Lithuania to tackle energy poverty through locally driven renovation of multi-family buildings. It addresses governance, funding, and capacity gaps to enable inclusive, energy-sufficient neighbourhoods across Central and Eastern Europe.
DISCOVER Project
LIFE21-CET-ENERPOV-RENOVERTY Project
RENOVERTY will ensure that building retrofits consider the social dimension by incorporating security, comfort, and improved accessibility in the roadmaps to further improve the quality of life of vulnerable populations.
LIFE21-CET-LOCAL-REGIO1ST Project
Regio1st raises awareness about the Energy Efficiency First principle (EE1st) among regional governments and their agencies and supports them to make related decisions in their planning.
LIFE23-CET-install.res Project
install.res is an EU project that aims at stimulating large-scale demand for heat pumps in existing buildings. In five different countries, alternative and innovative business and delivery models are tested, demonstrated, and scaled up to support a simple and affordable heat pump roll-out.