Venticool newsletter: January 2026
Ventilation is taking centre stage in Europe’s push for healthier, more energy‑efficient buildings. This issue highlights how the revised EPBD, smarter control strategies, and adaptive ventilation solutions are shaping resilient indoor environments as renovation efforts accelerate across the EU.
MULTICARE Living Lab Webinar: Resilient Buildings and Digital Design Tools
This webinar explores how the MULTICARE project supports the design of resilient buildings through advanced structural solutions, adaptive facades, and digital design tools. Experts from academia and industry will present key approaches and discuss their application in a real building context.
Energy Efficiency Academy: trends and future goals
Where are Europe’s energy efficiency policies heading? The first seminar of the Energy Efficiency Academy explores 2030 targets, 2040 challenges, and new strategies. Find out more and watch the full session via the link.
Data management and re-use under the EPBD: Lessons from EU case studies
This webinar explores legal and practical challenges of data management and re‑use under the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), with insights from EU case studies, renovation passport practices, and the Portuguese database to support effective implementation.
Energy performance and refurbishment of the Céladon Centre
A multi-use public building in Boën-sur-Lignon has been renovated with reduced energy consumption and integrated energy systems under the New European Bauhaus agenda.
EU funds sustainable buildings in the Czech Republic
Two projects in Moravia-Silesia are committed to efficient and sustainable buildings: a university residence featuring geothermal and solar systems, and a multi-purpose sports hall promoting green mobility. Discover how the EU is financing this transition towards more responsible spaces.
Green building design and construction for a sustainable future
New edition on sustainable design and construction: green innovation, energy efficiency and resilience to foster responsible and liveable cities.
LIFE22-CET-EPBD.wise Project
EPBD.wise provides direct support to local authorities in six European countries (Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Ukraine) to design and implement the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD).
MULTICARE Project
MULTICARE will develop and deliver innovative plug-and-play low-carbon, resilient technologies and multi-disciplinary digital tools to improve the multi-hazard resilience of existing building stock in a cost-effective, timely, and environmentally sustainable manner.
Lessons from Flanders and the Netherlands to boost one-stop-shops for condominium renovation in the EU
CondoReno pilots Integrated Home Renovation Services in Flanders and the Netherlands to simplify condominium retrofits. It urges legal, financial, and institutional reform, user‑centred tools, and stakeholder mobilisation to scale one‑stop‑shop solutions and unlock deep renovations across the EU.