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Unlocking Europe’s buildings renovation: a handbook
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Unlocking Europe’s buildings renovation: a handbook
The handbook outlines key strategies to accelerate energy renovations in buildings, emphasising the need to overcome barriers such as financing, labour shortages, and slow permitting, as part of global efforts to double energy efficiency improvements and meet climate goals.
Luca Papapietro
At COP28, over 130 countries pledged to double the global annual rate of energy efficiency improvement, emphasising energy renovationsin buildings.
In the EU, buildings account for 40% of energy use and 36% of emissions, making renovations crucial for achieving climate neutrality by 2050.
The EU's Renovation Wave Strategy aims to double renovation rates by 2030, but current rates are far too low. Barriers include financial constraints, labor shortages, slow permitting, and lack of awareness.
The handbook, titled 'How to deliver a renovation revolution in Europe’s buildings' outlines key enablers, like financing, collaboration, and data use, to drive progress.
