Enhancing energy efficiency in buildings is vital for mitigating climate change, ensuring energy security, and fostering sustainable development. The RenovAID project, which seeks to improve the energy performance of buildings in Albania and Kosovo, directly addresses these critical objectives.
This session brings together key stakeholders from local governments, EU institutions, and the finance and industry sectors to share insights, experiences, and practical solutions.
This session will explore how the SKILLSAFE EU and Smart-Pumps projects are contributing to accelerate the energy transition, fostering knowledge exchange and collaboration.
The Sarajevo Canton is implementing an Energy Efficiency Improvement Project, which includes the renovation of 40 public buildings, and is financed by a combination of loans and grants totalling 11 million euros.
The European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) is looking for expert profiles, including on energy performance of buildings to evaluate proposals submitted under the LIFE Clean Energy Transition (LIFE CET) programme.
Spanish architect and associate professor Carmen Sánchez-Guevara combines rigorous research with architectural practice, spotlighting extreme heat and summer energy poverty as critical issues that demand attention on Europe’s political agenda.
The UK's heritage organisations—Cadw, Historic England, and Historic Environment Scotland—have joined efforts to develop a handbook aimed at supporting learners engaged in retrofit qualifications.
A new World Bank report emphasises the pivotal role of building energy efficiency. It provides a comprehensive review of global energy regulations for buildings and examines how these rules are enforced.
The discussion will feature real-world case studies from the Demo-Blog EU project and expert insights on business models and social inclusion.
The Sector Study is a biennial survey commissioned by the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) and co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, that collects and analyses statistical, sociological and economic data on European architects, the architectural market and architectural practices.