In a warming climate, energy-efficient low-carbon human-centred affordable solutions are essential to ensure comfortable and healthy indoor environments in which European citizen can perform their activities while preserving resources for future generations.
The MASTERPIECE project demonstrates how digital tools can support energy communities (ECs) at different stages of the EC journey, helping citizens and local actors move from awareness to operation through real life pilot experiences across Europe.
BUILD UP launches a new video series showcasing real-life energy-efficiency examples across Europe. The first case study features the Ruiz Picasso Building in Madrid, a compelling example of how existing buildings can be transformed into sustainable, high-performance and digitally enabled assets.
SUPERSHINE presents an integrated model that combines financial innovation, energy poverty reduction, citizen engagement, and circularity to make social housing renovation both climate-neutral and socially just.
Building policy is shifting from a purely technological focus towards a human-centred approach, linking energy efficiency with indoor environmental quality, occupant behaviour and resilience, while addressing gaps between EPBD ambitions and real performance across Member States.
OpenBEP4EU develops an open-source framework for calculating building energy performance across Europe. By aligning EPCs and SRI methods, it supports comparable, transparent data to improve renovation decisions, public funding allocation, and policy implementation.
This two‑day EU Peers Learning Lab brings together the Energy Poverty Advisory Hub, Barcelona City Council, and Elektrėnai Municipality to share practical tools and approaches that help one‑stop shops identify and support energy‑poor households.
The HORIS platforms simplify the home renovation process by providing homeowners with relevant and credible information and helping them identify the best and most sustainable options, offering financial, legal, and technical solutions.
The European Commission has unveiled the Citizens’ Energy Package to make clean, affordable energy more accessible to all Europeans, lower bills, empower consumers in the transition, tackle energy poverty, and help Member States implement existing legislation effectively.
Efficient Buildings Europe’s 10 February 2026 webinar examined how smart technologies, digital tools, and evolving regulatory frameworks can drive EPBD implementation, accelerating decarbonisation while enhancing comfort, resilience, and real‑life building performance.