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Mustbe0 project: Affordable, long-term performance guaranteed net zero energy (NZE) retrofits for apartment buildings

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Mustbe0 project: Affordable, long-term performance guaranteed net zero energy (NZE) retrofits for apartment buildings

27 September 2022
The UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands alone have 43 million apartments that are not future proof because there is no compelling deep energy retrofit solution for these buildings available yet. This is key for all countries to achieve the EU’s CO2 target. Energiesprong comes with a solution. Within the Mustbe0 project, Energiesprong market development teams in France, the UK, Germany and the Netherlands will kick start a market for affordable, desirable, long-term performance guaranteed net zero energy (NZE) retrofits for apartment buildings in North West Europe.
Daniel Aragón

Comfortable homes that people love to live in

The award winning Energiesprong net zero energy standard and funding approach provides modern and comfortable homes that people love to live in. After a retrofit, a net zero apartment generates enough energy for its heating, hot water and power appliances. Money that would have been spent on energy bills and maintenance funds the improvement. The aim is that the cost of living doesn’t increase because real-life performance for energy use and indoor comfort is guaranteed for up to 30 years.

After a successful start bringing this Dutch Energiesprong approach to Europe for single family homes (E=0), Mustbe0 is all about developing a market for apartment buildings in North West Europe

Launching the market

In the Mustbe0 project, 9 housing providers in the UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands have already committed to collaborating on the retrofit of at least 9 demonstrator buildings (415 apartments). This will launch the market.

Solution providers and suppliers will focus on developing and improving retrofit packages (mass customised facades and roofs with fully integrated energy and climate systems). This enables the driving down of costs and installation times to reduce from several months to a few weeks.

Aggregating additional demand, improving regulation, and financing structurally creates more market volume and drives the supply chain to industrially produce cheaper and better retrofits which kick-starts a self-sustaining market.

The result?

Affordable, comfortable, future proof homes that people love to live in. In addition, by the end of the project, retrofits achieve 7.9 GWh/yr of primary energy savings (and 1505 tonnes CO2/yr), and average investment costs drop 15% from today’s ±€1100/m2. The ability of housing organisations to invest increases significantly because of this new business model. 

Partners

  • Greenflex (host Energiesprong market development team France)
  • Energiesprong UK
  • German Energy Agency (host Energiesprong market development team DE)
  • Vonovia SE
  • Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC)
  • Notre Logis
  • Vilogia
  • Woonmeij
  • Factory Zero BV
  • RC Panels
  • VBW BUILDING AND LIVING GMBH
  • Housing Association by Vorgebirgspark eG
  • Building Cooperative Oberricklingen eG in Hannover
  • Arsago
  • VIOS building group BV
  • Ville de Raismes
  • Union nationale des federations d'organismes d'habitations a loyer modere
  • London Borough of Ealing
  • WWS
  • London Borough of Sutton

Start date: 2019 - End date: 2022

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