Topic of the month
This ToM explores the role of energy communities in the EU’s clean energy transition, focusing on:
- Revised EPBD provisions relevant to energy communities
- Citizen Energy Package
- Energy sharing and collective self-consumption in multi-apartment buildings
- Financing models for community-based building projects (LIFE CET, Energy Communities Facility, cooperative capital)
…and more!
What is new in BUILD UP?
- Addressing residential cooling demand and summer energy poverty in the EU: towards a cooler future
Addressing residential cooling demand and summer energy poverty in the EU: towards a cooler futurePublicationEditorial team - Assessing the impact of energy efficiency on the EU energy consumption in 2010-2023
Assessing the impact of energy efficiency on the EU energy consumption in 2010-2023PublicationEditorial team - Recommendations on how to prepare upcoming National Building Renovation Plans with a focus on zero-energy buildings
Recommendations on how to prepare upcoming National Building Renovation Plans with a focus on zero-energy buildingsPublicationEditorial team - Historic building energy performance potential: demonstrator project
Historic building energy performance potential: demonstrator projectPublicationEditorial team - EUKI Interview: How to boost building managers’ retrofitting skills
EUKI Interview: How to boost building managers’ retrofitting skillsNewsEditorial team
Upcoming events
- Thu 09 AprWebevent/virtual conference
- Tue 14 AprWebevent/virtual conference
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