Topic of the month
The Topic explores the shift from smart to human-centred buildings, placing occupants and their needs at the core. It highlights indoor environmental quality (IEQ), occupant behaviour and resilience, and examines how to bridge the gap between policy ambition and real-life performance under the EPBD.
- Policy framework and regulatory integration of IEQ under the EPBD
- Occupant behaviour and user interaction in building performance
- Balancing energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality
- Building operation, maintenance and performance gap
…and more!
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- The smart retrofit transition: integrating digital solutions in social housing
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Why prescriptive requirements are no longer enough: how performance-based IAQ requirements can transform ventilation design, inspection and operation under the evolving EPBD framework.
BUILD UP highlights the EUSEW 2026 sessions most relevant to buildings, with a focus on implementation, affordability, and decarbonisation. Public voting for the EUSEW Awards is also open until 31 May, including the new category ‘SMEs Driving Energy Efficiency’.
Energy communities are reshaping participation in Europe’s energy system, from renewable projects to collective self-consumption. Under the revised EPBD and the Citizens’ Energy Package, buildings are emerging as hubs for collective participation and decarbonisation.
A new Commission document provides guidance for authorities and building professionals on applying a whole life-cycle carbon approach, integrating operational and embodied emissions while promoting renovation, circularity and better use of the existing building stock.
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.
The LIFE-funded BUS United initiative has officially launched seven Communities of Practice to strengthen sustainable energy skills across Europe’s construction sector. BUILD UP will support visibility and engagement by providing access via a dedicated portal section.
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