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?
- ‘Energy communities can help members of the local community carry out the difficult task of renovating a house’
‘Energy communities can help members of the local community carry out the difficult task of renovating a house’NewsEditorial team - Perceptions of fairness and climate action in the EU. What drives citizens’ support for the green transition?
Perceptions of fairness and climate action in the EU. What drives citizens’ support for the green transition?PublicationEditorial team - Urban heat in transition: lessons from Slovakia
Urban heat in transition: lessons from SlovakiaNewsEditorial team - European islands as laboratories for community energy
European islands as laboratories for community energyNewsEditorial team - GreeNest Athens Sandbox: next-generation façade technologies for zero-emission buildings
GreeNest Athens Sandbox: next-generation façade technologies for zero-emission buildingsPublicationIvana Koláčková - Heat highways and thermal storage take centre stage at Linz District Heating Forum 2026
Heat highways and thermal storage take centre stage at Linz District Heating Forum 2026ArticleIvana Koláčková
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