National Building Renovation Plan: a proposal for Italy
This article proposes a five-pillar strategy for Italy to renovate its building stock, address fragmented ownership and reform incentives, while balancing energy efficiency with cultural heritage preservation.
From privacy screens to smart windows: PDLC films as switchable solar shading
PDLC films turn windows from transparent to translucent at the push of a button. NTNU and SINTEF tested whether they can also act as solar shading. In the ZEB Test Cell in Trondheim, the film reduces solar heat gain by a fifth when transparent and by a quarter when translucent.
LiveBetter completes its first project phase and prepares the next stage of testing for smarter building renovation
The EU-funded project LiveBetter has completed its first phase, marking an important milestone in its mission to accelerate deep renovation across Europe.
First insights from Europe’s draft National Building Renovation Plans
What do Europe’s draft National Building Renovation Plans (NBRPs) reveal about ambition, policies and funding to decarbonise the building stock and make it more efficient by 2050?
A digital twin ecosystem for smarter heritage renovation developed by Herit4Ages
Herit4Ages has developed a Digital Twin Ecosystem (DTE) that connects heritage building data, monitoring, simulations, and decision-support tools to enable smarter and more sustainable renovation.
Beyond networking: building a sustainable renovation ecosystem
Drawing on the EU LIFE MultiHome project in Bulgaria, this article explores how stakeholder engagement can evolve into a sustainable renovation ecosystem built on trust, cooperation, and shared value creation. It offers practical lessons for supporting integrated services and renovation.
Making renovation circular: national plans for resource-efficient building transformation
National Building Renovation Plans (NBRPs) link energy efficiency, material reuse, waste prevention and whole-life carbon reduction. This article explores practical measures and Horizon Europe’s CRedIBlE tools to support implementation.
Off-site market development: from policy ambition to industrial delivery
This article analyses key strategies for overcoming supply chain fragmentation and a lack of trust in off-site construction. It presents concrete operational and industrial tools such as demand aggregation through long-term public procurement and digital matchmaking platforms (BIM/DfMA).
Bridging the missing link between EPCs and renovation action: scaling up renovation passports with OneClickRENO
From EPC recommendations to renovation decisions: OneClickRENO creates estimated renovation passports that help users compare options and explore staged pathways.
Portugal’s renovation passport: building on the energy performance certification foundation
How Portugal is turning established building data into a practical renovation pathway under the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), combining staged advice that avoids lock-in with connections to financing and implementation support.