Strengthen and spread the Integrated Home Renovation Services (IHRS)

Buildwise, formerly the Belgian Building Research Institute (BBRI), is Belgium’s innovation centre for the construction sector. Founded in 1959 by and for the industry, it helps construction professionals improve quality, productivity and sustainability through research, technical expertise and knowledge transfer. With more than 300 staff across Belgium, Buildwise supports innovation and helps the sector reconcile sustainability, affordability and profitability.

Through the Climate Alliance, nearly 2,000 member municipalities and districts covering more than 25 European countries as well as a variety of regional governments, NGOs and other organisations are actively working to combat climate change. In terms of members, Climate Alliance is the largest European city network dedicated to climate action. Our members, ranging from small rural towns to cities with populations in the millions, accept climate change as a global challenge that requires local solutions.

DOOR is a Croatian civil society organisation founded in 2003, promoting sustainable development through energy efficiency, renewable energy, and climate action. It works toward a just, carbon-neutral society without energy poverty. DOOR has implemented over 100 projects, engaging citizens through workshops, trainings, conferences, and public events.

Eco Fund is Slovenia’s public environmental fund promoting energy efficiency, renewable energy and environmental protection. It has supported over 248,000 energy-efficiency investments through grants and loans. In addition, Eco Fund coordinates the ENSVET Energy Advisory Network, which provides free, independent expert advice through 60 offices deployed across Slovenia, helping households, businesses and public institutions reduce energy use and emissions while raising public awareness of sustainable energy solutions.

Energiaklub has remained true to its unique mission, having spent close to 30 years in creating a new awareness in Hungary. With our research, training courses, and wide-reaching communication, our aim is to make energy producers, users and perhaps even political decision-makers regard energy in a different way. A rational use of our dwindling resources, an economy based on diverse local resources, a change in energy-wasting consumer habits; these are all part of the solutions which our organisation supports through its work.

Energy Cities (ENC) is a learning community for cities engaged in transforming their economies to become futureproofed. Our strength lies within the highly committed members to reach climate neutrality in their territories by 2050, aligning their local strategic development with the Paris Agreement. Energy Cities’ expertise built upon more than 30 years of deep exchange between pioneers from all over Europe, innovating to transform the energy systems towards a more democratic, distributed and decarbonised sector.

Za Zemiata is a civil society organisation that was founded in 1995. For more than three decades, work has been carried out by the organisation to protect nature, ensure the sustainable use of resources and build a just society. At Za Zemiata, it is believed that environmental challenges can only be addressed effectively when scientific expertise, active public participation and cooperation between institutions, local communities, businesses and civil society organisations are combined.

FEDARENE, the European Federation of Agencies and Regions for Energy and the Environment is the leading voice on the energy transition and climate change for regions and energy agencies in Europe. The federation counts more than 80 members in 25 EU countries.

Filao Labs is a consultancy firm based in France that is specialised in strategy, financing and structuring for the renovation and climate change adaptation of housing. The consultancy is deeply involved in the development of third-party financing companies (sociétés de tiers-financement), which typically offer integrated housing renovation services under the control of local authorities.

Green Building Council España is a non-profit association that unites representatives from the entire construction industry, to work together towards an energy and ecologically-conscious approach to the design of the built environment.

ENEA is the National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, a public body aimed at research, technological innovation and the provision of advanced services to enterprises, public administration and citizens in the sectors of energy, the environment and sustainable economic development (article 4, Law no. 22 of 28 December 2015).

The Polish National Energy Conservation Agency (KAPE S.A.) is a Polish consulting and advisory company specialising in energy efficiency, decarbonisation and sustainable energy management. KAPE was incorporated on 15 April 1994 following an agreement between the ministries and public institutions responsible for Poland’s industrial, environmental, energy and development policies. With more than 30 years of experience, KAPE supports enterprises, local and regional authorities, public institutions, energy and district heating companies and financial-sector organisations in preparing and implementing energy-related investments. Its stated mission is to combine technical and economic expertise with long-standing experience in working with clients towards an energy-sustainable Poland.

The Latvian Building Energy Efficiency Facility (LABEEF) is the first established private investment fund in Europe dedicated to forfaiting and refinancing long-term receivables from Energy Performance Contracts (EPC+). It was founded to drive deep building refurbishments across Latvia and the Baltic region. Under this pioneer model, LABEEF purchases future contract revenues from renovation service providers once energy performance targets are independently verified. The fund effectively absorbs long-term financial risks and frees up capital for contractors to scale new building projects. Supported early on by institutional investors like the EBRD, LABEEF established a precedent for standardized, performance-backed green financing across Europe.

The South East Energy Agency will play a strategic role regionally by partnering with its members and supporting all stakeholders in their energy transition journey to 2030 and beyond. The South East Energy Agency coordinated and successfully implemented the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland's Deep Retrofit Pilot Programmes for 2018, 2019, and 2020, and we provide coordination and quality assurance officers for the delivery of domestic programmes, including the National Housing Retrofit Scheme. As part of the Better Energy Communities and Communities' Energy program, South East Energy Agency has assisted in the construction of more than 250 homes during this time period.

Ēku Saglabāšanas un Energotaupības Birojs (Ēkubirojs) is a non-governmental organisation that, for over ten years, aligned and supported different stakeholders for a single goal - energy-efficient building stock that supports the prosperity of the residents. To tackle the goal a mix of the local, regional, and global approaches and actions are taken to have a comprehensive impact on all the levels. This allows to widen the general scope and provide the best results for the public good.

GNE Finance is a high-impact investment company focused on providing financing for the built environment. GNE Finance is a leader at leveraging finance to deliver innovative solutions that maximise social and environmental impact while delivering sustainable returns to capital providers. GNE Finance provides advisory and financing solutions for home and building renovation to public and private programme managers. GNE Finance supports homeowners throughout the renovation process and offers affordable and customised financing for energy efficiency, renewable energy, water conservation, safety, and accessibility improvements in homes and buildings.

Regione Piemonte promotes renewables (RES), energy efficiency and GHG emissions reduction through the implementation of a Regional Energy Plan. This has been recently endorsed by the regional council, defining targets and priorities for 2030 in order to pave the way to the energy transition to a low-carbon economy. Piemonte is responsible for the management of the Energy Performance Certificates of the buildings for the whole region and for checking the efficient use of heating boilers.