The EU Peers Mentoring Programme is opening a new opportunity for hands-on learning: four in-person study visits, each hosted by an experienced organisation operating or supporting One-Stop Shops (OSS) and Integrated Home Renovation Services (IHRS). If your organisation is working to scale up residential energy renovation - or planning to establish an OSS - these visits offer practical insights.

Hungarian one-stop shop (OSS) advisors and the organisations supporting them met for the sixth time on 25 September, during an event organised by Energiaklub. Among the 15 participants were OSS advisors specialising in the renovation of single-family homes or apartment buildings, as well as companies and organisations offering financial consultancy, research, and media support for OSS providers.

One insight emerging from the World Café at the 2nd EU Peers Summit is clear: to reach new, low-income home-buyers, One-Stop Shops (OSS) must engage them before purchase, through trusted local networks and accessible, aspiration-driven communication, ideally linking renovation advice with finance.

More than 70 organizations conform the EU Peers Community in Spain. On Monday, October 13, they met to share how they approach the project design and selection of companies phases (Millin & Bullier, 2021). This is the second of a cycle of four meetings in which the Community shares experiences of the entire housing renovation process.

“Since our services are free of charge, the funding from the region and local governments is crucial.” Interview with Didier van Severen, General Manager of Homegrade – the One-Stop Shop of the Brussels-Capital Region

Do you want to give access to ambitious, high quality, safe and simple energy renovations to all your citizens? Do you want to boost your local economic growth? Do you want to implement local policies complying with EU and national energy and climate goals ? Open a One-Stop Shop for home energy renovation !

On 24 September , 2025, the Spanish EU Peers Community held its 6th meeting, which was attended by 30 different organizations. This was the first of a cycle of four meetings dedicated to analyzing the ten steps of the renovation process, according to the article Towards large-scale roll out of "integrated home renovation services" in Europe by Millin and Bullier. This session addressed the first three steps, focusing on how to activate the demand: information and marketing, detection and diagnosis, as well as the formulation of recommendations.

Establishing or improving a one-stop shop for sustainable home renovation can be quite a complex process - from aligning with EU and national climate goals, to tackling energy poverty, to building trust among homeowners. The EU Peers Mentoring Programme is here to make this journey faster, easier, and more impactful.

Can energy communities serve as a powerful trigger for deep renovations in multi-apartment buildings? A recent conversation between Ekubirojs, Renesco, Rēzekne municipality and representatives from Tartu suggests yes - but not without challenges.