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The New EPBD: A New Standard for a More Sustainable Future

It has been 22 years since the first Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) came into force. Two decades in which climate change has gone from being an abstract concept on panels of experts to something as tangible as sweat in March due to 35ºC, knee-deep water in the living room after torrential rains to pay 10€ for a litre of olive oil produced in an ever-dry countryside. Also, in the last twenty years, climate change and sustainability in general have gained space in the public and political agenda.

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Integrated Home Renovation Services (IHRS) offer holistic renovation solutions to accompany homeowners as far as possible throughout their renovation journey. In this sense, an IHRS is also known as a One-Stop-Shop (OSS) for Residential Energy Renovation. See this paper for more insights.

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The EU Peers Advisory Board accepts the mission to strengthen the Integrated Home Renovation Services movement

Eleven EU Peers consortium partners are teaming up with eleven, freshly appointed, EU Peers Advisory Board members. Their mission is a bit more complex than playing a football match and will last longer than 90 minutes. They are putting their heads together to help EU Peers strengthen the Integrated Home Renovation Services (IHRS) movement.

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Call for one-stop shops to participate in the EU Peers Survey

Help us know better your local one-stop shop and integrated home renovation services you provide to homeowners. Help us increase the impact of one-stop shops in Europe!

Engagement

New LIFE call for One-Stop Shops!

We would like to call your attention to a call for proposals for EU action grants in the field of Clean Energy Transition under the LIFE Programme: One-Stop-Shops - Integrated services for clean energy transition in buildings and businesses (LIFE-2024-CET-OSS)

Engagement

Taking the Energy Efficiency Directive from Theory to Practice: EU Peers provides insights at the plenary meeting of the Concerted Action for the Energy Efficiency Directive

Two project partners of EU Peers, ENEA and Climate Alliance had the unique opportunity to participate in the last biannual meeting of the Concerted Action on the Energy Efficiency Directive (CA EED) on 21-22 March in Budapest.

Case Studies

The one-stop shop activities in Piemonte Region

After the end of the H2020 project Europa, Piemonte sets a new frame for its OSS activities.

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The European Community for Integrated Home Renovation Services: officially launched at the EU Peers Summit on 11 June in Brussels

More than 70 one-stop shops for home energy renovation and their supporters met in Brussels on 11 June 2024 at the 1st EU Peers Summit, officially launching the European community which enables them to learn, exchange knowledge, gain visibility and advocate their cause.

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Let’s be pragmatic: Final steps in Paris before the launch of EU Peers Community of Practice

This description of the mission and vision of EU Peers highlights how far EU Peers has come since the first steps at the project’s kick-off meeting in September 2023: Not just in our understanding of the Community of Practice, but also regarding the visualisation of EU Peers. At the second project meeting in Paris, from 10-12 April 2024, this was particularly evident in a small but striking detail: EU Peers project partners and interested parties could be recognized instantly due to small buttons with the EU Peers logo.

Policy & Regulation

How the EPBD connects to the EU PEERS Community for Integrated Home Renovation Services - an Interpretation

The European Union has been at the forefront of crafting policies addressing the built environment's environmental impact. An example of this is the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) first enacted in 2002. A key instrument in the effort to address climate change. Through the Directive, Europe recognizes the responsibility of buildings for a significant portion of total energy consumption.

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Are OSS the job of Tomorrow?

EU Peers joined the Belgian Renovation Week where the main outcome seems to be that yes, OSS are the job of Tomorrow and for young generations. In this article we dive into the speeches which inspired us the most and that, we hope, will inspire you too.

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March

Friday

European directives and the role of local (OSS) for the energy requalification of buildings - Capacity building event organised by ENEA

10:00 pm

Rimini, Italy

With

Alessandro Federici

Elisa Guiot

Giovanna Claudia R. Romano

One-stop shops for the energy performance of buildings are considered essential to achieve the objective of a completely decarbonised European building stock by 2050.The aim of the meeting is therefore to discuss with the participants the indications of the directives, to present Italian case studies of one-stop shops already operating and to open a debate to identify the main challenges and opportunities with regard to the Italian implementation of the directive.

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February

Monday

"Who is who"

11:30 pm

Online

With

EU Peers Consortium

Energiehuis Limburg

We are launching a new series of short web-meetings where we will present one One-Stop Shop for home energy renovation and its team. Each month, in only 30 minutes, you will discover who is who in EU Peers! Our first guest? Energiehuis – a regional One-Stop Shop operating in the Province of Limburg in Belgium.

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February

Friday

4 th Hungarian community meeting

10:00 pm

Budapest, Hungary

With

Kata Kiss

Ilona Illésné-Szécsi

The 4 th Hungarian community meeting will host 5-6 new members that is why an important issue will be introducing the new members, outlining the aims, activities and plans of EU-Peers project and showing the use of HumHub. The project leader will show the result of a new study about good practice cases about Ireland, France and Austria supporting their one-stop shop networks. At the second part of the meeting we will discuss actual renovation issues and cooperation opportunities, like new and planned renovation subsidies, requirements for OSS, joint communication opportunities and decarbonization in energy poor households.

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