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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.

Engagement

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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February

Tuesday

Transnational Community Winter Meeting: OSSs in support of energy poor households

10:00 am

Online

With

EU Peers Consortium

Máirtín Ó Méalóid

Carole Schaal

Meet us on the 4th of February for a new webinar of our seasonal appointments. We will talk about energy poverty and the role that OSSs can play to alleviate it and support the renovation of energy-poor households.

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January

Tuesday

Fossil-free cities: blending public and private expertise & finance to implement SECAPs

9:30 am

Brussels

With

Smart EPC

Smart Cities Marketplace

Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy

Call to the EU Peers Community and those interested in financing clean streetlighting, building renovation and district heating and cooling! Join the Covenant of Mayors, the SmartEPC project and the Smart Cities Marketplace to connect cities, energy agencies, OSSs and financing experts and institutions. EU Peers will be there too!

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November

Tuesday

Transnational Community Autumn Meeting: Your Integrated Home Renovation Service’s life after EU grants

10:00 am

Online

With

EU Peers Consortium

All Integrated Home Renovation Service (IHRS) providers, at some point in their lives, are facing the difficult question: How can they ensure the financial sustainability of their model? The question becomes even more burning when the IHRS provider is successfully operating thanks to EU grants that will eventually stop. Or, when public subsidies are not sufficient anymore and the provider wants to diversify and increase its revenues.

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