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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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Deciwatt: a georeferenced platform at the heart of Milan's One-Stop Shop

Testimony by Marco Felisa, Director for Air Quality, Noise, and Energy Sector in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy

Platforms

8th meeting of the Hungarian EU Peers community

Record number of members attended the gathering

Platforms

Professional cooperation for building renovation in Hungary

An important gathering took place on 12 February 2026 in Hungary, where representatives from politics and the construction sector came together to explore how energy efficiency policies can be strengthened in the country.

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“We believe that our One-Stop Shop can become a successful permanent municipal infrastructure for renovation”

Interview with Petra Šeme, Head of the Energy Management Office, City of Ljubljana

Platforms

ENEA presents EU Peers project results in KLIMAHOUSE 2026

On January 29th, ENEA will present the results of EU PEERS project at KLIMAHOUSE 2026, the International Fair for Sustainable Construction and Energy Efficiency, taking place in Bolzano, Italy, from January 28th to 31st.

EU Peers

EU Peers European project meeting in Budapest

11 partners are behind the Community of Practice EU Peers, supporting the one-stop shop development to boost residential energy renovation across Europe. The consortium met for the fifth time to discuss the status of ongoing activities and plan future activities. During the two-day gathering in Budapest, organised by Energiaklub Climate Policy Institute and held at the headquarters of Velux Hungary on Andrássy Avenue (which was awarded the title of Office of the Year), the partners had the opportunity to coordinate national and European developments supporting one-stop shops.

Case Studies

“One-Stop Shops implemented by public institutions will likely become the dominant model in Germany.”

Interview with Simone Raskob, Head of Department for Environment, Transport, and Sports for the city of Essen in Germany

EU Peers

Italian Policy Session – Perspectives for the OSSs for building energy renovation in Italy

In the framework of EU PEERS project activities, on December 1st, ENEA and Piedmont Region organised a National Policy Workshop dedicated to the role and evolution of One-Stop Shops (OSS) in Italy.

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EU Peers Showcased at Italy’s Third National Conference on Sustainable Development 2025

The Third National Conference on Sustainable Development, held in Rome from the 1st to 3rd of December 2025, offered a crucial platform for institutions, civil society, businesses, and research organisations to discuss the country’s progress toward the UN 2030 Agenda. Among the most active and engaging moments of the event was the thematic laboratory “Welfare energetico-climatico & Povertà energetica”, where the EU Peers project was presented as an innovative European initiative supporting local authorities and communities in accelerating the energy transition.

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December

Monday

EU Peers Who is Who: De Groene Grachten (The Netherlands) - Scaling Home Energy Renovation From Amsterdam's Canals to Southern Europe

11:30 am

Online

With

De Groene Grachten

Join our upcoming Who is Who session – an express 30 min online meeting, where you will discover one One-Stop Shop for home energy renovation.

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November

Wednesday

9th Spanish Community Meeting: Quality of the works and follow-up of results

10:00 am

Online

With

Green Building Council España (GBCE)

The Spanish EU Peers Community invites you to attend its ninth online meeting, focused on ensuring the quality of renovation works, providing services and guarantees after the works and follow-up results. Four members of EU Peers will share their experiences, followed by rounds of debate and questions and answers.

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November

Thursday

5th Project meeting, Budapest

9:00 am

Budapest, Hungary

With

EU Peers Consortium

The fifth meeting of the EU Peers consortium members will take place in Hungary. Over the two-day event, advocacy activities, policy framework, policy debates will be discussed in detail to make the uptake of OSS more effective at national and EU levels. The mentoring programme will also be negotiated - to help emerging OSS develop and to enable municipalities to launch one-stop shop advisory services. Financial products developed for energy renovations will be also among the topics discussed, along with the related train-the-trainer programme. Further topics will include communication, survey and capacity building.

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