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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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5th Meeting of the EU Peers Spain Community on Business Models

On the 19 th of March 2025, the EU Peers Community in Spain held its fifth meeting, marking the second in-person gathering of the community. This time, the event took place in Madrid and began by celebrating an important milestone: the community now has over 40 members in Spain and more than 250 across Europe.

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New Funding Opportunity: Empower Citizen-Led Renovation Across Europe

The EU Support Service for Citizen-Led Renovation (CLR) has launched a new call for enablers, offering funding to five additional organizations to support citizen-driven energy renovation projects across Europe. This initiative empowers local energy communities, one-stop shops, and public authorities to take the lead in scaling up sustainable home renovations.

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RenoChats : sharing the experts’ knowledge of the renovation sector

Renochats are interviews of approximately one hour with a specialist or a respected player in the sector, presented in a "conversation" format to open the door to the best knowledge and know-how of renovation accessible to as many people as possible. Each Renochat is registered in the expert’s language and subtitled in English.

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How One-Stop Shops Are Transforming Building Renovation: Insights from ManagEnergy Master Class #7

In early 2025, the ManagEnergy Master Class brought together 28 professionals from 14 EU countries to explore the design and implementation of One-Stop Shops (OSS) for home renovation. Through expert presentations, interactive discussions, and hands-on exercises, participants gained practical knowledge on financial models, stakeholder engagement, and operational strategies.

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The Success of the EU-Peers Workshop at Key Energy 2025: One-Stop Shops for Energy Renovation

Great participation and interest marked the workshop organized by EU-Peers on March 7, 2025, as part of the Key Energy fair in Rimini, the leading event in Italy for sustainable energy. The meeting provided an important opportunity to discuss the challenges and opportunities of local One-Stop Shops (OSS) for building energy renovation, a topic increasingly central in the context of European energy efficiency directives.

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Key Takeaways from the 4th Hungarian EU-Peers Community Meeting

On February 14, the Hungarian EU-Peers community gathered for its fourth meeting organized by Energiaklub. The session brought together 16 participants, including OSS providers, as well as experts in finance, research, and policy. The discussion focused on the challenges and opportunities in Hungary’s renovation sector and explored best practices from across Europe.

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What is #RenoChats?

Filao Labs, a member of the EU Peers consortium, has designed and is in charge of producing RenoChats, talk-shows on the subject of structuring and the best solutions on the renovation market: free interviews with the best experts on the market, to enable everyone in Europe to discover the most refined and expert thinking and studies and the career paths of the most successful players.

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EU Peers is launching “Who is Who”

EU Peers is 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!

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The Financial Challenge of Home Renovation

Europe's green transition demands an urgent scaling up of dEEp (deep Energy Efficiency as a priority) renovations. ‍ Challenge: High upfront costs hinder widespread adoption. Solution: Shifting from traditional subsidies to blended finance models within Integrated Home Renovation Services (IHRS).

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October

Thursday

11th Hungarian community meeting

1:30 pm

CEST

Budapest, Hungary

With

Ilona Illésné-Szécsi

Balázs Nattán

At the 11th meeting, we will review the main developments of the past few months in Hungary. It will be also discussed how to strengthen our advocacy efforts to ensure that renovation programmes for both single-family homes and condominium buildings are launched as soon as possible.

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October

Monday

Renovation for a socially just decarbonisation of buildings, JustReno townhall meeting

10:00 am

CEST

Budapest, Hungary

With

Ilona Illésné-Szécsi

How can renovation policies better reach the people and buildings that need the most support? That will be the central question at the autumn JustReno Townhall Meeting in Budapest, where representatives from Hungary’s Ministry of Energy, municipalities from across the country, researchers, and housing experts come together to discuss the future of socially just building renovation in Hungary.

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September

Tuesday

Scaling up renovation: ONE-STOP SHIPS MEET THE CONDOMINIUM CHALLENGE

9:00 am

Bruxelles, Belgium

With

Robert Nuij

Emmanuelle Causse, International Union of Property Owners

Mátyás András Dén

This event provides an opportunity to present key lessons learned, share practical experience, and engage with key actors across the sector. It is not the end of the process, but the beginning of a new phase of discussion, refinement, and scaling up of solutions across Europe.

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