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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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Financing building renovation to support Integrated Home Renovation Services (Part I)

On 9 October 2024, the Ēku saglabāšanas un energotaupības birojs (Ēkubirojs) joined the International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting (EEDAL’24) in Japan.

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10 key figures about OSS you want to know!

The EU Peers initiative is currently running a survey to map One-Stop-Shops (OSS) and show their impacts at EU-level. As of mid-October, 53 organisations already responded to the survey including 38 OSS.

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When in Rome… Looking back and forward on one year of EU Peers!

Our third project meeting, held in Rome, coincided with the first birthday of EU Peers, which was a good opportunity for the consortium to look back and assess what we have implemented so far. We also planned the year ahead.

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EU Peers Open Access Knowledge Hub

EU Peers has recently developed a Knowledge Hub, a platform gathering valuable results and knowledge from various projects or contexts, including EU Peers’ outcomes and results.

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Last chance to apply for the EUCF Grant!

Exiting news: the LAST call of the European City Facility (EUCF) is finally open!

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Join the ManagEnergy Master Class on One-Stop Shops!

EU Peers highly recommends the Master Class on One-Stop-Shops (OSS) for residential retrofit, organised by our sister project ManagEnergy.

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EU Peers supports the implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive

EU Peers will participate in the next meeting of the Concerted Action EPBD on 20-21 November in Lisbon.

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Upcoming capacity building programme - have your say on the topics to be tackled!

We are going to offer a capacity-building series, and you will now have the chance to vote for the topics most useful to you!

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Why cooperate with financial institutions?

The Summer Meeting of the transnational EU Peers Community took place on the 10th of September 2024 and was attended by more than sixty participants. It explored a question crucial for most one-stop shops - how can they best engage financial institutions in financing renovation works?

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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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