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?

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.

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!

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)

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.

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

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.

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.

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.