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CORDIS · EmBuild

Empower public authorities to establish a long-term strategy for mobilizing investment in the energy efficient renovation of the building stock

Code
EmBuild
Programme
H2020
Call
EE-07-2015
Status
CLOSED
Period
2016-03-01 – 2018-08-31
Total cost (whole consortium)1 554 192 €
EU contribution (whole consortium)1 554 192 €
EU contribution to Bulgarian participants120 471 €

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Participants

OrganisationsRoleCountryGrant
DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FUR INTERNATIONALE ZUSAMMENARBEIT (GIZ) GMBHcoordinatorDE282 688 €
BUILDINGS PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE EUROPE ASBLparticipantBE221 099 €
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHENparticipantDE193 688 €
ENERGIE & UMWELTZENTRUM ALLGAU GEMEINNUTZIGE GMBHparticipantDE187 850 €
REGIONALNA ENERGETSKO-KLIMATSKA AGENCIJA SJEVEROZAPADNE HRVATSKEparticipantHR165 075 €
ZAVOD ENERGETSKA AGENCIJA ZA SAVINJSKO SALESKO IN KOROSKOparticipantSI141 950 €
DZZD ENEFFECT GRUPparticipantBG120 471 €
UNIVERZITET U BEOGRADUparticipantRS90 375 €
AGENTIA PENTRU EFICIENTA ENERGETICASI ENERGII REGENERABILE PLOIESTI-PRAHOVA ASOCIATIEparticipantRO83 560 €
NALAS RESEAU DES ASSOCIATIONS NATIONALES DE POUVOIRS LOCAUX DE L EUROPE DU SUD ESTparticipantFR67 438 €

Description

40% of all energy consumption and 36% of CO2 emissions in the European Union arise in private and public buildings. Thus, major advancements have to be made in this sector to reach the EU’s climate and energy targets. Energy-efficient buildings will also contribute to the vision of secure, affordable and climate-friendly energy for citizens and businesses as well as generating additional societal, environmental and economic benefits.To strengthen policies that promote retrofitting and modernizing existing buildings, the EU has adopted the Directive 2012/27/EU on Energy Efficiency (EED). It requires EU Member States and candidate countries to establish a long-term strategy for mobilizing investment in the renovation of the national building by 30 April 2014, and every 3 years thereafter. These action plans are an integral part of a country’s National Energy Efficiency Action Plans. As of May 2015, 27 EU Member States have adhered to the requirement of Article 4, EED, and submitted their national building renovation strategy, albeit most did not meet the April deadline and some submitted their strategies as late as March 2015.However, the requirements to prepare these renovation strategies appear to have overburdened most EU member states. According to an analysis conducted by the Buildings Performance Institute Europe, only five countries have at least adequately complied with the five core elements described in Article 4 of the EED. To date, no renovation strategy has been submitted that can count as a ‘best practice’ and provide orientation for other countries.The project EmBuild (Empower public authorities to establish a long-term strategy for mobilizing investment in the energy efficient renovation of the building stock) is designed to empower public authorities at local, regional and national level, to formulate renovation strategies for the building sector that foster deep renovation and facilitate the acceleration of the renovation.

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