On 5 November, the Renovate Europe Campaign, the Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) brought together European and national policymakers, public authorities and industry representatives in Dublin for Renovate Europe Day 2026, under the theme Renovation and Regeneration at Scale: delivering affordable buildings without compromise.
The conference took place at Tom Johnson House, the headquarters of Ireland’s Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment, as an associated event of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The recording of the full conference is available above and on YouTube.
Launch of the Renovate Europe EPBD Tracker
The event also marked the launch of the Renovate Europe EPBD Tracker, a new tool analysing the implementation of 16 key areas of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) across all 27 EU Member States. With the transposition deadline passed in May 2026, the tracker gives an overview of national progress and shows where each country stands in turning European legislation into action.
The detailed country pages are available to Renovate Europe Campaign partners. Journalists, policymakers and public authorities can request access to the tracker.
Speakers and discussions
The programme featured keynote addresses by Alan Dillon TD, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment and at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment, and by Donna Gartland, CEO of Codema, Dublin’s Energy Agency. There were also remarks from Mechthild Wörsdörfer, Deputy Director General of DG Energy at the European Commission, and Brian Carroll, Assistant Secretary General of the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment.
Discussions focused on three main themes:
- Delivering Energy Renovation at Scale: addressing the challenges and opportunities in accelerating renovation across Europe’s building stock.
- Renovate All Educational Buildings by 2035: advancing the campaign to make schools and other educational buildings more energy-efficient, comfortable and sustainable.
- From Data to Delivery: Scaling Energy Renovation Rates in the EU: exploring how data, policies and practical solutions can translate the EU’s renovation ambitions into concrete results.
In the afternoon, participants visited two renovation projects in Dublin: Tom Johnson House and Ellis Court.
Renovate Europe Day 2026 was organised with the support of Kingspan, Saint-Gobain, Signify and VELUX.
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