Work with us on EU projects

Our partners’ projects

Many of the organisations behind the campaign are involved in EU-funded projects on buildings. Here they are, first for our European partners, then country by country for our national partners. Ongoing projects come first, with finished ones listed briefly below them.

European partners

Projects on buildings that our European partners have taken part in since 2021: renovation, heating and cooling, energy poverty, financing, skills and construction products.

BetterLIFE
Helping local and regional authorities draw up local heating and cooling plans that can be financed.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until September 2029
EU Peers II
Scaling up one-stop shops for home renovation across Europe, continuing EU Peers.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until August 2029
LIFE RE-HOME
Four municipalities test ways to bring vacant and underused homes back into use as affordable housing. Coordinator: Energy Cities.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until February 2029
BEACON
National energy poverty observatories working together to shape EU action on energy poverty. Coordinator: Energy Cities.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until August 2029
Transforming Invisible Buildings
Bringing vacant buildings in Athens, Zagreb and Ljubljana back into use. Coordinator: Energy Cities.
European Climate Initiative (EUKI), ongoing until January 2028
MUSE DHC
Investment plans for nine new community-led district heating and cooling networks in five countries.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until May 2028
SHAPE II
The European partnership of the Affordable Housing Initiative, continuing SHAPE-EU’s work on renovating affordable housing.
Single Market Programme, ongoing until December 2026
ESCALATE
Regional energy agencies help medium-sized municipalities draw up local heating and cooling plans.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until August 2027

Finished: EU Peers (2023–2026), POWER UP (2021–2025), REDI4HEAT (2022–2025), ORFEE (2020–2024), SHAPE-EU (2022–2024), Decarb City Pipes 2050 (2020–2023), Energy Efficiency Watch 4 (2019–2022)

FACTORENO
Linking one-stop shops for home renovation with industrialised renovation solutions.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until September 2029
RENOBOOST
Using data from energy performance certificates, renovation passports and other building tools to speed up the renovation of multi-family buildings in Southern Europe.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until August 2028
TALA-IMPACT
Heating and cooling plans for Zagreb, Budapest, Bucharest, Skopje and Podgorica.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until August 2028
EU Peers II
Scaling up one-stop shops for home renovation across Europe, continuing EU Peers.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until August 2029
Plan4Cold
Helping municipalities in Southern Europe draw up local heating and cooling plans.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until September 2027
FACILITA
Integrated services for the deep energy renovation of public buildings in Spain.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until September 2027

Finished: BIRTUOSS (2023–2026), CROSS (2023–2026), EU Peers (2023–2026), Energy Efficiency Watch 5 (2022–2026), REGIO1ST (2022–2025), ConnectHeat (2022–2025), QualDeEPC (2019–2023), HIROSS4all (2019–2023), Energy Efficiency Watch 4 (2019–2022), RELaTED (2017–2022)

HUBS4BUILD
Regional hubs for circular, bio-based construction.
Horizon Europe, ongoing until August 2030
INBUILT
Bio-based, reused and recycled building products with a BIM-based digital platform, for low-carbon construction and renovation.
Horizon Europe, ongoing until May 2027

Projects of its Europe, Middle East and Africa office in Bratislava

Transforming Invisible Buildings
Bringing vacant buildings in Athens, Zagreb and Ljubljana back into use.
European Climate Initiative (EUKI), ongoing until January 2028
SUN-BOX
Solar power with battery storage for multi-family buildings in Bulgaria, Lithuania and North Macedonia.
European Climate Initiative (EUKI), ongoing until April 2028
LOCATEE
Helping municipalities tackle energy poverty by renovating private multi-apartment buildings.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until September 2027
ComActivate
Community action for energy sufficiency and renovation in Burgas, Józsefváros, Elektrėnai and Kaišiadorys. Coordinator: Habitat for Humanity International.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until October 2026

Finished: SMARTER4EU (2023–2025), JUSTEM (2022–2025), SUNRISE (2022–2025), ComAct (2020–2024)

SUN-BOX
Solar power with battery storage for multi-family buildings in Bulgaria, Lithuania and North Macedonia. Coordinator: IWO.
European Climate Initiative (EUKI), ongoing until April 2028
ComActivate
Community action for energy sufficiency and renovation in Burgas, Józsefváros, Elektrėnai and Kaišiadorys.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until October 2026
COSME Reno
New ways for SMEs to work together on deep energy renovation, including industrialised solutions. Coordinator: IWO.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until October 2026

Finished: Street HP Reno (2023–2026), SUNRISE (2022–2025), GREEN Home (2021–2024), ComAct (2020–2024)

RenoPub Ireland
Large-scale deep renovation of Ireland’s public buildings, with energy performance contracting. Coordinator: SEFA.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until August 2029
REAHUB
Energy performance certificates, renovation passports and smart readiness indicators as tools for renovation at district and city scale.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until May 2029
IncentEU
Investment plans for new low-temperature district heating and cooling networks in Spain, France and Estonia.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until February 2028
NEW-PACE
Property-linked financing for building renovation in Europe.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until May 2028
CROSSFIT
A one-stop shop that pools public-sector energy efficiency tenders to attract private finance.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until February 2027
GEAR-UP
A market framework to trade energy efficiency savings the way renewable power is traded.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until July 2027

INDICATE LIFE
Data and methods for national whole-life carbon limits for buildings, as the revised EPBD requires. Partner: WorldGBC Europe.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until November 2026
STAR-track
Growing the Built4People innovation clusters to bring construction and renovation innovation to market faster. Partner: WorldGBC Europe.
Horizon Europe, ongoing until July 2027
DRASTIC
Demonstrating affordable circular building solutions with low whole life-cycle emissions, in new buildings and deep renovation. Partner: WorldGBC Europe.
Horizon Europe, ongoing until September 2027
TOP CLeveR
Training and outreach for circular, Level(s)-based building. Partner: WorldGBC Europe.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until March 2027

Finished: NEBULA (2022–2025)

National partners

Our national partners are involved in these projects, funded by the EU, the European Climate Initiative (EUKI) or the International Visegrad Fund.

Belgium

Embuild, whose regional branches are members of Renovate Belgium

Finished: CondoReno (2022–2026), LIFE BE FREE (2023–2026), EDIH-EBE (2022–2026)

Bulgaria

EnEffect and BACIW, members of Renovate Bulgaria

SKILLSBOOST SEE
Training the construction workforce of South-East Europe for the clean energy transition. Partners: EnEffect, BACIW.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until August 2029
Energy Poverty Nexus
Helping Member States tackle energy poverty. Partner: EnEffect.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until August 2028
REDESIGN
Energy performance standards, tools and training to renovate the worst-performing public buildings in Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania. Partner: EnEffect.
European Climate Initiative (EUKI), ongoing until December 2026
BARRIO
Deep renovation at neighbourhood scale, by grouping demand and using prefabricated solutions. Partner: EnEffect.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until September 2027
OUR-CEE
Deeper and more frequent renovation of public buildings in Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland and Romania. Partner: EnEffect.
European Climate Initiative (EUKI), ongoing until November 2026

Finished: SHEERenov+ (2023–2026), EPBD.wise (2023–2026), Smart² (2022–2025), Renocally (2023–2025), nZEB Ready (2021–2024), outPHit (2020–2024), BUILD UP Skills Bulgaria (2022–2024), BeSMART (2021–2024)

Czech Republic

Chance for Buildings

Finished: PERCEE

France

CLER Réseau

BEACON
National energy poverty observatories working together to shape EU action on energy poverty.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until August 2029
ASSUMMER
Setting up national coordination structures to tackle summer energy poverty.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until December 2029

Germany

DENEFF

LEVERAGE
Mobilising private funds for energy efficiency and decarbonisation investment in the public sector. Partner: DENEFF EDL_HUB.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until June 2028

Finished: GREEN Home (2021–2024)

Greece

INZEB

ASSUMMER
Setting up national coordination structures to tackle summer energy poverty.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until December 2029
Transforming Invisible Buildings
Bringing vacant buildings in Athens, Zagreb and Ljubljana back into use.
European Climate Initiative (EUKI), ongoing until January 2028
BrightRoof
Rooftop solar on public buildings in Bulgaria and Greece.
European Climate Initiative (EUKI), ongoing until December 2027
Energy Poverty Nexus
Helping Member States tackle energy poverty.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until August 2028

Finished: SMAFIN Expanded (2023–2026), EPBD.wise (2023–2026), iBRoad2EPC (2021–2024), POWERPOOR (2020–2023), SMAFIN (2020–2023), CONGREGATE (2020–2023)

JustReno
Supporting renovation policy in Hungary, Poland and Romania that puts the worst-performing buildings and vulnerable households first, with MEHI and ROENEF.
European Climate Initiative (EUKI), ongoing until December 2026

Finished: RenoHUb (2019–2023), PERCEE

Ireland

Irish Green Building Council

INSIDE-CoVE
A European network for sustainable, innovative and digital vocational education in construction.
Erasmus+, ongoing until January 2029

Finished: SMARTER4EU (2023–2025), Build Up Skills Ireland 2030 (2022–2024), BUSLeague (2020–2023), TURNKEY RETROFIT (2019–2022), SMARTER (2019–2021), BUILD UPON2 (2019–2021)

Latvia

Ekubirojs

Renew-It
Collective self-retrofit to lower the cost of deep renovation in multi-family buildings.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until June 2028

Finished: EU Peers (2023–2026), FinEERGo-Dom (2019–2023), UP-STAIRS (2020–2023), EUROPA (2020–2023), Accelerate SUNShINE (2017–2021)

Poland

Fala Renowacji

Finished: EPBD.wise (2023–2026)

Romania

ROENEF

JustReno
Supporting renovation policy in Hungary, Poland and Romania that puts the worst-performing buildings and vulnerable households first, with MEHI and ROENEF.
European Climate Initiative (EUKI), ongoing until December 2026

Finished: EPBD.wise (2023–2026)

Slovakia

Buildings for the Future

Finished: Renocally (2023–2025), PERCEE

Slovenia

Construction Cluster of Slovenia

Renov-AID
A network to improve home renovation, with health and climate adaptation in mind.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until October 2027

Finished: AEC Eurocluster (2022–2025), ICBUILD (2021–2024)

Spain

GBC España and CNC, members of Renovate España

Construction Blueprint II
A European alliance for skills in construction under the Pact for Skills. Partner: CNC.
Erasmus+, ongoing until December 2028
Construye 2030+
A training and certification scheme on micro-credentials for the green transition in construction. Partner: CNC.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until March 2027
AIRE
An integrated renovation agent to guide home renovation in Spain. Coordinator: GBC España.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until December 2026
TOP CLeveR
Training and outreach for circular, Level(s)-based building. Partner: GBC España.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until March 2027
More LIFE to LEVELs
Bringing Level(s), the EU framework for sustainable buildings, into real projects. Coordinator: GBC España.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until May 2027

Finished: EU Peers (2023–2026), SMARTER4EU (2023–2025), Pact4Youth (2023–2024), Construye 2030 (2022–2024), BUILD UPON2 (2019–2021)

Is your organisation a partner and one of your projects is missing? Write to us at info@renovate-europe.eu.