On 9 November, Afroditi Psatha, Head of Operations and Projects at Renovate Europe, presented the joint EAE & Renovate Europe Award for Best Renovation Project in the category Residential Buildings at the EAE Awards 2026 ceremony in Brussels. The award went to Bytový dom Kmeťovo námestie, a residential building in Bratislava, Slovakia.
The ceremony was organised by the European Association for ETICS (EAE), one of the campaign’s long-standing partners, at the THON Hotel EU under the theme Energy Performance of Buildings: from vision to amazing implementation. Afroditi presented the award together with Diego Marcucci of CORTEXA, EAE board member for marketing affairs.
Adrian Joyce, Director of the Renovate Europe Campaign, has served on the jury for these awards for several years. “We think they are a great way to raise awareness of ETICS systems, not only among professionals who specify, manufacture and install them, but also among a much wider audience,” said Afroditi.
The quality and variety of submissions this year were impressive. This year’s shortlist had 65 projects from 13 European countries, and 27 of them competed for the best renovation project award alone.
What made the winning project stand out
- Historical significance: it was the first residential building of its type to be constructed in the country.
- Replicable: this type of building is common across Central and Eastern Europe, so the renovation approach could be repeated in hundreds of other buildings across a dozen or more European countries.
- Energy savings: the renovation has reduced the building’s heating needs by more than 60%, helping to cut energy bills and improve comfort for residents.
- Respect for heritage: the ETICS system has preserved and even highlighted the original panel structure, through the choice of clear colours and slightly rounded corners, while retaining decorative plaques of significant heritage value.
The project was designed by VVÚPS-NOVA (TSUS) and installed by PMGSTAV SK, with an ETICS system from Baumit Slovakia.