National partner
Renovate Belgium
In parallel to the work of Renovate Europe, producers of energy efficient building materials active on the Belgian market, supported by prominent industry organisations, have joined forces in Renovate Belgium to provide input to public authorities and other stakeholders on the much-needed energy renovation of buildings in Belgium.
Renovate Belgium partners share the ambition to help meet the societal challenges of carbon emission reductions, job creation and energy security by massively renovating the Belgian building stock. Energy efficiency of buildings is crucial, as they consume a very significant portion of global energy and are major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. In Belgium, they account for 30% of final energy consumption and 20% of greenhouse gas emissions. The realistic potential for energy savings in buildings is huge and a kick-starter for economic growth. Energy renovation is moreover a perfect opportunity to improve the indoor environmental quality of buildings and their resilience to climate change.
The implementation of the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), and the drafting of the national and regional social climate plans, offer an excellent opportunity to call for action. Renovate Belgium gives federal, regional and local authorities key recommendations to reach their energy performance objectives in time, summarised in the documents below.
Members of Renovate Belgium
The national recovery plan
Renovate2Recover country profile (2021)
In 2021 we looked at how each national recovery plan funded building renovation. The Renovate2Recover study found significant renovation activity planned, and called for two things: funding that delivers deep (or staged deep) renovations, going well beyond the 30% minimum energy saving recommended by the European Commission, and an enabling framework, including private finance, so that renovation markets keep growing after the recovery funding ends in 2026.
The Belgian profile comes from the study commissioned by the Renovate Europe Campaign and carried out by E3G, with input from Renovate Belgium.
Renovation case studies
Projects from Belgium shown at the Renovate Europe Day 2019 exhibition: what was renovated, how it was financed and what it saved.
