National initiatives

Greece

National partner: INZEB

National partner

INZEB serves as an aggregator, operator, documenter and disseminator of knowledge and expertise on energy saving in the building sector.

It is a platform for two-way communication and the close dissemination of knowledge, contributing to research and to the adaptation, adoption and spread of construction standards that reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

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 Greek profile comes from the study commissioned by the Renovate Europe Campaign and carried out by E3G, with input from INZEB.

Renovation case studies

A project from Greece shown at the Renovate Europe Day 2019 exhibition: what was renovated, how it was financed and what it saved.

Passive House Project, Papagou

Renovate Europe Day 2019 exhibition

Official documents

National building renovation plan
Draft plan (2 July 2026): in Greek, English translation
Commission feedback on the draft: not yet published.
Final plan: due by 31 December 2026.
Assessment of the draft plan
Not in the first assessment, which covered 16 draft plans (July 2026). A second assessment follows later in 2026.
Social Climate Plan
Adopted. Its buildings measures are summarised on the Commission’s page on the plan.
National energy and climate plan
Updated plan for 2021–2030: in Greek, English translation
Recovery and resilience plan
The Commission’s page on the plan
European Semester
Country-specific recommendations 2026 (proposed by the Commission on 3 June, adopted by the Council on 10 July)

EU projects

Our national partner, INZEB, is involved in these projects.

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)