EU Peers

A European Community of Practice to increase the residential energy renovation rate

The Community of practice EU Peers supporting One-Stop Shops for residential renovation brings together organisations across Europe working to accelerate residential building renovation.

Renovation is essential to reduce energy use and emissions, improve living conditions, tackle energy poverty and strengthen energy security. Yet renovation rates remain too low, and homeowners face financial, technical and organisational barriers as well as a lack of trusted, coordinated support.

One-Stop Shops (OSS) can help overcome these barriers. By providing a single point of contact and bringing together services such as advice, technical planning, financing and contractor coordination, OSS can make renovation simpler and more accessible. They can be run by municipalities, regional agencies, utilities, cooperatives, private organisations or partnerships, and adapted to different local contexts.

EU Peers II builds on the first phase and strengthens the European Community of Practice for OSS. Through 12 national platforms and a transnational platform, the project connects practitioners, public authorities, financial institutions and other stakeholders. Peer exchange, working groups, training and practical tools will support the development and replication of OSS, while policy work will help create framework conditions for their wider uptake. In doing so, EU Peers II contributes to making One-Stop Shops a stronger part of Europe’s renovation landscape.

Project information

EU Peers

Climate Alliance coordinates the initiative and works with the following project partners: Energy Cities (FR), FEDARENE (BE), Green Building Council España (ES), Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA) (IT), Filao Labs (FR), Energiaklub Szakpolitikai Intézet Egyesület (HU), Društvo za oblikovanje održivog razvoja (DOOR) (HR), Ekologichno Sdruzhenie za Zemiata (Za Zemiata) (BG), Buildwise (BE), Krajowa Agencja Poszanowania Energii S.A. (KAPE) (PL), South East Energy Agency (IE), Latvian Building Energy Efficiency Facility AS (LABEEF) (LV), Eko sklad, Slovenski okoljski javni sklad (SI).

Project funding period: September 2026 – August 2029

Funded by: Grant Agreement No. 101295054 (LIFE25-CET-EU Peers II). It builds directly on EU Peers, which ran from September 2023 to August 2026.

EU-PEERS.EU

Further information

Policy recommendations

EU Peers publications and tools

Have questions about EU Peers? Get in touch!

Jenny Claire Keilmann

T. +49 69 717139-20
E. j-c.keilmann@climatealliance.org

Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.