How to boost one-stop-shops for integrated home energy renovation in the EU?
2021
Among the set of public policy measures recommended by the European Energy Performance Building Directive, One-stop-shops for housing energy-efficient renovations (OSS) are outlined as “accessible and transparent advisory tools“, playing the role of a “trusted third party” and “aggregating housing renovation projects”. However, the existing one-stop shops do not correspond to a standardised service offer, neither to energy savings thresholds, technical criteria, or quality of renovation specifications.
How to boost one-stop-shops for integrated home energy renovation in the EU?
Among the set of public policy measures recommended by the European Energy Performance Building Directive, One-stop-shops for housing energy-efficient renovations (OSS) are outlined as “accessible and transparent advisory tools“, playing the role of a “trusted third party” and “aggregating housing renovation projects”. However, the existing one-stop shops do not correspond to a standardised service offer, neither to energy savings thresholds, technical criteria, or quality of renovation specifications.
How to boost one-stop-shops for integrated home energy renovation in the EU?
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