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The EES framework provides standards for deep energy renovations of residential buildings, guaranteeing energy efficiency while ensuring transparency and trust in the market. It sets requirements for materials, certifications, financial and contractual processes, and performance measurement, involving stakeholders like professionals, craftsmen, market operators, and building owners. The framework aims to support high-quality renovations to reduce energy consumption and environmental impact, fostering a sustainable, low-carbon future for residential housing.

When renovating buildings, especially with energy efficiency as the priority, it’s easy to focus only on the immediate energy savings—like adding insulation or upgrading heating systems. But if we only consider these upgrades in isolation, we might miss the bigger picture of their total impact on the environment.

This handbook presents in a clear and simple manner both the theory and application for the renovation of multifamily buildings based on Energy Performance Contracting. The handbook addresses building built in series since the 50s, corresponding to more than 50m m2 in Latvia alone. It ofers solid grounding on building renovation and advice on improving building energy performance.

Accessible, easy and sufficient funding is key to speed up renovations in the EU. The EU Renovation Wave strategy, published in 2020, estimates the additional investment to double current renovation rates at around €90 billion per year. Public capital can cover some of the additional financing, but private capital must also be mobilised. This is where innovative financing schemes become essential. On-bill mechanisms can be a valuable tool in that respect: they are tools for involving the private sector in energy efficiency financing that can help resolve some of the existing barriers to energy efficiency investments linked to the regulatory environment, end users’ ability to finance renovations and utility companies’ involvement in renovation projects.

Training materials were created to support the Leader Cities in the launch of the EuroPACE programs and a “Contractors requirement validation tool”

The paper proposes an in-depth description of on-bill mechanisms, their possible frameworks, the barriers to their implementation as well as the impact they may have on the core business of utilities. The study is based on a review of the existing literature integrated with the results of on-field interviews and discussions with the aim to obtain a full picture of on-bill schemes in a European replication perspective. Methodologically, the paper is based on structured desk research and on-field feedback obtained from selected stakeholders. Additionally, a SWOT analysis is developed highlighting that on-bill schemes may result very convenient for power utilities and energy retailers. Furthermore, on-bill schemes can help to address the issue of the split incentives. In conclusion, on-bill schemes can be considered a valid tool to support energy renovation in the residential sector, but they do not represent a global solution since their application is not tailored for all the contexts.

This paper will explain the financial valuation of on-bill investments and introduce some of the most important underlying topics. Special focus will be on the practical implementation of valuation steps and different perceptions project participants may have when analysing an on-bill investment. A chapter is devoted to the monetisation of non-energy benefits and their inclusion into project valuation

Training materials were created to support the Leader Cities in the launch of the EuroPACE programs and a “Contractors requirement validation tool”