Building Up Skills for Home Renovation One-Stop-Shops

Introduction

The reduction of energy consumption and the decarbonisation of the European building stock are at the top of the EU agenda for the transition towards a low carbon future. One of the main focuses in the European Green Deal is to support actions for renovation and energy efficiency improvements in residential buildings, which account for approximately 75% of all EU building assets.

Stakeholder Efforts

In order to roll out the Renovation Wave in Europe, significant efforts from stakeholders at all levels of governance are needed to achieve the required pace of energy renovation of residential buildings. Within these efforts, the creation of “one-stop-shops” (OSSs) for home renovation is considered an important vehicle to speed up the pace of building energy refurbishment.

Knowledge and Capacity Building

However, practical experience shows that the stakeholders responsible for home renovation OSSs need to be provided with specific knowledge and capacity to create and successfully run such structures. Answering this need, the proposed action Building Up Skills for Home Renovation One-Stop-Shops – BUSHROSSs, will build up skills of relevant bodies, including:

1. National authorities
2. Regional authorities
3. Local authorities
4. Municipalities
5. Energy agencies

This initiative aims to assist homeowners during the entire process of residential building energy refurbishment. This will lead to an acceleration of home renovation rates, contribute to delivering the European Green Deal, and improve the well-being and health of citizens and future generations.

Training and Development

This aim will be achieved through the development of qualification and upskilling schemes and their pilot testing via the delivery of training courses to relevant stakeholders, pertinent to OSS establishment and operation. This includes “training of trainers” activities.

The trainings will follow a modular approach to cover various aspects of home renovation and will be easily adaptable to the various local needs in the participating countries and across Europe.