Energy Poverty Advisory Hub
The Energy Poverty Advisory Hub (EPAH) is the leading EU initiative aiming to eradicate energy poverty and accelerate the just energy transition of European local governments. →
www.housingeurope.eu/section-38/our-projects : 30-03-2023
Our Projects
We lead and take part in several European projects to translate our policy objectives into action.
We are working on the new frontiers in our sector, envisioning the future-proofed neighbourhoods which can cater for elderly, youth, integration of services, different lifestyles e.g. working from home, sharing economy, circular economy and of course with the decentralised Zero energy neighbourhoods ZEN with an adapted energy system fitted to these changes. Click on 'Read more' to check out our Concluded Projects.
ARV
ARV is a Horizon 2020 EU-funded project part of the EU Green Deal goal to build and renovate in an energy and resource efficient way. The project aims to demonstrate and validate attractive, resilient, and affordable solutions for of Climate Positive Circular Communities (CPCC) that will significantly speed up the deep energy renovations and the deployment of energy and climate measures in the construction and energy industries. To achieve this, the ARV project will employ a novel concept relying on 6 demonstration urban regeneration projects representing different European climates and contexts with high ambitions in environmental, social and economic sustainability. The focus is on renovation of social housing and public buildings to demonstrate more than 50 innovations in more than 150,00 m2 of buildings.
The 4-year project started in January 2022 and gathers 35 partners from seven European countries are involved. →
Build Up Speed
BuildUPspeed wants to accelerate the volume and depth of deep renovation of the EU building stock, supporting the EU Renovation Wave, by introducing and implementing a Market Activation Platform, specifically for the promotion and implementation of industrialized renovation solutions. BuildUPspeed builds upon and capitalizes the results and outcomes from relevant and related Horizon projects on deep renovation, specifically projects and actions on prefabrication, BIM adaption for renovation, and industry 4.0. Moreover, BuildUPspeed will build upon the legacy, the approach and the results of several chapters of the ‘Energiesprong’ approach. Housing Europe will support business modelling and further market uptake of BuildUPspeed tools and services via the adoption of a large variety of distribution channels. Domofrance Logement Social based in Bordeaux and Instituto Valenciano de la Edificacion are the representation of the sector within the project. →
Drive 0
Drive 0 has a unique concept, offering efficient renovation solutions concerning energy, materials and costs, within innovative consumer-centred circular renovation processes. By implementing this concept, DRIVE 0 encourages a transition from a linear economy to a circular economy. →
drOp
In the industrial town Ermua, near Bilbao in the Basque Country, the Santa Ana neighbourhood with post-war privately-owned multifamily buildings is officially starting the work to become a lighthouse renovated district. Digitally enabled social district renovation processes for age-friendly environments driving social innovation and local economic development, or for short – drOp is Housing Europe's new project. This is more than an EU-funded initiative because it is very closely linked to the European Affordable Housing Constorium, SHAPE-EU which is demonstrating what do we mean by sustainable housing for social impact. →
European Affordable Housing Consortium, SHAPE-EU
10 partners shaping the envisaged by the Affordable Housing Initiative 100 lighthouse projects by creating blueprints for a just energy transition with affordability and liveability at its heart. The European Affordable Housing Consortium is the point of reference for a socially-inclusive Renovation Wave and New European Bauhaus, co-funded by the European Union's Single Market Programme →
GigaRegioFactory
The Life Giga Regio Factory project is based on the need for a change of scale in order to be able to target 10% of the market by 2030 and 1 million homes renovated to a guaranteed zero-energy level in an industrialised way in Europe. The project will develop an open-source tool for the qualification of housing in order to better qualify them and developing smarter aggregation strategy to launch large-scale collective industrial retrofits at zero-energy level. It will also coach companies that integrate and assemble industrial solutions to enable them to develop 100% industrialised offers. Within the project, we will work closely with EST metropole habitat and the Association des Organismes HLM Auvergne Rhone Alpes. →
HOUSEFUL
The main goal of the HOUSEFUL project is to develop and demonstrate innovative integrated circular services focused on the optimal management and use of water, waste, energy and material resources during all stages of the life cycle of residential buildings (new and existing). These services will be deployed and tested in four residential buildings in Austria and Spain from different building periods. →
MATRYCS
MATRYCS or Modular Big Data Applications for Holistic Energy Services in Buildings is a project that brings together 18 partners from 10 European countries aiming to provide a holistic open solution for decision-making and data analytics solution for energy-efficient buildings. Housing Europe will work on capitalising on the project results and on the demonstrator outcomes and best practices identified so as to design European, national or regional policies. →
METABUILDING Labs
To reach the COP21 goal of nearly-zero energy, zero emission buildings MBLabs strives to unleash the innovation potential of the SMEs of the Construction sector by lowering the entry barriers to test innovative solutions in a network of testing facilities in RTOs and Living Labs in 13 countries, most EU member states, allowing a direct feedback from the end-users during the final development stages. →
NRG2Peers
The main aim of NRG2peers is to support the uptake of a next generation of European peer-to-peer Energy Communities. NRG2peers sets up a gamified platform in three levels, supporting residential energy communities to increase energy efficiency and to integrate a higher share of renewable energy. →
POWERPOOR
POWERPOOR has embarked on a real mission - to develop support programmes and schemes for energy-poor citizens in 8 EU countries and encourage the use of alternative financing schemes, such as establishing energy communities, energy cooperatives and crowdfunding. The project's goal is also to ensure that governments and authorities across Europe take energy poverty into consideration when drafting energy and climate action plans. →
PUSHousing
Public Space in European Social Housing is a HERA network supported project that explores the hypothesis that public spaces on social housing estates throughout Europe are a prime locus of cultural encounter and therefore constitute a unique potential resource for European integration. →
RE-SKIN
Housing Europe continues the mission of our recently-completed HEART project - to ride the Renovation Wave by developing and testing an integrated and multifunctional system for energy retrofit of buildings. We will be doing this through the Horizon project RE-SKIN which officially kicked off the activities in January in Milan.
The work will be organised in two main subsystems, roof and façade, combined with the building’s HVAC system. And while within the HEART project we had our Italian member of member, ACER, this time, we test innovative renovation methods with two social housing demo sites, one owned by Vilogia in Northern France, and a second owned by VIPASA in Asturias in Spain. →
SUPER-i
The SUPER-i project officially kicked off in September 2021. Supported by Horizon 2020 funding, the project will run for 3 years and will focus on developing extended Public-Private Partnership for investment in smart energy efficiency in social housing. →
SUPERSHINE
SUPERSHINE started in mid-November in Rome with the ambition to implement innovative renovation of social and affordable housing in three demonstrator lighthouse districts in Italy, Denmark, and Latvia as well providing blueprints for follow-up districts. These are among the first lighthouse districts receiving EU funding as part of the EU Affordable Housing Initiative that will be supported by the European Affordable Housing Consortium, SHAPE-EU. Particular attention will be paid to the renovation of social housing, to help households who struggle to pay their energy bills. →
Syn.ikia
Syn.ikia aims at achieving sustainable plus energy neighbourhoods. This will be achieved while ensuring high-quality indoor environment and well-being. The main strategy for achieving these goals is to deliver a blueprint for sustainable plus energy buildings and neighbourhoods, leading the way to plus energy districts and cities. →