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Supporting the Renovation Wave in Austria, Ireland and Lithuania

Supporting reforms to transition to a green economy and fight climate change

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  • 2023

Supporting the Renovation Wave in Austria, Ireland and Lithuania

The European Commission (EC) supported Austria, Ireland and Lithuania to address their specific barriers to building renovation and decarbonisation, including: fragmented energy performance data and databases across federal states in Austria; challenges to link coordination and incentives for renovation in multi-apartment buildings in Ireland; and promoting cost-effective and scalable renovation solutions with pre-fabricated modules from organic materials in Lithuania.

Context 

The main aim of the European Commissions’ Renovation Wave strategy (adopted in 2020) is to boost renovation in the EU to at least double the annual energy renovation rates by 2030 and to foster deep renovation. In this context, the Member States face several challenges to meet this goal at various points in the renovation process, from the decision-making process, to manufacturing and construction, and to the completion and monitoring of renovation. Each of the three beneficiary Member States of this project is facing unique challenges to progress the Renovation Wave, where the experience of each of the beneficiary Member States provides a learning opportunity for the others.

Support delivered  

This project was implemented by the provider in cooperation with the European Commission to the three Member States with:

  • Improving building data collection and management in Austria via:
    • A roadmap for improving data collection on building energy performance;
    • Technical specifications for e-form and database customisation;
    • Training material and proposals for an information campaign on data collection;
  • Encouraging large-scale retrofitting of MUDs in Ireland via:
    • Analysis of existing legal, governance and financing frameworks for MUDs;
    • Suggested recommendations as to policies, reforms and regulation to achieve large scale retrofitting of MUDs;
    • Training and dissemination activities;
  • Promoting green renovation in Lithuania via:
    • Good practices and gaps for renovation with pre-fabricated modules made of organic materials;
    • Manual and model files for renovation with pre-fabricated modules from organic materials;  and
  • Analysing transferable lessons among participating Member States and organising TAIEX workshops.

Results achieved

The project served to further improve the respective national governments’ capacity to advance building decarbonisation, through: 

  • Providing guidance on implementing improved data collection processes and database for energy performance data of the national building stock in Austria.
  • Showcasing potential models and frameworks for Ireland for upscaling retrofitting in MUDs and increasing awareness;
  • Guiding improved methodology for green renovation project development assistance in Lithuania.
  • Creating synergies among participating Member States via knowledge sharing and dissemination.

More about the project

You can read the documents related to the project here: