By Sergi Serra, Projects and Communication, and Anna Higueras, Project Manager at Ideas for Change.

Part of the Ideas for Change team attended the project kick-off meeting

The construction sector, responsible for more than a third of greenhouse gas emissions related to energy in the European Union, plays a crucial role in achieving the EU's climate neutrality goal by 2050. The upcoming revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) is part of a comprehensive package intended to address this, but despite broad consensus on the importance of building renovations, the current rate is only 0.2%. OneClickRENO (OCR) seeks to accelerate building renovations in the EU, contributing to a zero-emissions building stock. By using Building Renovation Passports (BRPs), its aim is to make the benefits of comprehensive renovations tangible, providing a phased roadmap for specific buildings to facilitate cost-effective and well-planned interventions for owners and investors.

At OCR, Ideas for Change (IFC) will have two different roles. On one hand, it will provide a team responsible for designing and implementing the project's communication strategy. This includes creating relevant content across different social media platforms (LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube), publishing articles on the project's development and learnings, and creating other types of content to engage with various stakeholders in the project, including the entire list of stakeholders in the renovation value chain, but also policymakers (let’s not forget that the Energy Efficiency in Buildings Directive (EPBD) is under review), energy efficiency stakeholders, or tool developers, among many others. On the other hand, IFC will also be responsible for the co-creation process, starting with the demonstration in the different pilot markets of how to equip buildings with BRPs. To implement this, IFC will use the Pentagrowth methodology, which enables disruptive transformation by harnessing the diversity and variety of approaches from stakeholders to deploy innovative business strategies and provoke deep changes.

IFC will work alongside eleven other partners: Instituto Valenciano de la Edificación, Technische Universität Wien, Accademia Europea di Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC), Certimac, Stichting ISSO, IHER Energy Services Limited, Ubik Geospatial Solutions, Trek, Union Internationale de la Propriété Immobilière, Colegio de Administradores de Fincas de Valencia y Castellón, and Gamma Locations Labs.

The project is part of the EU LIFE programme, the only EU funding programme dedicated exclusively to environmental, climate, and energy objectives. It contributes to the transition to a clean, circular, energy-efficient, climate-neutral, and climate-resilient economy, including the transition to clean energy, to protect and enhance the quality of the environment.

Stay tuned for updates and progress on the project!