Below is a collection of links that provide deeper knowledge on selected topics and projects related to energy renovation.
Building Research & Information special issue on urban retrofit – LINK
Building Research & Information special issue on energy retrofitting of owner-occuied homes – LINK
Book by Robert B. Cialdini, PH.D., on influencing people. Useful knowledge on the factors that can move home owners towards a “yes” to renovation – LINK
Website of the EU project “EPISCOPE”, which aims to make the energy refurbishment processes in the European housing sector transparent and effective – LINK
Website of the EU project “COHERENO”, which aims to improve the quality of the construction measures in relation to nZEB renovation by providing specific support to all stakeholders in the process – LINK
Website of the EU project “Request2Action”, which aims to remove barriers to low carbon retrofit by improving access to data and insight of the benefits to key market actors – LINK
Archive website of the CONCERTO Initiative, which has built up a large knowledge base and a valuable data set from smart cities demonstration projects across Europe – LINK
Read about the German initiative “Sanierungsfahrplan” – LINK (website is in German)
Read about the Dutch initiative “Blok voor Blok” – LINK (website is in Dutch)
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REFURB has also gathered a number of publications which share the experience of the project’s partner countries.