May 11 – A new analysis of six National Building Renovation Plans finds that governments are not yet ready to deliver building renovation at the scale required.
This study presents an in-depth analysis of six National Building Renovation Plans (NBRPs), carried out with the support of Climact and coordinated jointly by Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe, EURIMA, European Environmental Bureau, Environmental Coalition on Standards, EU.bac, EUROGYPSUM, European Heat Pump Association, Glass for Europe, PU Europe, Renovate Europe.
The analysis covers Belgium (Wallonia), Bulgaria, Denmark, Portugal, Romania and Spain, assessing how these plans translate EU requirements into national strategies to drive building renovation at scale. All plans embrace long-term objectives and include innovative and transferable elements, however, their translation into integrated delivery systems remains partial.
A consistent finding emerges: the main challenge is to organise delivery! Across all plans, similar gaps recur including limited conversion of targets into operational pathways, insufficiently structured financing, under-dimensioned delivery capacity, and a lack of predictability for key actors.
At the same time, the current stage offers a clear opportunity to strengthen these plans. Many of the necessary elements already exist but are not yet combined into coherent systems. Strengthening NBRPs would provide clearer conditions for investment, workforce planning and local delivery, enabling public and private actors to scale their contribution .
With targeted improvements and stronger coordination, NBRPs can become a credible delivery backbone for Europe’s building improvement and modernisation.