Buildings speak many languages across Europe: Different metrics. Different assessment methods. Different reporting standards. For policymakers, investors, municipalities, and citizens, this fragmentation makes it harder to align ambitions with action.
The latest article from our project OpenBEP4EU explores why Europe needs one shared language for building performance — not to standardise ambition, but to make it measurable, comparable, and scalable.
When data is fragmented, decisions slow down. When performance is transparent and interoperable, investment flows more easily, policy becomes clearer, and innovation can scale beyond pilots.
This is precisely why we are part of OpenBEP4EU, supported by the LIFE Programme. A shared performance framework is not only a technical exercise — it is an enabling condition for climate-neutral cities. It helps connect regulation, market actors, and local realities.
At EGC, we see harmonised building performance data as a bridge:
between EU policy and municipal implementation, between digital tools and real-life renovation, between ambition and accountability.
The transition depends not only on what we build — but on how we understand and evaluate what we build.
Read the article here
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