Energy Performance Certificate Recast

Graziano Salvalai (Principal Investigator), Marta Maria Sesana, Diletta Brutti

Energy retrofit strategies for buildings represent a major challenge for the achievement of EU decarbonisation goals. In 2002, the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) introduced the Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) as an instrument to assess building energy performance, propose and support energy retrofit projects, and develop financing tools. However, this instrument remains largely unexploited due to several challenges influencing confidence, decision support and articulation for financing. Moreover, to engage end users, the certification should propose concrete roads to ambitious goals respecting buildings’ overall quality and increasing energy performance. EPC RECAST project will develop a well-structured process and a toolbox that will support the development, performance and validation of new EPCs with particular focus on existing residential buildings with high retrofit needs.

Contribution to SDGs: 7, 11