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As part of the steps the European Union (EU) is taking to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, it has agreed on stricter requirements for the energy efficiency of buildings as part of reforming the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive at the end of 2023. Among other policies, the revised directive asks the member states to establish one-stop-shops for energy building renovations.

In the Hanover region, the One-Stop-Shop was offered through the Modernisation Partner Network. The local project team, consisting of the Climate Protection Agency of Hanover Region and proKlima – the enercity fund, was able to convince the Modernisation Partner Network of the benefits of the concept.

The One-Stop-Shop for Bottrop, which was tested during the implementation phase of ProRetro, was able to build on many years of previous experience. Bottrop was selected as InnovationCity Ruhr in 2010.

The final workshop of the ProRetro project took place in Berlin on 19 October 2023. It was organised by the ProRetro team together with ZEBAU, which is a project partner in the One-Stop-Shop project I-HEROS also funded within the Horizon 2020 programme.

Within the ProRetro project, Raumfabrik from Wuppertal has expanded its services in the field of energy renovation. The task of the implementation phase was to test the integration of the new services in practice.

Thanks to the EU funded project ProRetro, Energieagentur Landkreis Böblingen, the energy agency in Böblingen district, now acts as a One-Stop-Shop for homeowner associations. In the case of an energy renovation of a residential building, it serves as a first point of contact and supports the renovation from the initial decision-making process to implementation.

The ProRetro-One-Stop-Shop in Berlin is implemented in cooperation with BAUInfo Berlin. Owners of condominiums and their associations can get free and impartial advice regarding their ideas for an energy renovation.

The challenges in the building sector to achieve climate protection goals are immense. In fact, the renovation rate in Hanover Region to make the building stock fit for the future is far below what is needed. A major factor driving this problem is the shortage of skilled workers. This does not stop at the Hannover Quality Network: the very...

Reimarkt is a One-Stop-Shop for energy efficiency renovations in the east of the Netherlands. The shop was founded in 2014 and has been involved in the renovation of more than 6,000 buildings. Its main specialization is the renovation of buildings owned by social housing companies (there is a large number of them in the Netherlands). Organising...

Klimatfastigheter Småland AB offers energy renovations of single-family houses, by managing the entire process from day one, on homeowners' terms and based on their conditions. With the help of Klimatfastigheter, homeowners lower their operational costs, increase the comfort of their dwelling, and strengthen their finances. To the best of our...

Île-de-France region includes Paris city and dense suburbs, rural areas and some other towns within a radius of 60 km around Paris. With 12 million inhabitants on 12 000 km2, it is one of the most densely populated regions in Europe. The Region counts 4.7 million homes, of which 72% are multi-family buildings. Some of these buildings belong to...

The RenoBooster project, led by the City of Vienna (Department of Technical Urban Renewal, MA 25), aims to increase the overall renovation rate of private housing in Vienna in order to contribute to the achievement of climate targets. It is funded by the EU under the Horizon 2020 programme. Numerous partners from complementary fields are...

The Regional Public Service for Energy Efficiency of Hauts-de-France («Régie du SPEE») offers a complete service to massively increase energy renovation in private housing. A small revolution in the world of renovation since the offer is based on third-party financing. Thanks to the combination of technical support and financing, it guarantees...

I-HEROS (Integrated Home Energy RenOvation Service) is a project funded in the same Horizon 2020-programme as ProRetro. It develops an entirely integrated home renovation service for homeowners in Toulouse Métropole in the south of France. By increasing the coordination between existing programs and targeting specific households, this...

As part of the EU-funded project ProRetro, the Berlin Energy Agency (BEA) is developing a new service for owners of condominiums and their associations in Berlin. The goal is to support them in the energy renovation of their buildings. This will help to fill a gap in Berlin’s existing range of advice services in the future.

A large number of public and private advisory services offering support for energy renovations exist in the Hanover Region. The Climate Protection Agency Hanover Region and proKlima – the enercity fund want to bundle these services and make them more well-known. By bundling diverse services related to energy renovations we strive to increase the...

The ProRetro project team held four focus groups in September and October 2021. Their goal was to discuss the business models that were developed in the first year of the project with potential customers and thereby learn how the concepts are received. The implementing partners invited potential customers to participate in the virtual group interviews. The predominantly positive feedback confirms the project’s approach. However, queries also showed that some questions remain to be addressed. …

From February to April 2021 the ProRetro team conducted an online survey among owners of residential buildings. With this survey, we have collected additional data that will help implementing partners design their one-stop-shops. 183 owners of residential buildings have participated in our survey. The respondents are both from the ProRetro project cities and regions (i.e., Berlin, Boeblingen, Bottrop, Hanover and Wuppertal) and other parts of Germany.