Regional Energy Agency North (REA North) held the online kick-off conference for the REDESIGN project – Harmonized renovation methodology for the worst-performing public buildings in the CEE region – on March 19, 2025, thereby officially launching the implementation of another project under the European Climate Initiative (EUKI) program as the lead partner.
In addition to the REDESIGN project, REA North has been implementing the OUR-CEE project – Overcoming Underperforming Renovations in Central and Eastern Europe – since December 2023.
REDESIGN project started on March 1, 2025, and will last for a total of 21 and a half months, concluding in December 2026. Alongside REA North, the project brings together partners from Romania (EPG) and Bulgaria (Eneffect) and will focus on 16% of the worst-performing public buildings in Central and Eastern Europe.. The project’s main goals is to enhanced readiness of the renovation ecosystem to introduce and to deliver MEPS (Minimum energy performing standards) for the worst-performing public buildings in Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania.
By implementing this project, the gradual reduction of worst-performing public buildings will be encouraged, contributing to the improvement of the national public building stock in the Central and Eastern European region.
Some of the key project activities include supporting decision makers to introduce and deliver MEPS, developing ready-to-use tools (renovation passports), increasing capacity of public officials and renovation experts abd increasing public awareness of the importance of energy renovation in achieving the EU’s carbon neutrality goals by 2050.
At the kick-off conference, Damir Mandic, Business Development Manager at REA North, presented the project’s objectives, the content of the Partnership Agreement, expected outcomes, and planned measures for monitoring project achievements and program reporting. Discussions also covered topics such as future project meetings, the operational work and communication platform to be used by the partners, as well as the next steps and deadlines for completing individual activities.
REDESIGN project is funded under the European Climate Initiative (EUKI) program.
