The event brings together city representatives, policymakers, building and construction industry experts, as well as civil society representatives who will exchange experiences and knowledge on building energy efficiency over the course of three days.

On the second day of the forum, May 21, REA North organized a Knowledge Exchange Event as part of the project Overcoming Underperforming Renovations in Central and Eastern Europe (OUR-CEE), which brought together project partners from Romania, Bulgaria, and Poland, along with a significant number of other forum participants.

As part of the knowledge exchange, REA North also hosted a panel session at the C4E Forum titled “Advancing High-Performance Renovations in the Public Building Stock of Central and Eastern Europe”, featuring experts from various countries.

In addition to the panel session, the OUR-CEE project was also presented in the Knowledge Hub through a poster exhibition.

Alongside the OUR-CEE project, REA North also presented a new project from the European Climate Initiative program, titled Harmonized Renovation Methodology for the Worst-Performing Public Buildings in the CEE Region (REDESIGN), which it leads as the coordinating partner.

The REDESIGN project targets the 16% of public-use buildings with the poorest energy performance in Central and Eastern Europe, aiming to enhance the preparedness for renovation processes of these buildings by proposing Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) they should meet.

Both the OUR-CEE and REDESIGN projects are funded by the European Climate Initiative (EUKI) program.

Objava REA North presented OUR-CEE and REDESIGN projects at the C4E Forum pojavila se prvi puta na Regionalna energetska agencija.

The OUR-CEE project is funded through the European Climate Initiative (EUKI) program and brings together four partners from four different EU countries (Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, and Croatia).

The project’s start date was marked as December 1, 2023, and it will run for a total of 28 months, concluding on March 31, 2026.

The OUR-CEE project has several specific objectives, among which the enhancement of the quality of future energy renovation projects and the increase in the energy efficiency of buildings that have undergone energy renovations but are currently not achieving the full potential of projected savings are highlighted.

In addition to these goals, the OUR-CEE project also aims to raise awareness of the seriousness of issues related to poorly executed energy renovations of public buildings, using examples of poorly executed energy renovations in all four partner countries.

During the first wave of energy renovations of public buildings from 2014 to 2020, only a small percentage of the total fund for such buildings was renovated, while a significant number of these buildings did not achieve the expected savings as defined by the project.

To address the issue of unrealized savings, the OUR-CEE project will conduct an analysis of implemented energy renovations of public buildings, identify the causes of unrealized energy and consequently financial savings, and ultimately propose measures to enhance the energy efficiency of public buildings.

Objava REA North started the implementation of the new EU project OUR-CEE pojavila se prvi puta na Regionalna energetska agencija.