Building Understanding
for a Shared Renovation Plan
RenoVisor is an EU-funded Horizon Europe project supporting citizens, homeowners and energy communities in making informed renovation decisions.
By combining social science, advanced building simulation and participatory advisory tools, RenoVisor aims to increase the building renovation rate and contribute to Europe’s decarbonisation goals.
Meeting EU climate and energy efficiency targets requires a major increase in building renovations. However, renovation decisions are often slowed down by limited access to clear and comparable information, complex technical and financial trade-offs, and difficulties in collective decision-making, especially in condominiums.
RenoVisor addresses these barriers by developing three user-friendly tools that combine building simulations with behavioural and social insights, support individual and collective decision processes, and make renovation impacts, costs and benefits understandable to non-experts.
Tools that will be developed within the project
Single-Family House: support for homeowners
Multi-Family House: support for condominium decision-making
Energy Communities: support for districts and neighbourhoods
All tools consider technical, financial and social aspects and support multi-stage renovation planning following the efficiency-first principle.
Project Facts
Programme: Horizon Europe – Climate, Energy and Mobility
Funding scheme: Innovation Action
Duration: 2025–2029
EU contribution: €4.8 million
Consortium: 12 partners, coordinated by Forschungszentrum Jülich
Key Features
- Co-created with citizens and energy communities
- Accessible to non-experts and useful for professionals
- Cost, financing and payback estimates
- Climate-resilience and comfort insights
- Support for consensus-building and energy communities
- Focus on inclusion and reduction of energy and mobility poverty
Pilots and Impact
The tools will be tested in over 10,000 households in Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands, generating practical insights for scalable renovation solutions across Europe.
News and Events
RenoVisor partners gather in Thurles for an interactive third project meeting
From co-creating digital tools to preparing for real-world testing, during 29 September to 1 October 2026, the RenoVisor consortium held its third project meeting in Thurles, Ireland, to review progress, exchange ideas and define strategic planning.
Co-creating in RenoVisor: Putting Participation at the Heart of Design
Renovating a home is not only a technical or financial decision. It is a process shaped by people’s priorities, knowledge, concerns, expectations and everyday lives.
Overcoming NIMBY for a Fair Energy Transition
As Europe accelerates its clean energy shift, local opposition - often called NIMBY ("Not In My Backyard") - frequently halts vital green developments. Within RenoVisor, our team is studying why local resistance occurs and how to solve it and here, in particular, how...
The tools will be tested in over 10,000 households in Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands, generating practical insights for scalable renovation solutions across Europe.
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