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
Citizens Help Shape the RenoVisor Renovation Tool
As part of the RenoVisor project’s co-creation process, EcoVision recently completed a series of engagement activities aimed at ensuring the RenoVisor Single Family Home (SFH) tool is designed around the real needs of its future users.
FEBEA presents financing options for building renovation in Ireland
The RenoVisor partner has carried out a mapping of the subsidies and loan schemes available in the Irish pilot to contribute to the development of the RenoVisor Single Family Home tool, which will be first launched in Ireland.
How communication helps turn RenoVisor’s Research into real impact
When discussing European research and innovation projects, attention is often focused on technological developments, scientific findings or innovative digital tools. However, another element is equally important for ensuring long-term impact: communication and dissemination.
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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