Tools
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.
The Challenge
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.
The RenoVisor Approach
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.
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
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.