The workshop, organised in connection with the 2nd CA EPBD plenary meeting, brought together CA EPBD representatives from Member States, the Building Stock Observatory (BSO) consortium, research institute IWU, and the European Commission, in a hybrid format.
Discussions centred on the forthcoming recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), which is expected to introduce new requirements for Member States to report building energy performance data to the EU via a new web tool, the BSO platform.
The workshop provided an opportunity for experts to understand the data needs required to transform the European building stock, exploring various approaches to data collection, statistical sampling methods, tracking of energy efficiency measures, and the use of Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) data.
Key questions addressed included the challenge of monitoring renovation rates and depths, differences in data collection between residential and non-residential buildings, and the integration of national reporting systems with the BSO.
The enhanced BSO web tool, which includes a database and factsheets on the EU's building stock, is available at the European Commission's website.
This collaborative effort was one of several stakeholder events planned by the Concerted Action EPBD to support the implementation of the EPBD.