Initiative to decrease energy intensity through implementation of EPBD Directive

The project Retrofitting Social Housing and Active Preparation for EPBD (RESHAPE) is co-funded by the European Union under the Intelligent Energy-Europe Programme.

RESHAPE is a common action of ten partners united in a consortium and co-ordinated by Ecofys (The Netherlands). It started in January 2006, with a duration of 30 months.

The project intends to contribute to the implementation of the EU Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings (EPBD) and covers six pilot countries: The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Estonia, Czech Republic and Bulgaria.

Through dissemination activities the project target area will be enlarged with Greece and Romania. In the framework of RESHAPE project a consortium of stakeholders in social housing will:

• Demonstrate the preparation of social housing actors for implementation of the EPBD by planning and testing the integration of energy performance certification (EPC) in operational processes and services.
• Test and demonstrate added-value opportunities of EPC.
• Develop support tools for West-Europe, South-Europe and East-Europe.
• Disseminate the project outcomes to social housing actors in order to increase their awareness and change their attitude towards solutions for refurbishments.

Project RESHAPE webpage