Delivering Socially Fair Renovation Plans: A Last-Mile Clinic for December Submissions
A FEANTSA Webinar
Background and purpose
Under the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD, 2024), Member States are preparing National Building Renovation Plans (NBRPs) to be submitted by December 2025.
We need to ensure that renovation policies are socially fair, inclusive, and effective in reaching low-income and energy-poor households.
To support this crucial last-mile work, FEANTSA has developed the Inclusive NBRP Guidance – a practical policy companion that translates EPBD social fairness requirements into actionable checklists, safeguards, and financing models.
This webinar, targeted to officials working on the plans, and anyone interested in socially inclusive renovation plans, will guide making NBPRs policy measures socially inclusive, while also delivering requirements of the EPBD, and highlight examples that could serve as inspiration for renovation plans to upscale socially inclusive renovation programs.
Objectives
- Present FEANTSA’s Inclusive NBRP Guidance and its main policy recommendations.
- Showcase practical examples of inclusive renovation design from Hungary and France
- Discuss how to embed social safeguards, inclusive financing, and targeted measures in NBRPs before December submissions.
- Facilitate an open dialogue between national ministries, EU institutions, and civil society on ensuring that no one is left behind in the Renovation Wave.
Provisional Agenda (75 minutes)
15:00–15:05 Welcome & framing – “Why fairness defines success for NBRPs”
- Benedetta Scuderi MEP, the Greens/EFA
15:05–15:20 Presentation of the Inclusive NBRP Guidance – key findings & 10-point checklist
- Anna Bajomi, FEANTSA / Luca Szöllősi, Solidarity Economy Centre
15:20–15:50 Source of inspiration: Inclusive renovation in practice
- Zsuzsanna Koritár, policy expert, Habitat for Humanity Hungary – Tailored financial, technical and administrative support to access home renovation support for low-income households
- Nicolas Bony, Chief Operations Officer at STOP Exclusion Energétique. – Fund for covering remaining up-front costs for low-income households
- Joris Piette, Project Manager and COO at Onesto – supporting low-income home buyers to meet energy performance standards
15:50: EC Reflection: Making renovation plans socially fair – how to make the most out of the plans until December?
- Nora Bednarski, DG ENER B3 Buildings team
16:00–16:15: Q&A
16:15–16:20: Wrap-up & sharing the short guidance
Target audience
- National and regional policymakers drafting or revising NBRPs
- European Commission DG ENER, officials
- Civil society organisations and NGOs active in housing, energy poverty, and social inclusion
- Academic and policy researchers working on the energy poverty and renovation wave
Key deliverables for participants
- PDF of the Inclusive NBRP Guidance
- 1-page submission checklist for socially fair renovation plans
- Recording of the webinar
- Follow-up opportunities across November 2025
Contact
Anna Bajomi, PhD – FEANTSA
anna.bajomi@feantsa.org | www.feantsa.org
