From Concepts to Prototypes: Advancing the Building Renovation Passport

On April 8th and 9th, the One Click Reno consortium gathered in Bologna for the project’s fourth General Assembly. This event marked the halfway point of the project and offered a valuable opportunity to start seeing the first tangible outcomes of the Building Renovation Passport we are co-developing.

The two-day session adopted complementary approaches.

Day one focused on technical progress. It opened with a presentation by the Technical University of Vienna on the data model that will underpin the pilots’ tools—an essential foundation for stakeholder validation in their respective ecosystems and for selecting the right indicators for the automated Building Renovation Passports.

This was followed by an overview of how the methodology is currently being implemented across pilot sites. Led first by Eurac and then by the Instituto Valenciano de la Edificación (IVE), each pilot shared the indicators that their local tools will consider, the roadmap matrix and selection process, calculation methods, potential functionalities, use cases, and early ideas about the tools’ visual design and user experience.

Day 2 shifted the focus to future users and internal coordination. The morning opened with IVE presenting the updated project timeline, key milestones achieved so far, and what lies ahead in the second half of the project. This was followed by a presentation from Ideas for Change, sharing insights gathered during stakeholder workshops in Valencia, Dublin, and Rotterdam.

Next, UIPI presented the main findings from the EU-wide survey of property homeowners, valuable input that directly feeds into the validation process. IHER then led a session on revised methodologies for measuring both the acceleration of renovation rates and the broader benefits of renovation in pilot markets. The day concluded with updates on communication activities and a first draft of the project’s exploitation strategy.

The General Assembly also counted with the presence of our EU Project Officer, who supervises the project on behalf of the European Commission. Her attendance provided a unique opportunity for direct feedback. She acknowledged the achievements made in the first 18 months and offered constructive guidance for the next phase. Her overall assessment was very positive: the project is on track and has the potential to significantly contribute to the EU’s energy efficiency objectives.