One Click Reno at Sustainable Places 2025: Putting Building Renovation into Practice
From 8–10 October 2025, Milan will host the Sustainable Places Conference, one of Europe’s leading annual forums on the future of the built environment. We are very happy to announce that One Click Reno will take part in the workshop “Building Renovation in Practice: Challenges, Solutions and Collaboration,” hosted by the International Union of Property Owners (UIPI). This session will bring together five EU-funded projects that are making the ambitious targets of the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive a reality.
Europe’s buildings are central to achieving climate neutrality by 2050, and the revised EPBD sets ambitious goals to get us there: the mandatory renovation of the worst-performing buildings, the gradual phase-out of fossil-fuel heating systems, and the transition to Zero-Emission Buildings (ZEBs), supported by new instruments such as Building Renovation Passports (BRPs), Building Information Modelling (BIM), and One-Stop-Shops (OSS). Yet turning these regulatory targets into practical solutions remains a challenge, and this workshop offers an opportunity to explore how innovation can help property owners, local authorities, and renovation professionals overcome barriers such as cost, complexity, and fragmented guidance.
It is within this context that OCR will step in. Represented by Ana Sanchís from the Instituto Valenciano de la Edificación, the project will present how it is aligning digital innovation with the EPBD framework, turning regulation into action, and action into transformation. By providing every building with a clear, tailored roadmap to zero emissions, OCR is not just building digital tools, but also building trust, alignment, and pathways that make the EPBD objectives tangible for citizens.
Ana will showcase how OCR’s renovation passport combines multiple innovative elements: a harmonised data model aligned with Annex VIII of the EPBD, a passport calculator that generates renovation strategies, sequencing and timelines paired with dynamic performance indicators, and interfaces that transform complex calculations into customisable reports for homeowners, professionals, and public administrations. She will also highlight the passport roadmap, which records scenarios and enables policymakers to analyse trends and design targeted renovation strategies.
In short, OCR demonstrates how a regulatory requirement can become an opportunity: a practical, interoperable, and user-centred system that accelerates deep renovations and supports Europe’s transition to a zero-emission building stock. At the same time, the project will address key questions, such as why OCR integrates its results into existing trusted tools instead of creating a single new one, and how local planning tools can contribute to EU renovation objectives while feeding into harmonised datasets that support policymaking and EPBD reporting.
Alongside OCR, the workshop will feature other EU projects in the building renovation field: iEPB, harmonising Energy Performance Certificates and Smart Readiness Indicators; FACILITA, offering One-Stop-Shops to guide public building renovations; BUILD UP Speed, advancing industrialised and prefabricated renovation methods; and BARRIO, developing neighbourhood-scale renovation strategies to address market fragmentation. Together, these initiatives provide a diverse but complementary view of how research and innovation can unlock Europe’s renovation wave.
This 90-minute session will combine short project presentations with a moderated panel discussion led by UIPI, encouraging interaction and debate with the audience. It promises to highlight synergies across projects, inspire new collaborative solutions, and provide insights that bridge the gap between ambitious policy goals and everyday practice.
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