OneClickRENO participates in EUSEW 2026 in a session on renovation passports, EPCs and the SRI

On 11 June, OneClickRENO participated in the Policy Conference of the European Sustainable Energy Week 2026, in the session “Boosting the potential of building renovations through renovation passports, EPCs and the SRI”.

The session brought together representatives from the European Commission, national authorities from Portugal and Spain, and several European projects working on energy performance certificates (EPC), renovation passports (RPs) and the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI). The aim was to discuss how these instruments, strengthened by the new Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), can move from the regulatory framework towards practical and coordinated implementation.

The opening intervention from the Directorate-General for Energy framed the discussion within the context of the implementation of the recast EPBD, the challenge of accelerating the renovation of Europe’s building stock, and the role of instruments such as EPCs, renovation passports and the SRI within the European framework. Building on this context, the session addressed both the approach to renovation passports and the need to connect the different building assessment instruments, avoiding duplication, reducing the burden for building owners and professionals, and helping technical information translate into clearer renovation guidance.

Within this framework, OneClickRENO presented its approach to automated, large-scale and customisable renovation passports, conceived as a practical tool to support decision-making in the early stages of the renovation process. The project proposes generating estimated passports based on available data and minimal building information, connecting with tools already operating in each country and allowing subsequent adaptation by professionals.

The session also provided the opportunity to compare this approach with more expert-based models, such as the one developed by iBRoad2EPC, which focuses on detailed passports that help plan staged renovations, avoid lock-in effects and ensure that current interventions remain compatible with future decarbonisation objectives.

One of the cross-cutting messages of the session was the importance of ensuring that EPCs, renovation passports and the SRI are not developed as separate processes. Projects such as SmarterEPC, iEPB and openBEP4EU presented different approaches to advancing towards more integrated workflows, based on data reuse, common on-site procedures and interoperable building information models.

The contributions from Portugal and Spain provided a particularly relevant perspective on the national implementation of renovation passports. Portugal presented an approach based on integrating the renovation passport into the existing energy certification system. In the Portuguese case, the passport is envisaged as an evolution of the current EPC recommendations, with the potential to support the planning of measures, access to financing and the work of one-stop shops.

From the Spanish side, representatives from the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda presented progress in the EPBD transposition process and the lines of work related to renovation passports. They highlighted the intention to coordinate these instruments with the energy performance certificate, as well as with existing tools such as the Building Evaluation Report, the Existing Building Logbook and the ARCE 2050 viewer. This approach seeks to connect energy improvement with a broader vision of building renovation, which also includes aspects such as accessibility, safety and building conservation.

Three main conclusions emerged from the session. First, Portugal and Spain illustrated how the practical implementation of renovation passports can build on existing systems, particularly energy certification schemes. Second, data reuse between EPCs, renovation passports and the SRI will be key to avoiding repeated assessments and reducing user fatigue. Third, the value of these instruments will depend on their ability to move from recommendation to action, connecting renovation roadmaps with financing, professional advice, support services and public policies.

The session showed that the implementation of renovation passports is not only a regulatory issue, but also an opportunity to improve the way building owners, professionals and administrations plan and activate the renovation of the building stock.