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34 Autumn 2019 European Energy Innovation

INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

High-level overview of the traditional construction sector

and/or how to best approach the operated in France, Ireland and Contact information
customer. Spain, transforming the complex and
fragmented renovation process into a For more information on BPIE’s
The diversity of revenue streams simple, straightforward and attractive work visit www.bpie.eu
in the nine models illustrate how process for the homeowner. It will
differently the business models have include the initial technical and
been developed. The most common behavioural diagnosis, technical
is to get a compensation for every offer, contract development and
completed project. A couple of agreement, structuring and provision
projects take out membership fees. of financial support, as well as the
Several receive support funds from on-site coordination of works and
third parties. Energy performance quality assurance.
contracting is another revenue
stream for larger projects. Accessible through a digital platform
(Solutions4Renovation), it will
The Horizon2020-funded project address drivers of building renovation
Turnkey Retrofit will be a new OSS beyond reducing energy bills and
offering an integrated renovation increasing asset value, such as home
service for both single-family and improvement, increased comfort,
multi-family buildings using the enhanced health and quality of life.
solutions and infrastructure of Izigloo
and Operene and incorporating best Most successful OSSs have a strong
practices and learnings from the network in the markets they are
cases referred to above. active in and should be embedded in
a larger policy framework in order to
It will develop and replicate an be effective. Some food for thought
integrated home renovation service for future work! l

1 European Commission -. JRC, “Energy Renovation: The Trump Card for the New Start for Europe,” 2015
2 Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE) and i2-4c, “Driving Transformational Change in the Construction Value Chain,” 2017
3 The amended Energy Performance of Buildings Directive [2018/844] stressed the importance of one-stop-shops to improve energy advice and increase

investments in energy renovations (see article 2a and 20(2))
4 www.turnkey-retrofit.eu, project n°839134.
5 K. Balson, M. Moreira and L. Simkovicova, “Financing step-by-step energy efficient refurbishment,” EuroPHit, 2016
6 Velux later left the BetterHome board

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