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IWG5 Co-Chair attended ECAP 2026
As part of the Cyprus Presidency of the EU, the European Conference on Architectural Policies (ECAP 2026) was held on May 7-8, 2026, at the Nicosia Municipality Town Hall, and hosted by the Cyprus Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works. The conference...
Kick-off meeting of the IWG5 Buildings Coordination and Support Action project
On 15 June 2026, the Coordination and Support Action (CSA) project, SET-IWG5, organised its kick-off meeting at the ECTP office in Brussels. For the next two years, the Horizon Europe support project SET-IWG5will support the SET Plan Implementation Working Group on...
Key takeaways from the IWG5 webinar on Sustainable Renovation
As the webinar was organised as part of the 2025 Study Tour, taking place in Valencia (Spain) on July 1st and 2nd, IWG5-CSA partners and IWG5 Chair and Co-Chairs were present at the Imagine Montessori School (Valencia). Francesco Guarino (University of Palermo,...
Update of the Implementation Plan
The Implementation Working Group on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (IWG5) has released an updated Implementation Plan, building upon the initial technical update from September 2024. The updated version can be downloaded here. The revised Implementation Plan of IWG5...
Building Sustainability: IWG5 Study Tour Highlights Green Innovation in Education and Urban Living
The third Study Tour organised by IWG5 Buildings took place on July 1st, 2025, in Paterna - Valencia (Spain). This year, a group of 15 participants gathered at the Imagine Montessori School. The tour started with a presentation of the key features of the school by...
Register now for the IWG5 webinar “Driving Sustainable Renovation”
Sustainability focuses on balancing current needs with the needs of future generations. This webinar explores how sustainable renovation actively advances two key pillars of sustainability—environmental and social—within the framework of renovation...
New paper on “Web-based tool to evaluate and compare energy options for buildings”
EURAC Research has submitted an abstract and full paper to the Sustainable Built Environment (SBE) Regional Conference 2025. Abstract. This paper introduces the comprehensive web-based IWG5 tool to evaluate energy consumption, renovation costs, and environmental...
Call for chair, co-chair and task force members for the task force on Industrialisation for the clean energy transition
The task force provides input for the second update of IWG5’s implementation plan by way of a white paper of up to 10-15 pages. The IWG5 is one of the 14 thematic working groups of the SET-Plan which has been developed as a European Union initiative being a strategy...