Press kit

Available material

• BPIE’s brochure presenting our mission, areas and research and flagship projects.
• BPIE’s logo in high quality.

BPIE can contribute with articles based on available in-house resources at the time.

Media contact

Caroline Milne

Senior Communications Manager
caroline.milne[at]bpie.eu
+32 (0) 2 789 30 07

Press releases

• Untapping the potential of energy efficiency in buildings and housing: Canada-EU exchange, March 2020
• The H2020 project BUILD UPON2 officially kicks off – now it is time to boost low carbon building renovation across Europe, June 2019
• Moving towards climate-neutral buildings in Europe–a new guide for an effective implementation of the Buildings Directive, May 2019
• Public investment in buildings in Central, Eastern and South-East Europe insufficient: BPIE suggests a buildings infrastructure financing platform, September 2017
• Finally – a concrete definition of a “smart building” to be placed at the heart of EU policymaking as negotiations heat up, June 2017
• European countries are missing smart buildings opportunities, February 2017
• Scaling up deep energy renovation through innovation and industrialisation, November 2016
• Building renovation passports: one step closer towards better homes and deep renovation, October 2016
• Strengthening energy security in South-East Europe by investing in buildings, September 2016
• Buildings as energy-hubs can strengthen the energy system, June 2016
• Accelerating the renovation of the Bulgarian building stock, May 2016
• Renovation policy framework needed to stimulate investments in the German building stock, January 2016
• Success factors for ambitious renovation strategies, December 2015
• European survey shows different speeds on the road to an energy efficient building stock, April 2015
• Better regulation needed to guarantee efficient and healthy buildings, March 2015
• EU countries not on track to upgrade the building stock, November 2014
• Energy Performance Certificates could fail to deliver the expected boost of energy renovation if not properly implemented, October 2014

Opinion pieces

• The integral role of buildings in smart sector integration, July 2020
• Why national building renovation plans are key for the recovery, July 2020
• Beyond the corona darkness: Bringing light, air and sustainability into people’s homes
• Buildings must be at the heart of the European Green Deal. Here’s why, December 2019
• Building renovation can provide new momentum to the European project, May 2017
• Innovation and industrialisation can speed up deep energy renovation, November 2016
• Buildings are crucial to meeting COP21’s ambition, March 2016
• Energy efficiency at the heart of Europe’s stability, September 2014

Highlighted articles

• Boiling point: As Europe sizzles, France misses climate targets, June 2019
• EU’s Climate Goals “Can Only Happen if a Systemic Upgrade of the Building Stock is Achieved”, June 2019
• “EU must cut building emissions by 2050”, May 2019
• New briefing from BPIE: Policy Innovation for Building Renovation – How can policy innovation scale up the decarbonisation of the building stock in Europe?, January 2019
• Building 4 people: Quantifying the benefits of energy renovation investments in schools, offices and hospitals, November 2018
• Energy Poverty affects health, October 2018
• Energy efficiency of buildings should help to structurally reduce fuel poverty, May 2018
• ‘Efficiency First’ will deliver: let’s start with renovating our buildings, March 2018
• Smart City: Interdisziplinäre Konferenz zur innovativen Integration von Solarenergie und Architektur, March 2018
• The Data Rush: towards an Energy efficient Europe, December 2017
• Examining building renovation passports, November 2017
• Smart buildings at the heart of the cities of tomorrow, Summer 2017
• The Innovation Challenge: will the EU be able to scale up the rate of energy renovation to meet its climate commitments?, Summer 2017
• Cladirile performante energetic pot diminua importul de gaz in 100 zile de ger, January 2017, in Romanian
• Safeguarding energy security in South-East Europe with investment in demand-side infrastructure, December 2016
• Buildings: essential for smart energy systems, June 2016
• Buildings and the energy market: a challenging but rewarding interaction, December 2015
• Alleviating fuel poverty in Europe, September 2014