It has been included in the Commission Notice C/2025/6438 for its comprehensive neighbourhood and housing support model. Commission Notice C/2025/6438 from the European Commission, released last December, provides guidance to Member States on how to implement the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) and

https://youtu.be/xAUgH2Mucd0 Since September 2023, the European BIRTUOSS project has been developing the Opengela model, created in a previous project (HIROSS4all, funded by the Horizon 2020 programme), which delves deeper into social, economic and environmental aspects. It also explores ways to scale up building renovation to

Great news for Opengela! Our project appears in the European Commission’s publication ‘Giving LIFE to Europe’s clean energy transition’ and is one of three examples highlighted in the section on ‘One-Stop Shops for Building Renovation’. The document was launched during the 2nd Round Table of

On Friday, 12 December, as part of the Annual Conference of the Urban Rehabilitation, Renovation and Regeneration Group (3R) organised by AVS and AVS Euskadi, held in Vitoria-Gasteiz, a panel discussion was held on “Innovation projects in the field of urban rehabilitation and regeneration”. Participants

GAIA and Bilbao Municipal Housing, partners in the European BIRTUOSS project (Opengela), welcomed several representatives from the INBUILT project, coordinated by Université Côte d’Azur and made up of 16 partners, to the TorreUrizar living lab on the 25th of November. This project is developing innovative construction products and systems designed

BUILD UP, the European portal on energy efficiency and renewable energy in buildings, dedicates its topic of the month to the role of one-stop shops in supporting residents. In this context, FEDARENE analyses in an article how various European initiatives are promoting residential energy renovation

Picture: Durango Town Council The project, which involves eight buildings and a semi-detached house in the San Sebastian neighbourhood, represents a total investment of €15.1 million. It also includes the redevelopment of public spaces, landscaping work and energy and sustainability improvements, among other measures. With

Picture: Durango Town Council The renovation of 130 homes and the reurbanisation of the neighbourhood have involved an investment of €10.8 million, of which €3.3 million (30%) comes from the Department of Housing and Agenda. The project integrates nature-based solutions (NBS) and reduces non-renewable primary

This year, Torreurizar, the iconic social housing building designed by Ricardo Bastida in 1919 and converted into the living lab of the BIRTUOSS-Opengela project, will be open to visitors as part of the Open House Bilbao 2025 programme. Visits will be free of charge and

The Basque Government has approved the second amendment to the agreement reached in 2022 with the local council of the town in Vizcaya, which will enable the renovation of 12 buildings comprising 126 homes. In addition, the Technical Office for Management and Proximity will be