The project has developed a comprehensive roadmap to enhance the data required for informed decision-making in building-related policy and business. By fostering a dynamic community and a centralized data hub, it seeks to revolutionize policy and market decision-making through a continually evolving evidence base. This effort has focused on creating standardized methods for data collection, quality assurance, indicator definition and calculation, and visualization. Advanced techniques, such as machine learning and dataset integration, have been developed and tested to maximize the utility of available data.
The roadmap emphasizes improving the accuracy, granularity, and usability of building stock data. These improvements will allow for better representation of critical aspects, including worst-performing buildings and renovation potential. By providing shared, interoperable datasets, the project enables enhanced benchmarking and comparability. This advancement supports stakeholders in monitoring the evolution of the building stock, setting and achieving policy targets, and designing effective transition pathways for buildings.
The socio-economic implications of these enhanced pathways are substantial. Improved datasets and modeling capabilities will enable targeted building stock transitions, generating benefits that include reduced renovation costs, improved energy efficiency, and increased decarbonization. Additionally, the project has emphasized community building and outreach, raising awareness of the importance of a robust building data value chain. In collaboration with the BuiltHub community of users, the project is transforming knowledge-sharing on the EU building stock by connecting stakeholders from across Europe. Moreover, its close cooperation with the BSO tender consortium ensures alignment with EU directives, such as the EPBD, and supports Member States in developing national BSOs and providing data to the EU BSO. By combining technological innovation, community engagement, and actionable insights, the project paves the way for better building stock monitoring, smarter policy design, and accelerated decarbonization pathways for Europe.
