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We are creating Integrated Home Renovation Services (IHRS) for condominiums in the Netherlands and Flanders. But who is involved in the project?

We want to continue our video series of partner introductions, by presenting our partner: Energiehuis Oostende.

• Who at Energiehuid Oostende is working on CondoReno?
• From  Energiehuid Oostende’s perspective: What are the main barriers in regards to energy renovation?
• About which aspect of the project is Energiehuis Oostende the most excited?

Stay tuned for our next videos upcoming to find out more about our partners!

Our technical objectives and developments so far

Four starting models have been identified so far for Integrated Home Renovation Services within CondoReno. The city of Antwerp, the city of Mechelen, Energiehuis Oostende and WNR each identified their business model, getting also inspiration from our APC French partner model, structured feedback and input from other EU projects. We also worked on the development of a joint ‘CA renovation roadmap’ and kickstarted the development of local co-creation groups. A proof of concept for demonstration interventions in the CA decision process has been started as well. In addition, we have established communication and networking with key local and national stakeholders to collaborate for CondoReno project. Furthermore, our activities so far and interactions with different stakeholders confirmed a need to start preparing an easily understandable ‘roadmap’ that could help the CAs and supply-side actors to interpret their tasks when going for a deep (living-cost neutral) renovation. We are now exploring how diverse customer journey models could help to develop such a roadmap.

Highlights from our C&D activities

We combined our kick-off meeting in Delft with our presence in SBE2022 conference. Afterward, to establish synergies with other projects, CondoReno was present in some IHRS related workshops such as the OPENGELA final workshop, Building Blocks meeting, SaveTheHomes-CondoReno meeting, EU workshops in Brussels on IHRS such as the one for  ”Deep dive into the strategies & business models of the six French one-stop shops”, and the EUSEW 2023. To reinforce the policy actor integration, we also had meetings with Dutch and Flemish municipalities as well as our sister project FOSSTER! Our first public CondoReno workshop was held in Tiel, where we jointly explored the barriers and opportunities on how to deal with interferences in the renovation journey. Our partner IHRS developers explored further contacts with key stakeholders including local & regional authorities, policy makers, CA managers, legal experts and banks. We have been also further worked on the mapping of key stakeholders related to the success of IHRS, resulting in preliminary ideas about the possible stakeholder classification, and composition of local support groups, national and international advisory boards, stay with us for further establishments coming up regarding.

Stay tuned for what is coming Q4 2023

→ Our first newsletter upcoming end of September 2023

→ A first supply-demand interaction event is planned to take place in October 2023

→ Announcement of our Board Members is upcoming in November 2023

→ CondoReno first official results on Business models for IHRS in the Netherlands and Flanders are coming up in November & December 2023

→ Our first CondoReno training material for activating the supply-side is coming up in December 2023

We we happy to be part of a peer-to-peer workshop that took place on the 20 June 2023 in Brussels as part of ORFEE and learn more on How to set up and integrated home renovation service!

That was a unique occasion to learn from the experience of the six French one-stop shops – the regional public or semi-public organisations offering integrated advisory, technical and financial solutions for the energy renovation of housing. They make ambitious energy renovation simpler and accessible to all homeowners, reducing their energy bills in average by 50%. To date, they have carried out global renovations of more than 10,770 dwellings, representing an investment of €132 million, and have issued 1,300 loans for a total amount of €40 million.