Renovate Europe Day 2026

Renovation and Regeneration at Scale: delivering affordable buildings without compromise

This year’s Renovate Europe Day takes place in Dublin, at Tom Johnson House, the seat of the Irish Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment, and online. It is co-organised with the Irish Green Building Council (IGBC), National Partner of the campaign, in collaboration with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), and is an Associated Event of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2026.

Timmy Dooley, Minister of State at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment, gives a keynote address, followed by speakers from the European Commission, national and local authorities, housing providers and industry.

The programme includes:

• High-level EU and Irish perspectives on the priorities for accelerating building renovation
• Approaches to scaling up building renovation, with practical examples from national and local authorities
• A dedicated session on renovating all educational buildings in the EU by 2035
• How better building-stock data, national observatories and cooperation can support higher renovation rates
• Site visits to Ellis Court and Tom Johnson House, two renovation projects in Dublin

Romane Faure, Project and Policy Officer at Efficient Buildings Europe, presents Renovate Europe’s EPBD Implementation Tracker, which launches on the day.

On 4 November, the day before, Renovate Europe, Climate Strategy & Partners and the IGBC hold a high-level roundtable in Dublin on financing residential energy renovation and the proposed European Renovation Loan.

The event is supported by Kingspan, Saint-Gobain, Signify and VELUX, and the media partners are Passive House Plus and REVOLVE.

Efficient Buildings Europe is a partner of the Renovate Europe Campaign.