One-Stop-Shops - Integrated services for clean energy transition in private buildings

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Expected Impact:

Proposals should present the concrete results which will be delivered by the activities and demonstrate how these results will contribute to the topic-specific impacts. This demonstration should rely on a solid analysis of the current situation, realistic assumptions and baselines, and establish clear causality links between activities, results and impacts.

In terms of qualitative impact, proposals under this topic should demonstrate how they will contribute to the following outcomes:

Integrated services fully implemented, operational and tested before the end of the project evidenced, for example, by established infrastructure, formalised partnerships, recruited staff, and launched outreach activities. During a pilot phase, proposals must trigger the first investments that validate the service concept, with the understanding that actual delivery at the worksites, comprehensive scaling of activities and subsequent investments will continue beyond the project’s completion.

Strong and trustworthy partnerships with local actors, such as SMEs, architects, engineers, energy service companies (ESCOs), financial institutions, chambers of commerce, professional associations, local and regional authorities, energy agencies, and civil society organisations. Evidence may include, for example, signed commitment charters, collaboration agreements, or framework contracts.

Increased awareness and trust among end-users, evidenced by clear accountability mechanisms such as, for example, comprehensive quality assurance mechanisms and/or dedicated consumer protection policies

Clear prospects for economically viable business models that minimise reliance on public subsidies to cover operating costs evidenced, for example, by the identification of robust revenue streams and the clear definition of strategic actions to approach long-term financial independence

Public availability of data and guidance to support replication by other market actors, including clear information on the type of data provided (e.g. average time required for support at each stage of the renovation journey, average conversion rates, typical profiles of the professionals involved, etc.), the intended users, and the conditions for access.

In terms of quantitative impact, proposals should quantify their results and impacts using the indicators provided for the topic, when they are relevant for the proposed activities. Proposals are not expected to address all the listed impacts and indicators. The results and impacts should be quantified for the end of the project and for 5 years after the end of the project. The quantitative indicators for this topic include:

Number of building units credibly expected to benefit from OSS services, based on the territorial scope and justified service availability

Amount of in-person support made available to building owners (realistically aligned with other quantified impacts), measured in full-time equivalent staff

Number of initial contacts (in number of building owners) made by the One-Stop Shop

Number of on-site visits conducted (in number of building units, differentiated by category where relevant)

Number of investment projects effectively implemented (in number of building units, differentiated per categories if relevant)

Average global conversion rate (in %) from initial contacts to completed investments, demonstrating the value of the services offered

Average percentage of energy savings per investment project (in %, differentiated per categories if relevant).

Proposals should also provide indicators which are specific to their proposed activities.

All proposals must also quantify their contribution to the common indicators of the LIFE Clean Energy Transition sub-programme:

Primary energy savings triggered by the project (in GWh/year)

Final energy savings triggered by the project (in GWh/year)

Renewable energy generation triggered by the project (in GWh/year)

Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (in t CO2-eq/year)

Investments in sustainable energy (energy efficiency and renewable energy) triggered by the project (cumulative, in million Euro).

Funding rate

Other Action Grants (OAGs) — 95%

Objective:

Achieving the EU target of a climate-neutral, resource-efficient and prosperous economy by 2050 requires the rapid implementation of ambitious measures to reduce energy consumption and expand renewable-based heating and cooling systems. However, private building owners often lack the capacity and resources to implement complex sustainable energy improvements. At the same time, developers face fragmented demand, high delivery costs, and limited access to appropriate financing.

This topic supports the creation or replication of One-Stop Shops (OSS) for the clean energy transition in private buildings , in line with the Energy Efficiency Directive [1] , the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive [2] , and the Commission Recommendation on one-stop shops [3] .

The EU is facing important increases in energy prices, driven by market volatility and exacerbated by its dependence on imported fossil fuels. A key priority for the EU is to strengthen the resilience of its energy system vis-a-vis geopolitical crises impacting the global energy market. Therefore, applicants under this topic are invited, where possible, to develop and implement long-term structural sustainable and energy efficiency measures to enhance EU energy system resilience against future crises, in coherence with short-term energy relief measures needed to respond to the current shock on the global energy markets.

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