ZEBRA2020

Sustainability of the European society and economy will be based on renewable energy and resource efficiency. For the building sector, this implies the large scale deployment of low-energy buildings (nearly Zero-Energy Buildings or nZEBs).

ZEBRA2020 aims at creating an observatory for nZEBs based on market studies and various data. The technology is already available and proven; however the large scale uptake of nZEB construction and renovation will be a big challenge for all market actors and stakeholders involved.

A substantial gap in reliable data on current market activities makes it difficult for policy-makers to evaluate the success of their policies.Therefore, the key objective of ZEBRA2020 is to monitor the market uptake of nZEBs across Europe and provide data and as well as recommendations on how to reach the nZEB standard.

National and international policy and industry workshops are playing a central role during the project to generate alignment around potential nZEB strategies that will need to get endorsed by all market actors to make change happen. Data and strategies will be made accessible via online tracking tools.

ZEBRA2020 covers 17 European countries and about 89% of the European building stock and population. Thus, it is actively contributing to meeting the ambitious target of 100%-share of nZEBs for new buildings from 2020 and a substantial increase of deep nZEB renovations.

Partners:

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  Partners| ZEBRA2020 project (IEE)

Duration: 01/04/2014 to 30/09/2016

Overall budget: 1,677,905 € (EU contribution: 75,00 %)

Website: http://zebra2020.eu/