Can Europe Deliver on Its Renewable Energy Ambitions? Between Political Vision and Industrial Reality
Article written by Armand Ritouet European policies on renewable energy are among the most ambitious in the world. The European Union has adopted a strengthened legislative package, notably the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III, 2023), which sets a binding target of 42.5% renewable energy in the EU’s gross final energy consumption by 2030, along with […]
ESREI’S 4 YEARS ANNIVERSARY – Building on our foundations
The European research programme launched by the OID, ESREI (European Sustainable Real Estate Initiative), celebrates its 4th anniversary in 2025! As environmental and social challenges for the sector are going beyond borders, addressing them requires a cross-country comprehension. How can we work together to address these ESG issues? What must be known by paneuropean actors […]
Adapting to climate change: has the property sector grasped the scale of the challenge ahead?
Article written by Armand Ritouet. The OID’s ESREI programme has just translated and expanded the Guide to action for climate change adaptation, initially published in French in 2021. Let’s take a look at the guide’s topicality, as record temperatures fall once again in the spring of 2025 and scientists are becoming increasingly alarming about the […]
Sustainable real estate in Europe, horizon 2050? Let’s take a look at ESREI’s intervention in the International Conference from ENPC
This spring, the Mastère Immobilier et Bâtiment Durable from École nationale des ponts et chaussées (ENPC) organized once again its major international conference dedicated to the ecological transition of the real estate and building sector. From 7 to 11 April 2025, more than 30 experts shared their views and explored solutions for the future of […]
GRESB results 2024 – raising the bar for future performance
Article written by Yang Liu. GRESB – the global real estate sustainability benchmark The real assets industry grapples with numerous intertwined challenges under the ESG umbrella, such as climate change, resource depletion, social inequality, and governance issues. These challenges can significantly affect the value, reputation, and resilience of real asset investments. Founded in 2009, GRESB […]
European elections 2024 – What could change for the real estate sector’s ecological transition?
Article written by Céline Lambert. European Union’s decisions are directly impacting the real estate sector by setting regulations transposed across Member States. Through its ESREI programme and its Sustainable Finance programme, the Observatoire de l’Immobilier Durable monitors and deciphers already existing and future EU regulations to guide the real estate sector in their implementation. Therefore, […]
Analyse des risques climatiques : quels enjeux d’usages pour Bat-ADAPT ?
Article rédigé par Lucie Goulet. Bat-ADAPT, où en sommes-nous ? L’utilisation de l’outil Bat-ADAPT a significativement augmenté au cours des dernières années, avec une multiplication par deux du nombre de bâtiments enregistrés dans la base au cours des six derniers mois. C’est dans ce contexte florissant que l’OID a souhaité mener une étude plus approfondie sur […]
Energy performance certificates: limits and outlook of a European tool
On November 2023, the OID’s ESREI programme published a fourth study on Energy Performance Certificates across Europe. This study is drawing on the lessons learned from the 3 previous parts, and adding new analysis, to offer pan-European players a dynamic overview of EPCs across Europe and over time. What’s at stake in the recast […]
Analysing European strategies on conservation and restoration measures: the project launched in partnership with Sciences Po
On October 2023, ESREI and BIG jointly kicked off a project in partnership with Sciences Po Urban School. A group of students will work on a European cross-country analysis to review the regulatory context and public policies regarding building and biodiversity in Europe. As international and European ambitions become clearer, the results of this work […]
Que retenir du projet de trajectoire de réchauffement de référence pour l’adaptation au changement climatique ?
S’appuyant sur l’expertise d’une équipe pluridisciplinaire sur le changement climatique et l’immobilier, et en consultation avec ses membres acteurs leaders de l’immobilier en France et en Europe, l’OID a répondu ce 15 septembre 2023 à la consultation publique organisée par le ministère de la transition écologique et de la cohésion des territoires. Le gouvernement consultait […]
[ESREI’S 2-YEAR ANNIVERSARY] – European non-residential EPCs: a loose framework for deeply needed indicators of energy performance
After almost two years of work on Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) across Europe, the OID’s ESREI programme published a third and final study focusing on non-residential EPCs and office buildings. As non-residential buildings account for 25% of the European real estate stock, sustainability and decarbonation of those are essential to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. […]
[ESREI’S 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY] EPBD: THE KEY TEXT FOR THE TRANSITION TO SUSTAINABLE, EFFICIENT BUILDINGS
Since 2022, the European Sustainable Real Estate Initiative (ESREI), driven by OID, is studying EPCs in Europe and already published 2 studies on the subject. As EPCs are part of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) requirements, ESREI also worked on this directive to understand how it works and what framework it gives to […]
