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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
[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. […]
[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 […]