Bulgaria

In Bulgaria, BPIE works towards stimulating an effective and active market for the buildings sector

BPIE has been active in Bulgaria since 2012, and now continues its activities and looks to forge new partnerships with national stakeholders in order to fast-track ambitious policies in the field of energy efficiency in buildings.

The first analysis “Accelerating the Renovation of the Bulgarian Building Stock” was launched in 2016 and is available here.

Under the framework of the EUKI project, “Accelerating climate action buildings – strengthening civil society and policy-makers in Romania and Bulgaria”, BPIE develops capacity and transfer knowledge, enabling municipalities and civil society to integrate building renovation strategies in local and National Energy and Climate Plans. BPIE analyses new policy requirements and existing implementation obstacles, creating templates for setting up the renovation strategies and facilitating learning and transfer from the activities carried out in Romania and Bulgaria.

In a guide for municipalities, BPIE recently mapped out available financial schemes for energy efficiency improvements in buildings focusing on accessibility of funding in Romanian and Bulgarian municipalities.

Publications

#JustTransition #OneStopShop ComActivate

ComActivate: Best practices from resource centres

Resource centres (RCs) are emerging across Europe as practical entry points for communities navigating…

March 18, 2026

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ComActivate: Assessments and calculations of potential renewable energy and required investment

Analyses of the possibility to fulfil the energy needs of the four target municipalities…

June 10, 2025

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ComActivate: Excel databases on the energy efficiency of entire residential housing stocks in three target districts

This report provides analysis of the current state of the building stock in target…

April 30, 2025

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ComActivate: Capacity building materials and training tools for improving energy efficiency in multi-family apartment buildings

Resources for trainers, facilitators and consultants who will implement training and workshops for stakeholders…

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ComActivate: Analysis of EU and national level policies related to renovation and alleviating energy poverty

Examining  policy frameworks at the EU level and in the three ComActivate partner countries…

April 8, 2025
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News

#Renocally #RenocallyNews #RenocallyProject

Renocally – Lessons learned from effectively implementing building renovation passports 

Major achievements during the project  The Renocally project successfully assisted the EU to achieve…

February 13, 2025

#EPBD #Renocally #RenocallyNews #RenocallyProject

Achieving deep renovation with Building Renovation Passports – An opportunity for local authorities in Romania, Bulgaria and Slovakia

On 7 November 2024, BPIE and Terra Mileniul III organised a workshop on Building…

November 13, 2024

#EPBD #Horizonproject iBRoad2EPC

Positive perspectives for the iBRoad2EPC model Renovation Passport following field testing in six EU countries

Energy experts in Bulgaria, Greece, Portugal, Romania and Spain have successfully tested and positively…

September 2, 2024

#EPBDwise

How to create a healthier living environment? Insights from EPBD.wise policy forum in Bulgaria

What are the policy needs and challenges to implementing the recast EPBD in Bulgaria?…

May 23, 2024

#BPIENews #EnergyPoverty #LifeProject #Neighbourhoods ComActivate

New project on community action and energy sufficiency kicks off in Bratislava

Responding to the growing levels of energy poverty across the EU, especially in the…

December 8, 2023
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Events

Starts:

December 9, 2024

14:00-15:00

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Shaping National Building Renovation Plans: Addressing Policy Needs in Focus Countries

Online

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June 6, 2024

10:00-11:30

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June 6, 2024

#EPBD #Renocally #RenocallyNews #RenocallyProject

Comparing energy efficiency policies and renovation initiatives in CEE and the Western Balkans

Online

Starts:

April 30, 2024

10:00-11:30

#EPBD #Renocally #RenocallyNews #RenocallyProject

[Webinar] Building renovation passports in the EPBD – Implications and opportunities for local authorities in Central and Eastern Europe

Bucharest, Romania

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February 1, 2018

Financing energy efficiency in Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria
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Projects

ComActivate: Enabling Community Action for Energy Sufficiency

ComActivate responds to growing levels of energy poverty across the EU, especially in the CEE region, by addressing the poor energy efficiency of buildings as a major driver of energy poverty, and as a driver of climate change. The project aims to ensure the energy sufficiency of vulnerable people living in multi-family apartment buildings in Central and Eastern Europe by developing best practices for clean energy production, consumption and efficiency measures at neighbourhood level.

www.bpie.eu/comactivate-enabling-community-action-for-energy-sufficiency/

RENOCALLY:
empowering municipal renovation action plans and use of technical assistance

Renocally enhances competences of municipalities in Bulgaria, Romania and Slovakia to reach Fit-for-55 compliance and climate targets. This project is part of the European Climate Initiative (EUKI) of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). It is the overarching goal of the EUKI to foster climate cooperation within the European Union (EU) in order to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.

Information on the project