Last update: 1 April 2022
Buildings in the content of the Plan (extracted from the REC/E3G Spanish Country Profile)
Spain’s NRRP comprises measures worth €69.5bn. €7.8bn (11%) is allocated to buildings, the majority of which is for renovation across residential and public buildings (€6.8bn, ~10%). The residential sector attracts the highest share of investment, including €3.6bn for a multi-measure renovation programme for economic and social recovery in residential environments, €1bn for a ‘Regeneration and Demographic Challenge’ programme focused on smaller municipalities and low-income areas. €758m is allocated to renovation of public buildings, in addition to renovation activities supported by a €1bn allocation for the modernisation of public services, and €135m for energy efficiency of sports facilities. €1bn is allocated to the construction of new buildings for social housing.
Read the full Spanish Country Profile here.

Disbursements’ timeline
- 2021-08-17: The European Commission disbursed €9,036,636,649 in pre-financing to Spain (13% of its financial allocation under the RRF, fully consisting of grants).
- 2021-11-09: Spain and the European Commission sign the Operational Arrangements.
- 2021-11-12: Spain submitted the first payment request of €10 billion (net of pre-financing). This first payment request relates to 52 milestones covering several reforms.
- 2022-12-03: The Commission published a positive preliminary assessment of the satisfactory fulfilment of all 52 milestones and targets in relation to the first payment request.
- 2021-12-27: The Commission disbursed the first payment of €10 billion to Spain.
- 2022-04-30: Spain submits the second payment request of €12 billion which relates to 40 milestones.
- 2022-06-27: The Commission published a positive preliminary assessment of the satisfactory fulfilment of 40 milestones in relation to the second payment request.
- 2022-07-29: The Commission disbursed the second payment of €12 billion to Spain.
Indicative timeline for future payment requests (based on the signed operational arrangements)
Payment Request for the First Instalment | EUR 11.494.252.874 | Q4 2021 |
Payment Request for the Second Instalment | EUR 13.793.103.448 | Q1 2022 |
Payment Request for the Third Instalment | EUR 6.896.551.724 | Q3 2022 |
Payment Request for the Fourth Instalment | EUR 11.494.252.874 | Q1 2023 |
Payment Request for the Fifth Instalment | EUR 8.045.977.011 | Q3 2023 |
Payment Request for the Sixth Instalment | EUR 9.195.402.299 | Q1 2024 |
Payment Request for the Seventh Instalment | EUR 3.995.348.232 | Q1 2025 |
Payment Request for the Eighth Instalment | EUR 4.597.701.149 | Q3 2026 |
Table of buildings' measures (categorised under their specific instalments)
All information has been extracted from the Study: “E3G. (2021). Renovate2Recover: How transformational are the National Recovery Plans for Buildings Renovation?” and the European Commission’s Recovery and Resilience Scoreboard.