private financing

 “Mobilising Private Financing for Affordable Building Renovation”

Rue d’Arlon 63-67, 1040 Brussels, Belgium and online
May 4^th 2026, 15:30 – 18:30 (CET)

The EU needs to renovate its buildings at scale but public funding alone will not be enough. Mobilising private capital will be essential to deliver the energy renovation of buildings and to expand affordable housing.

The European Commission and the European Investment Bank are advancing initiatives to address the housing crisis and improve housing affordability. This includes plans for a Pan-European Investment Platform for Affordable and Sustainable Housing and closer cooperation between EU institutions, financial actors and housing providers.

This event will explore how EU financial reforms can help create a stronger pipeline of renovation and housing investments that can attract private capital. It will also look at what is needed on the ground as financing tools alone are not enough. Scaling up renovation requires reliable data, clear standards and well-structured project pipelines.

The discussion will also feature insights from a new report by Climate Strategy & Partners. The report outlines ways to improve transparency, standardisation and alignment with the EU’s decarbonisation pathway across the real estate sector. It explores how a system-wide carbon data pipeline could link loan origination to investors and ensure consistent, verifiable information across the financial chain. The EU is currently reviewing its securitisation framework as part of efforts to strengthen its capital markets and attract long-term investment. If designed well, securitisation could help connect pools of renovation loans and housing finance with institutional investors. This could increase the availability of capital for banks and help expand financing for renovation and housing projects.

This event is co-organised by the Renovate Europe Campaign, Climate Strategy (CS) and the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC).

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2025 a Key Year for Europe
“Synchronising EU policies and innovative energy efficiency finance is a unique opportunity for Europe to materialise its climate goals and to tackle energy poverty.”

Schuman roundabout 6, 1040 Brussels, Belgium / hybrid event
May 19^th 2025, 10:00 – 12:00 (CET)

2025 is a key year for Europe to decarbonise its buildings in order to become energy independent, meet its decarbonisation objectives and to tackle energy poverty. On May 20th, the EC will relaunch the Energy Efficiency Financing Coalition (EEFC), tasked with supporting Member States to implement them at a national level, and is developing an Affordable Housing Plan. These will provide a new framework for financial institutions and investors to deploy capital alongside a transition to net-zero for real estate and buildings in Europe.

In this event, the Renovate Europe Campaign, the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), and Climate Strategy (CS) will discuss the current state of play of energy efficiency finance for real estate in light of the latest EU regulatory developments, and the findings of the latest CS report on how to fill the EU climate investment gap more efficiently.

There is momentum to synchronise the EU policies with innovative private energy efficiency finance to materialise its climate goals and to tackle energy poverty.

This event will bring together EU policy makers and financing and building stakeholders to address how private financing can boost energy renovation and how to facilitate the financing of the just decarbonisation of European buildings!

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