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EU Building Stock Observatory

Web tool to monitor the energy performance of buildings across Europe.

Objective

The main objective of the EU Building Stock Observatory (BSO) is to provide transparent and reliable information and data on the EU’s building stock. This supports the monitoring of current EU energy policies and measures and will contribute to future policy making.

The BSO covers a broad range of energy-related topics and provides data on buildings-related areas: building stock, energy consumption, building elements and technical building systems installed, energy performance certificates, nearly zero-energy buildings and renovation rates, but also energy poverty and financing aspects.

The BSO will be upgraded regularly to expand the data and improve user experience.

What does BSO include

  • Factsheets

    The BSO factsheets presents a snapshot of relevant indicators in at the EU and countries’ levels. 

  • Database

    Every set of data in the BSO database can be viewed per topic, year and country, or the EU as a whole. Once you have selected the indicators, the data is presented in summary tables and graphs, with references to data sources.

Users may also download the full BSO dataset (.xlsx)

How to use the BSO

For further information and instruction on how to use the BSO webtool, you can consult the following resources (in English)

Newsletter and contact

From 2024, the EU Building Stock Observatory will issue regular newsletters highlighting new data, updates of the web tool, news, events and more.

Register to receive these newsletters or contact ENER-EUBSOatec [dot] europa [dot] eu (ENER-EUBSO[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu) if you have any questions about the tool.

Background

The EU Building Stock Observatory was established in 2016 as part of the Clean energy for all Europeans package.

The BSO is supported by the LIFE Clean Energy Transition subprogramme, through a dedicated service contract managed by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA).

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