What is Ecological Residential building renovation?
In Spain, it means mostly material repair works whereas in Finland, heat protection measures and, thus, improvements on the building are the main issue. Speaking of ecological reconstruction is even more complicated: Being no topic in Spain, it is described in Austria by energy- and carbon dioxide savings, and defined in The Netherlands by a catalogue of measures. We have defined the common grounds of ecological residential building renovation in Europe

Craftsmen's Special Know-how in the renovation Sector
Reconstruction is often triggered by occurring damages. Many times, it is not a general contractor or architect but individual craftsmen who are contacted directly and who provide advisory services. These individual craftsmen decide whether or not the potential of innovative reconstruction can be utilised.

This advisory function requires knowledge which general training presently does not provide. Opportunities are not recognised and, thus, not utilised. read more here

Renovation as a Market Segment
The building sector is one of the top producers of material flows. According to climatic conditions, incurs a substantial part of a political economy's energy consumption. In some countries, the economic relevance of renovation is already greater than that of new construction. Problem awareness and practical realisation of ecological reconstruction vary from country to country. learn more here