NZEB Energy Atlas - Tool for Energy Reconfiguration at the Level of Urban Area

Urban issues related to energy performance are a top priority of the European Agenda, as a significant share of the intense effort to reach climate-neutrality by 2050 (European Commission, 2019). The European” Green Deal” set the target of 55% greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2030, which requires new buildings to meet energy and environmental performance thresholds of the Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings (nZEB) (Directive 2010/31/EU) and also increase in deep renovations of existing buildings stock by giving priority to energy efficiency in order to achieve nZEB performances (Directive EU 2018/ 844). Sustainable planning plays an important role in the process of transformative urban adaptation (EEA Report 2016) by promoting the nZEB concept as an energy reconfiguration strategy of buildings, urban areas and settlements, having as goals of minimizing the impact on the quality of natural environment and ensuring normal indoor living conditions. It is proposed to submit a decision-making tool for energy assessment at the urban area level, called nZEB Urban Energy Atlas, which describes the methodological path from the current state assessment until the adoption of optimal scenarios for deep renovation of existing buildings stock.