If you're in real estate, construction, or the built environment, this one's for you.
75% of Europe's buildings perform poorly on energy. Only about 1% are renovated each year. At that pace, we'll be done sometime next century.
The rules won't wait. Under the revised EU buildings directive, the worst 16% of non-residential buildings must be renovated by 2030, and the worst 26% by 2033. In Belgium, a quarter of homes for sale in 2025 still had a poor EPC label, 32% in Brussels. In Flanders, buyers of E and F homes have 6 years to bring them up to D, and the government just confirmed it won't soften that obligation.
Retrofit is no longer a nice-to-have. It's a deadline, a cost, and the biggest opportunity in Belgian real estate this decade.
On 24 November in Brussels, we're hosting "The Retrofit Imperative". One evening. A curated room. Owners, investors, contractors and tech players working out how to renovate at scale, and who pays for it.
๐ When: Tuesday 24 November | 18:00 โ 21:00
๐ Where: [Venue name, full address], Brussels, Belgium
๐๏ธ Open to everyone
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*Non-members pay a small fee for this event: โฌ20 (excl. VAT).
The session will explore how to turn renovation obligations into value: the real cost of deep retrofits, financing models that work, avoiding stranded assets in the office market, and the industrial approaches that could take renovation from 1% a year to the pace we need.
Why people show up:
โ Direct conversations: no noise, no fluff
โ People open to partnerships, pilots, and new ideas
โ Access to speakers: not just listening, but exchanging
The 2030 deadline is closer than most budgets. The people preparing for it now will be in this room.
Spots are limited.
Free for members. A small number of external tickets are available.
Once we're full, registration closes.
If you own, finance, design or build in Belgium, this is the room.
