Renovating Budaörs with the BUILD UPON2 Framework

BUILD UPON2’s new Framework

Each city in BU2 is working with its national Green Building Council in the development and testing of a ground-breaking new Framework. This Framework allows municipalities to measure and quantify the impacts and benefits of building renovation — encompassing social, economic and environmental benefits. By capturing this crucial local data, cities can identify renovation best practices, which can then be scaled up and inform national policy decisions.

This municipal approach is key to delivering the European Commission’s Renovation Wave, a programme that aims to renovate 35 million of the bloc’s buildings by 2030, as well as achieving the EU Green Deal’s vision of a climate-neutral Europe by 2050.

For this second instalment on the city of Budaörs, I spoke to Sándor Szabó, Project Coordinator, Mayor's Office, Budaörs and Éva Beleznay, Senior Sustainability Consultant at the Hungary Green Building Council (HuGBC).

This article explores how Budaörs is gearing up to implement the BUILD UPON2 Framework, including:

• ‘Large Panel Systems’ and Budaörs’ built environment
• How the city will use the BU2 Framework to evaluate the success of its renovation projects
• The key role the Framework can play in reaching the city’s climate targets
• Data difficulties and how HuGBC…