This report gathers the results of several exercises, performed with the help of an international group of experts representing the ePANACEA target countries (i.e., Austria, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Finland and Spain), to provide some first answers and recommendations to the following main questions:
- Can a combined EPC-SRI assessment bring additional value to lessen issues currently encountered with the EPC?
- How should this combined approach be implemented to maximise efficacy?
From the above-mentioned work regarding a successful implementation of a combined EPC-SRI approach, there proves to be a clear need for (1) favourable cost-benefits analyses showing that the benefits outweigh the increase in cost, (2) proper and user-friendly communication with the broad public including, but not limited to the additional value offered by the approach, (3) a real opening for new market opportunities linked to the integration of the new data technologies in the assessment, creating business models for current and future stakeholders and (4) digitalisation of the services, eventually leading to an increased accessibility to information – in line with the development of digital building logbooks.