{"id":680,"date":"2024-11-12T14:01:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T14:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/?post_type=ace-work-groups&#038;p=680"},"modified":"2026-07-16T10:29:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:29:56","slug":"urban-and-housing-transformation","status":"publish","type":"ace-work-groups","link":"https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/de\/work-groups\/urban-and-housing-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Transformation &amp; Housing Workgroup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-ace-section ace-section is-style-default\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h1 id=\"h-aims-and-scope\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aims and scope<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Promote the value of quality architecture<\/strong> in urban planning and design, housing, heritage preservation, adaptive reuse, and sustainable urban mobility, highlighting its contribution to social cohesion while reducing risks through the integration of climate adaptation and safety principles in the built environment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Examine the strategic challenges of the construction ecosystem<\/strong> required to meet green and digital transitions, including renewable energy integration, circularity and reuse, digital product passports (CPR), off-site construction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Explore synergies across Working Groups (WGs) and Thematic Areas<\/strong>, particularly in connection with the New European Bauhaus (NEB), addressing the built environment at multiple scales: buildings, neighbourhoods, and cities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Promote climate adaptation of urban housing stock<\/strong>, both newly built and retrofitted, so that it can effectively respond to current and future climate challenges.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Provide strategic input and coordination<\/strong> for the NEB Housing Lab (ACE partner), including the identification of relevant topics and content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/section-img.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/section-img.png 364w, https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/section-img-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/section-img-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/section-img-12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/section-img-233x233.png 233w, https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/section-img-76x76.png 76w, https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/section-img-152x152.png 152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ace-section ace-section is-style-cream-light\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h1 id=\"h-policy-focus-in-2026\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Policy focus in 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The WG will monitor and contribute to the following key policy initiatives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>EU Affordable Housing Plan > EU Affordable Housing Act (Q4 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EU Strategy for Housing Construction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pan-European Investment Platform for Housing\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EU Construction Services Act<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EU Parliament report on the Housing Crisis in the EU<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EU Agenda for Cities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EU High Level Construction Forum (HLCF) Brussels 30\/04\/2026\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National\/Regional Housing policies (ESPON Study)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (particularly Goal 11)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Revision of the Public Procurement Directive\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EU Industrial Accelerator Act<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EU Housing Simplification Package (2027)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EU Circular Economy Act (Q4 2026) > digitalisation of pre-demolition audits &amp; development of a Digital European Construction Reuse Assessment platform (DECRA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"ace-section ace-section-board is-style-default wp-block-ace-experts\">\n    <h1>Meet the Chairs!<\/h1>\n        <div class=\"ace-members ace-no-expand\">\n        <ul class=\"ace-members-list\">\n                                                <li>\n                                                <div class=\"ace-member-info\">\n                            <h3>Sebastien<br \/>von Oppen<\/h3>\n                            <p class=\"ace-member-country\">Germany<\/p>\n                            <p class=\"ace-member-function\">Chair<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/li>\n                                                                <li>\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ace-cae.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/10897-corinne_girard_young.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                                                <div class=\"ace-member-info\">\n                            <h3>Corinne<br \/>Girard-Young<\/h3>\n                            <p class=\"ace-member-country\">France<\/p>\n                            <p class=\"ace-member-function\">Chair<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n        <nav class=\"ace-members-nav\">\n            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ace-nav-prev\"><\/a>\n            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ace-nav-next\"><\/a>\n        <\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"work-group-categories":[134,131,133,130,123,129],"thematic-scope":[70],"class_list":["post-680","ace-work-groups","type-ace-work-groups","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Urban Transformation &amp; 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