Building Envelope 2050: No-Regret Strategies for Climate-Resilient and Circular Renovation in Flanders

The project is developing a practice-oriented decision-making and implementation framework for climate-adaptive renovation, with the building envelope as the key lever. The aim is to make existing Flemish buildings more climate-resilient in a way that is technically feasible and widely applicable.

Key research question: Which no/low-tech and circular building envelope strategies offer the greatest potential as ‘no-regret’ measures for renovating existing Flemish buildings to make them more climate-resilient – in particular against overheating and water-related climate damage – and which lessons from warmer European climate zones can be applied to Flemish renovation practice?