HORIS

HORIS – Home Renovation Integrated Services, a project funded by the European LIFE programme, updated and advanced an existing digital retrofitting platform called Green Menu. HORIS created a digital one-stop-shop (OSS) with the aim of empowering homeowners (of several building types, including flats) during the home renovation process. Homeowners face several key barriers when deciding to retrofit their properties, such as uncertainty and lack of trust about reported energy savings. In addition, they also must choose a home renovation professional and navigate the complexities of the financial process.
 
 The OSS/ Green Menu :
 
 Focuses on helping homeowners make decisions on improving energy efficiency; renewable energy solutions and identify support to reduce energy poverty.
 
 Simplifies the home renovation process – by providing homeowners with relevant and credible information and helping them identify the best and most sustainable options.
 
 By offering financial, legal and technical solutions, HORIS facilitates a smooth customer journey, offering homeowners support on finding renovation professionals and guidance about financial schemes. HORIS matches financing, legal and regulatory, and technical solutions with specific building typologies and homeowners’ needs to streamline action for home renovation, developing standardised contractual arrangements for home renovation.
 
 For whom? The project engages with small and medium sized stakeholders, including local and regional public authorities and non-profit organisations and establishes a network of approved home renovation service providers. Initially, the OSS is set up in Italy, Spain and Portugal with the ambition of replicating in additional countries if needed. Contact us if you are interested!
 
 HORIS focuses on 3 different types of homeowners: Single houses – condominium households – energy-poor households.
 
 HORIS will help overcome 3 main typical barriers blocking home renovation decision:
 
 Administrative, offering the management of work permits and report, assess, manage and process the bonuses and subsidies from which citizens can benefit from.
 
 Technical, advising homeowners on how they can improve their home and have access to lists/rankings/ratings of trusted and validated professionals to ensure a service of the highest quality on a given time.
 
 Financial, helping to find the right solutions available in the market and accompany the consumer in the management of subsidies and tax credits, also giving access to affordable financing.
 
 HORIS, by generating multiple social, environmental, and economic benefits, is a unique opportunity for climate neutrality.