EPC RECAST
EPC RECAST is an EU Horizon 2020 project developing a new generation of building Energy Performance Certificates: more reliable, more comparable and easier to understand, focused on renovating existing residential buildings. Coordinated by CSTB (France), with results piloted in six European countries. We built a website that makes technical research work accessible to assessors, building owners and regulators.
The subject is technical and regulatory: energy certificates, a common data model, calibration of building energy models. The site had to make extensive research material (protocol, methodology, tools, lessons learned from the pilots) navigable for very different audiences: professional assessors, building owners and tenants, and regulatory bodies at EU level. And as a European project, it had to feel serious and credible.
A research project's output outlives the project itself only if someone can find it afterwards. So we built the structure around what stays usable, rather than around the order of the work packages. The second question was who each sentence addresses: an assessor wants the method, a building owner wants the consequence. The tone is expert as a result, but without assuming the reader already knows every acronym.
- The protocol and methodology as sections of their own
- The toolbox and Common Data Environment in one place
- Lessons learned from the pilot phase
- Content available after the project ended in 2024
- An SEO foundation and a CMS the project team edits the content with
- Live at epc-recast.eu
How it works.
03 stepsFinds the protocol
The methodology and the protocol stand as sections of their own, rather than as an annex to some report.
Picks up the tools
The toolbox and Common Data Environment open from the same navigation, with no hunting through documentation.
Sees what was learned
Lessons from the pilots in six countries are described by their consequence, rather than by work package number.
Raleway is elegant, light and technical. It gives a research project about buildings and energy a tidy, modern, expert tone, while Open Sans keeps the technical documentation easy to read.
A deep blue-green tone joins reliability (blue) and sustainability (green), exactly in the spirit of a project about building energy efficiency.
A saturated green communicates sustainability and energy savings directly: the core of the project's subject.
A brighter green for positive actions and highlights: energy and progress toward better buildings.
A clean, professional space that keeps the focus on the technical content and results.