A Delivery Architecture for Buildings to Help Scale Renovation Investment Under the Paris Agreement

As the world moves from target setting to implementation, the critical question is how to turn climate, energy and housing objectives into deliverable investment programmes.

SEFA’s latest position paper proposes a Strategic Delivery Architecture for Buildings to help bridge this gap. The framework focuses on the operational functions needed to move from high-level investment needs to bankable project pipelines: programme design, project preparation, aggregation, delivery mechanisms, capital mobilisation and performance verification.

The paper argues that renovation strategies cannot rely on targets and funding alone. To scale implementation, Member States need structured delivery systems that can coordinate actors, reduce transaction costs, build investable portfolios and mobilise private capital alongside public resources.

By connecting policy planning with practical delivery and financing structures, the Strategic Delivery Architecture aims to support the implementation of NECPs, National Building Renovation Plans, Social Climate Plans and affordable housing and climate objectives.