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Incorporating energy efficiency into the refurbishment of high-rise residential buildings itself presents an opportunity to address far-reaching economic, social and environmental sustainability objectives. These three aspects of sustainable development’s so-called ‘triple bottom line’ are all supported by the contributions that improving energy efficiency can make to energy security, community development and regeneration, and mitigation of climate change. This is the driving force behind the arguments in favour of energy efficiency investment, the specific relevance of which to the high-rise housing stock in Europe has been elaborated upon in Assessing the Situation. This section identifies and assesses political and institutional, financial and economic, legal, and capacity and social opportunities and barriers that energy efficiency investment in high-rise buildings is faced with in Europe. The issues covered are broad, and the list is certainly not exhaustive, but in order to ensure knowledge gaps were closed and the most significant opportunities and barriers were included and drawn together, a formal brainstorming session was held with representatives of EuroACE members. The subjects covered are intended to inform the reader’s view as well as this project’s conclusions and recommendations.

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• political and institutional,
• financial and economic,
• legal,
• and capacity and social opportunities and barriers.