Energy performance & EPC
The EPC has become a price criterion in its own right, and all three Regions are steadily tightening their renovation obligations. These guides cover how to read a certificate, which works actually move the score, and what grants are available.
What is an EPC and when is it compulsory?
Period of validity, obligations on sale and on letting, fines and renovation timetables: the EPC in Wallonia, Brussels and Flanders.
Guide in French
Which works genuinely improve the EPC label?
What the certificate actually measures, the order to tackle the works in, where solar panels fit, and the new Walloon EPC of September 2026.
Guide in French
Which energy renovation grants still exist in 2026?
Wallonia closes its grants on 30 September 2026, Brussels no longer has any, Flanders has narrowed its own: the state of play, with official sources.
Guide in French
How do you look up an EPC online, Region by Region?
Wallonia, Brussels, Flanders: which register to consult, with which number, and what to do when a property's EPC cannot be found.
Guide in French