The JRC project Innovative seismic and energy retrofitting of the existing building stock (iRESIST+) , together with the H2020-MSCA-IF projectsNOvel TImber Composites for Energy and Seismic Upgrading of Buildings (NOTICE-EUB) and Smart Textiles for RETrofitting and monitoring of Cultural Heritage buildings (STRETCH), seek to come up with strategies to increase renovation uptake in the EU. The overarching objective of the research is to develop innovative technological solutions tackling the poor seismic and energy performance of existing building stock simultaneously.