VILOGIA SA

Their core work

Vilogia is a major French social housing company headquartered near Lille, managing a large residential building stock. In H2020 projects, they serve as a real-world demonstration partner — providing buildings, tenant access, and operational data for testing energy-efficient renovation technologies, building-integrated photovoltaics, and occupant behavior change programs. Their value lies in offering a large-scale, lived-in building portfolio where innovations can be validated under real conditions before wider market deployment.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Vilogia's early H2020 work (2016–2017) centered on deploying proven technologies — BIPV systems and ICT tools for energy behavior change — with a focus on market readiness and demonstration. By 2019–2020, their projects shifted decisively toward integrated, industrialised deep renovation and climate-adapted plus-energy building design, incorporating life-cycle thinking and value-chain optimisation. This trajectory shows a move from testing individual technologies to orchestrating whole-building transformation at industrial scale.

Vilogia is moving toward industrialised, digitally-driven deep renovation of existing housing stock — a critical priority for EU decarbonisation targets and the Renovation Wave strategy.

How they like to work

Vilogia consistently participates as a partner rather than leading consortia, which is typical for building owners who contribute demonstration sites, tenant engagement, and real operational data rather than research capacity. With 68 unique partners across just 4 projects, they operate in large, multi-partner Innovation Action consortia. This makes them an accessible and experienced partner for any consortium needing a real-world testing ground in social housing.

Vilogia has collaborated with 68 unique partners across 15 countries through its 4 projects, giving it a broad European network concentrated in the building energy efficiency community. Their connections span research institutes, technology developers, and fellow housing providers across Western and Northern Europe.

What sets them apart

Vilogia's distinct advantage is that they are not a research lab or technology vendor — they are a large-scale housing operator with tens of thousands of units that can serve as real demonstration sites. This makes them invaluable for any project that needs to validate energy renovation, BIPV, or smart building technologies in occupied residential buildings with real tenants. Few organizations in the EU project landscape can offer this combination of building stock scale, operational experience, and willingness to participate in innovation projects.

Highlights from their portfolio

• PVSITES
  Largest single EC contribution (EUR 209K) and focused on large-scale BIPV market deployment — a flagship demonstration effort
• CULTURAL-E
  Ambitious plus-energy house design project incorporating climate and cultural adaptation, running through 2025 — signals long-term commitment to net-zero buildings
• INFINITE
  Targets industrialised building envelope retrofitting with digital tools — directly aligned with the EU Renovation Wave and running through 2026