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The performance gap caused by occupant behaviour (OB) is one of the main challenges to the accuracy of building performance simulations (BPS) models. Calibration of BPS models has shown great improvements in tertiary and single residential buildings. Nevertheless, the calibration in collective residential buildings is still uncertain. This study aims to identify the opportunities and barriers to the calibration of collective residential building BPS models for the analysis of heating energy consumption. For this, the research calibrates a real case study of a social rental housing building located in northern Spain. The method involves the adjustment of input data based on OB clusters, developed by monitorization and survey data and the statistical comparison of the results of normative models, calibrated models and real data. The results show an average improvement of 67% in hourly indoor temperature and 16% in hourly heating energy consumption in calibrated models, but still with a considerable performance gap. The main barriers to a higher accuracy are the wide diversity and lack of uniformity of OB patterns, uncertainty of parameters, and use of auxiliary heating systems. However, deeper monitorization and survey campaigns with the use of OB clusters can be a promising opportunity.

La rehabilitación energética de los edificios es una de las principales claves para alcanzar los objetivos de descarbonización de la Unión Europea definidos en la European Green Deal. Para proceder a ellos, una de las herramientas es la Directiva relativa a la eficiencia energética de edificios (Directiva UE 2018/844), la “Energy Performance of Buildings Directive” (EPBD), incluyendo el marco de evaluación basado en Indicadores de Progreso Mensurables (IPM) agrupados en dominios mediante la Recomendación (UE) 2019/786 de la comisión de 8 de mayo de 2019 relativa a la renovación de edificios. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la viabilidad de los Indicadores de Progreso Mensurables (IPM) propuestos por la Unión Europea en el ámbito del estado español, estableciendo una visión crítica de la aplicabilidad del marco de evaluación propuesto. En conclusión, la viabilidad de los Indicadores de Progreso Mensurables (IPM) propuestos por la Unión Europea en el estado español presentan varias barreras como puede ser la fragmentación de los datos, la medicación insuficiente y el acceso limitado a ellos. Por otra parte, también se muestran oportunidades para poder mejorar la evaluación de la rehabilitación de los edificios mediante el desarrollo de nuevas herramientas y recursos para la recopilación de datos, entre otros, la monitorización de edificios, “machine-learning” y el pasaporte de renovación del edificio. Abstract The energy renovation of buildings is one of the main keys to achieve the decarbonisation objectives of the European Union as defined in the European Green Deal. To proceed with them; one of the tools is the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EU Directive 2018/844); the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD); including the assessment framework based on Measurable Progress Indicators (MPIs) grouped into domains by Commission Recommendation (EU) 2019/786 of 8 May 2019 on building renovation. The aim of this paper is to analyse the feasibility of the Measurable Progress Indicators (MPIs) proposed by the European Union in the Spanish state, establishing a critical view of the applicability of the proposed assessment framework. In conclusion, the feasibility of the Measurable Indicators of Progress (MPIs) proposed by the European Union in the Spanish state presents several barriers such as data fragmentation: insufficient medication and limited access to data. On the other hand, there are also opportunities to improve the assessment of building renovation through the development of new tools and resources for data collection, such as building monitoring, machine learning and the building renovation passport