UPCHANGE Solution 7. Resilience Assessment Framework
The UPCHANGE project has reached an important milestone with the completion of the Resilience Assessment Framework for buildings and district heating and cooling (DH/DC), documented in the Deliverable D1.2 – Energy Flexibility and Resilience Framework. This work tackles a recurring gap in urban energy resilience practice. While building and DH/DC modelling tools have matured significantly, resilience assessments are still often difficult to compare across studies and rarely translate simulation outputs into decision-ready guidance. In particular, three limitations persist: multi-hazard coverage is uneven, resilience KPIs are fragmented and not consistently mapped to resilience phases, and the link from model outputs to prioritized actions is often missing.