Energy
BSO - EU Building Stock Observatory

Commission-owned websites on the Europa domain

This statement applies to content published on the domain: ‘https://building-stock-observatory.energy.ec.europa.eu/]’

It does not apply to other content or websites published on any of its subdomains. These websites and their content will have their own specific accessibility statement.

This website is managed by Directorate-General for Energy. It is designed to be used by as many people as possible, including people with disabilities.

You should be able to:

  • zoom up to 200% without problems.
  • each page has title that describes what in the page.
  • navigate most of the website using just a keyboard.
    • Keyboard shortcuts: To utilize the keyboard shortcuts for navigating and making selections in the Categories-Subcategories, Years, and Countries input, please follow the instructions below: Press the "Space bar" to open the selection list.
      Use the arrow keys (up and down) to navigate through the available options.
      Once you have reached the desired option, press the "Enter" button to make the selection.
      By following these keyboard shortcuts, you can efficiently navigate and select the desired Categories-Subcategories, Years, and Countries within the input field.
  • navigate most of the website using a modern screen reader and speech recognition software (on your computer or phone).
  • All fields in the forms have descriptive labels associated with them.

This website is designed to comply with the technical standard for websites and mobile apps, EN 301 549 v.3.2.1 . This standard closely follows level ‘AA’ of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 .

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with technical standard EN 301 549 v.3.2.1 and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA . See ‘Non-accessible content’ for more details.

The website was last tested on 10 July 2023.


Preparation of this statement

This statement was reviewed on 22 May 2023 using an actual evaluation of the website's and mobile application's compliance with the requirements of Directive (EU) 2016/2102, with a self-assessment done by the public sector body [eBusiness and User Experience Lab, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Peloponnese, Greece, Lab Director: Professor Spiros Sirmakessis, syrma@uop.gr].

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the “Building Stock Observatory – BSO” website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers:

We try to respond to feedback within 15 business days from the date of receipt of the enquiry by the responsible Commission department.

Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology

The “Building Stock Observatory – BSO” website is designed to be compatible with the following browsers:

  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Microsoft Edge

Technical specifications

The accessibility of the “Building Stock Observatory – BSO” website relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

  • HTML
  • WAI-ARIA
  • CSS
  • JavaScript

Non-accessible content

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of the EU Building Stock Observatory website, we are aware of some limitations, which we are working to fix. Below is a description of known limitations and potential solutions. Please contact us if you encounter an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for the EU Building Stock Observatory website:

  1. The data visualisation based on Microsoft’s Power BI is not fully accessible, due to issues documented in Microsoft’s own conformance report for EN 301 549. (Microsoft’s conformance reports can be found at Accessibility Conformance Reports .) These issues concern aspects that include the following: keyboard access, focus order when navigating by keyboard, meaningful link texts, meaningful accessible names for some controls, zooming or resizing to 200%, contrast of controls with their background, and focus indicator visibility.