The intensive consumption of fossil fuels has led to the growing scarcity of directly exploitable resources, while their combustion has a very big impact on the environment. Among all economic sectors, construction has the most energy intensive consumption (42.5% of final energy). It generates 23% of greenhouse effect gazes. Through the “Energy Efficiency Directive” the EU is aiming for a 20% cut in Europe's annual primary energy consumption by 2020. The Commission has proposed several measures to increase efficiency at all stages of the energy chain: generation, transformation, distribution and final consumption. The measures focus on building sectors, where the potential for savings is greatest. The market open to smaller business represents 50 billion euros and a huge potential for the creation of local jobs which cannot be delocalized. In France, Portugal, Estonia,Italy countries’ policies strive to address the issue of a drastic improvement of the energy efficiency of the build. A wide range of stakeholders are involved in the building process from the property owner down to the workers, therefore a new awareness over the issue is to be gained by all. As a consequence, the construction sector is now requiring new competencies to address the issue in the retrofitting of existing build and new construction. Construction jobs have now entered into a greening process. All the trades are strongly impacted and are to be confronted to organisational and structural modifications and therefore a new way of thinking and new professional behaviours regarding a systemic approach of the build are to be developped.The new challenge construction trade has to tackle has a strong impact on training organisations which have to adapt and redefine their offer which should be in keeping with the new competencies required by the trade , identify green competencies and competencies which have to be greened. Curricula are being adapted , training organisations are in want of new tools to address the issue. GEEE will strive to address this particular issue through the collaboration of training networks, construction trade representatives, a University by analyzing four countries’ policies( France, Portugal, Italy, Estonia ) and mapping the new green and greener competencies required, and producing and testing an innovative crosscutting training design in initial and ongoing education. We will disseminate our approach and develop stakeholders' awareness over the issue through an original event-driven approach.