The joint workshop of the EmBuild Project and the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities (SCTM) entitled "Strategic framework of building refurbishment planning" was held at the Faculty of Architecture on March 27, 2018. Participants were representatives of local self-government units, active within the SCTM network, and EmBuild partners. The aim of the workshop was to discuss further steps towards the adoption of pilot local renovation strategies, and also to announce the Energy Efficiency Knowledge Hub, which will be mutually led by SCTM and the Faculty of Architecture, with the support of GIZ. Results and experiences from preliminary and detailed analysis conducted for selected public buildings in EmBuild partner municipalities were presented by Bojana Stanković, while EmBuild project coordinator in Serbia, prof. Milica Jovanović Popović presented the framework for future local renovation strategies and moderated the discussion.