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Two years ago, Housing Europe and 9 committed partners were tasked by the European Commission with the take-off of the European Affordable Housing Initiative. We accepted the challenge and created a rich and diverse capacity-building programme that provided a set of tools on how to renovate homes for people and have a strong social impact…

EERA – JPSC – Warsaw TU Delft became a member of the Joint Program Smart Cities of the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA). The EERA stands as a cornerstone in Europe’s pursuit for sustainable energy solutions. As a non-profit organization, EERA unites over 250 entities across 30 countries, forming the largest collaborative network dedicated to…

Social housing companies are very often looking for financial resources to renovate their properties. This does not always involve money for the renovation of roofs or joinery, the installation of high-efficiency heating systems or cavity wall insulation. In many cases it concerns budgets required for doing research and set-up systems, procedures, methods, business models and…

“ARIA” (the Italian word for Air) is one of the winning projects in the framework of the Reinventing Cities Competition. It will be developed in the city of Milan and will deal with the urban regeneration of the Ex-Macello site, consisting of a neglected area spanning around 15 hectares on the site of a communal…

Bretagne Sud Habitat has embarked on a major urban renewal project in the Kerfréhour and Châtaigneraie districts. 3 buildings were demolished (100 dwellings) and 7 were renovated (140 dwellings), with an average cost of €60 000 euros per dwelling. The performance objective of this refurbishment programme was to obtain a Nearly Zero renovation label, which…

« Saint-Germain Island » Project is the result of close collaboration between the State, the Social Housing Company and the City of Paris. It received the Equerre d’Argent Award 2023, which is an Architectural Prize.  The building was owned by the Ministry of the Army, in rue Saint-Dominique (7th arrondissement), near the Invalides and the Assemblée Nationale….

On the final sixth online training day, Energy Cities continued the discussion on planning and delivery of renovation. 15th November 2023 – online How to overcome regulatory barriers for district level social and affordable housing renovations? The EU with its’ Renovation Wave recast of the Energy Efficiency Directive and the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive…

Are you working in the field of social housing renovation? Join a practical study visit to Brussels, Belgium to: discover innovative social housing models and renovation approaches successful social housing renovation projects developing sustainable, socially mixed, and resilient urban quarters meet the local experts behind the scenes who make it possible. OBJECTIVE  The objective of…

The owner’s initiative is paramount when renovating residential buildings. In countries, where most of the housing stock is in private hands and residents are also owners of their dwellings, local housing organisations, have the key power when it comes to energy transition through renovation in building or at the district level. These are often non-profit…

On the fifth online training day, Energy Cities kicked off part one of the essential role of fostering partnerships to deliver quality renovation, while GNE Finance shed light on how can we finance new district cooling or heating networks. 11th October 2023 I online 1. How to foster relationships between local actors to boost social…

The Affordable Housing Initiative capacity-building programme Housing Europe is leading is now back on track. After organising a Tech Camp at the International Social Housing Festival in Barcelona and a Finance Summit in Paris, we thought a more practical session to ask questions, share experiences, and network was necessary. On September 18-19, we travelled to…

On September 18 and 19 in Vienna, the Affordable Housing Initiative Bootcamp was held as part of the European Affordable Housing Consortium, the SHAPE-EU project, featuring three learning sessions to address energy renovation within the framework of affordable district housing. These three areas correspond to the three modules developed by the Consortium, addressing three fundamental…