WORLD GREEN BUILDING WEEK: ACT ON CLIMATE
This week, from September 21st to September 25th 2020, World Green Building Council (WGBC) organizes the 11th edition of World Green Building Week which is...
ARMENIA: New and Affordable Lending Mechanism for Renovation and Energy Upgrade of Residential Buildings
PRESS RELEASE, ARMENIA On July 14, 2020, Habitat for Humanity Armenia Foundation (Habitat Armenia) and “Agroleasing Leasing Credit Organization” LLC signed a partnership agreement which...
EU Sustainable Energy Week: Beyond the crisis: clean energy for green recovery and growth
EU Sustainable Energy Week Beyond the crisis: clean energy for green recovery and growth The last week of June traditionally belongs to the biggest...
UNECE new publication on promotion of energy efficiency standards listing REELIH among best practise
New UNECE publication Promoting Energy Efficiency Standards And Technologies To Enhance Energy Efficiency in Buildings aims to provide better understanding of the status of deployment and implementation of energy efficiency standards in buildings in the UNECE region based on data gathered through desk research and stakeholder outreach. Find out more.
EU Energy Poverty Observatory: Annual Conference
The main topic of the annual, online conference of the EU Energy Poverty Observatory was the challenges on indoor cooling in the scope of energy poverty. The focus of the discussion was more on the southern part of Europe where energy poverty is connected with rather summer months and extreme heatwaves and resulting inability of people to keep their homes cooled. However, discussed were relevant topics also for Central and Eastern part of Europe for which winter energy poverty is more characteristic.
ASSIST Final Conference: From local to European barriers and solutions to tackle energy poverty
ASSIST Final Conference From local to European: barriers and solutions to tackle energy poverty ASSIST is currently in its final project stage and...
Energy poverty: European and national approaches. Publication by FEANTSA
FEANTSA-the European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless, in collaboration with Fondation Abbé Pierre, published a wonderful publication Energy poverty: What are the foundations for a green and social pact for Europe?
World Urban Forum 2020: Innovative management of multi-apartment high rise housing
Susana Rojas Williams, HFHI - EMEA Director of Housing and Human Settlements Department, was at WUF10 to speak about the success of REELIH project. UNECE was kind enough to invite HFHI to speak at their training event called Innovative management of multi-apartment high rise housing: Localizing Sustainable Development Goals 7 & 11 and New Urban Agenda through housing strategies.
Energy Poverty in Danube Region: Policy Paper, Study and Seminar
The office of the Government of the Czech Republic organized a seminar in Prague on the 12th December, 2019 to present a new policy paper...
Warmer Homes, Richer Neighborhoods
How USAID and HFHI united neighbors to heat their homes, reduce their energy bills, and strengthen their communities. These stories are all too common in Europe and Eurasia, where housing for low income residents and retirees is dominated by 1960s era apartment blocks.
Defining Energy Poverty in Eastern Europe: report from a workshop in Budapest
On November 25th and 26th, 2019 Centre for Social Sciences Institute of Sociology (TKSZI) in Budapest, Hungary hosted a two day International Conference and Workshop on energy poverty under title ENERGY POVERTY: From Household Problems to Climate Crisis. On this occasion, Habitat for Humanity International presented learnings from REELIH project of HFHI and USAID related to energy poverty. REELIH project was not originally designed to address energy poverty in the region. However over the course of implementing the project it was inevitable to start thinking about energy poverty.
REELIH project selected as one of 50-out-of-the-box Housing Solutions
We have gotten an early Christmas gift and a good reason to celebrate this end of the year! REELIH project of Habitat for Humanity and USAID is included in a new publication 50-out-of-the-box Housing Solutions to Homelessness and Housing Exclusion by Housing Solutions Platform, which is the partnership of FEANTSA, Fondation Abbé Pierre and Housing Europe.
Energy efficiency decreasing energy poverty rates-the Council of Europe Development Bank findings
CEB found out that energy poverty rates are highest in Southern and Central-Eastern European countries but the problem still stays European-wide. Overall, CEB study claims that there is an estimation of 30 million people living in energy poverty in Europe.The study claims that main causes of energy poverty stem from low income, poor quality homes and energy inefficient appliances. The high rates of energy poverty correlate with higher at-risk-of-poverty rates, food poverty (inability to afford basic food staples) and higher rates of self-reported health issues.
Energy poverty conference and workshop in Budapest: From household problems to climate crisis
Centre for Social Sciences Institute of Sociology in Budapest, Hungary will host a two day International Conference and Workshop on November 25th and 26th, 2019 named Energy poverty: From Household Problems to Climate Crisis. This event will talk about good practices and experiences around defining and measuring energy poverty in Europe with a special focus on Central Eastern Europe and then trying to define energy poverty in the Hungarian context.
