International - REELIH - Residential Energy Efficiency for Low-Income Households

Blog post EU, International 14. 12. 2021 12:12

Energy Poverty Advisory Hub: A new go-to-place for local authorities, CSOs and other stakeholders

Motivated by the vision of the world where energy poverty has no place, the leading EU initiative “Energy Poverty Advisory Hub” (EPAH), seeks to become...

North Macedonia 28. 09. 2021 02:09

BBC Building Communities Campaign featuring REELIH project

BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions, in cooperation with Housing Europe, is introducing a new online film series named Building Communities. The film series aims to react...

22. 12. 2020 07:12

Right to Energy Forum 2020

Right to Energy Forum is an annual event organized by Right to Energy Coalition which unites trade unions, anti-poverty groups, social housing providers, environmental campaigners, health organizations, NGOs and...

30. 11. 2020 08:11

#50Solutions Webinar 3: For a Green Recovery that Leaves No-one Behind

Housing Solutions Platform is an initiative which aims to identify, debate and promote innovative solutions for affordable housing in Europe. It was established with joint...

16. 11. 2020 08:11

C4E Webinar: Making the renovation wave work

On October 14, 2020, the European Commission has published its Renovation Wave Strategy which aims at improving the energy performance of buildings. Just two days...

20. 10. 2020 07:10

OCTOBER: a month of online conferences

Year 2020 is rather a strange year due to enormous impact of COVID-19 crisis that has changed the way of living of most people around...

21. 09. 2020 08:09

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...

26. 06. 2020 04:06

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.

04. 05. 2020 06:05

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.

Regional 20. 12. 2019 10:12

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.

Blog post EU, International 06. 12. 2019 01:12

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.

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Residential Energy Efficiency for Low-income Households project is one of the many assistance projects supported by the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Since 1992, the American people through USAID have provided a broad range of development programs in Armenia, Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, shifting from an initial humanitarian emphasis to assistance for economic, political and social transition.

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