This year's European Sustainable Energy Week will take place online starting October 25 to October 29, 2021. As a part of its Extended Program happening between October 11 - 22, 2021, we are pleased to announce that Habitat for Humanity International will be hosting an online session on HOW TO MAKE THE RENOVATION WAVE A SUCCESS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE IN ADDRESSING ENERGY POVERTY? on

October 14, 2021, from 15:00 to 16:30 CET.

The session targets practitioners, government and municipality representatives, and consumer organizations and introduces specific challenges of the CEE region by providing an EU policy background for building renovation.

The session will be moderated by Elena Milanovska, Associate Director, Housing Finance Systems, Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter, Habitat for Humanity International.

Speakers:

• Sorcha Edwards, Secretary-General at Housing Europe
• Egle Kybartiene, President of Lithuanian Consumers Alliance
• Dragomir Tzanev, Executive Director at the Center for Energy Efficiency EnEffect – Bulgaria
• Knut Höller, Executive Member of the Board at IWO – Housing Initiative for Eastern Europe

Our speakers will present best practices from the region that successfully tackle energy poverty and lead renovation of residential buildings financial and technical assistance to homeowner associations.

A discussion with the audience will follow presentations, and several rounds of interactive exercises will accompany the session.

Register for the event here.

To register, please write an email to residential.mgt@habitat.org, and we will notify you about the dedicated registration page once it is available.

Find out more about the session here.

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