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North Macedonia 14. 09. 2021 06:09

ComAct report: Energy poverty in the privately-owned, multi-family apartment buildings

What is ComAct? ComAct – Community Tailored Actions for Energy Poverty Mitigation is an EU funded Horizon2020 project that aims to make comprehensive energy efficient...

Portugal 28. 06. 2021 09:06

The EU Green Week: Tackling energy poverty and air pollution in one fell swoop

What is the EU Green Week about? The European Union is becoming very serious about creating a greener future and the annual event called EU...

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.

22. 11. 2019 10:11

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.

30. 10. 2019 10:10

HFHI presenting learnings from REELIH at Sustainable Cities Week in Geneva

During the first week of October 2019, annual UNECE's Sustainable Cities Week took place in Geneva. In the name of "Affordable housing and urban infrastructure for all groups of the population", the discussions of the week were held about the progress and challenges related to the implementation of recent international agreements such as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the New Urban Agenda and the Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing.

Belgium, International 10. 06. 2019 11:06

Right to Energy Coalition and its Forum: aiming at energy as a basic human right

Connecting trade unions, anti-poverty organizations, social housing providers, environmental and health organizations and energy cooperatives, R2E organizes between June 19 and 20, 2019 Right to Energy Forum in Brussels, Belgium.

11. 04. 2019 09:04

Unflattering record: Skopje is Europe’s most polluted capital

People of Skopje can give a sigh of relief that the winter is over. This city, being located in between the mountain ranges, becomes deadly valley during the wintertime. A blanket of smog settles over the valley because of the temperature inversions.

Regional, USA 15. 02. 2019 01:02

Contributing to new UNECE Guidelines on Condominium Management

Habitat for Humanity contributed to the new UNECE Guidelines on the Management and Ownership of Condominium Housing thanks to being part of Real Estate advisory group. Main messages included the support of homeowners and homeowner associations in Central and Eastern Europe focus on combating energy poverty.

Armenia 02. 07. 2018 01:07

REELIH one of the finalists of World Habitat Awards with special mention from the judges

We are proud to announce that Residential Energy in Low Income Households (REELIH) project, coordinated by Habitat for Humanity International with the support of USAID, was one of the eight finalists of the WHA 2017 from over 100 entries from across the world. REELIH was also one of the two projects that had additionally received a special mention from the judges (the second best in the global North!).

Blog post Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, EU, Hungary, Kosovo, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine 17. 04. 2018 07:04

Financing the future of buildings in Central, Eastern and South-East Europe: a new study by BPIE

The Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE) published the analysis of the funding streams directed to energy efficiency in buildings in Central, Eastern and South-East Europe (CESEE). The analysis revealed that less than 3% of the funds that could be used to support energy efficiency investments in the region is dedicated to upgrading buildings.

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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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