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

Hungary, Romania 19. 07. 2021 08:07

Energy poverty in Central and Eastern Europe: 13 recommendations for better addressing of this challenge

Since the environmental challenges are these days on top of the agenda of the European Union (EU), new strategies to incorporate green topics into various...

Bulgaria, 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...

22. 03. 2021 05:03

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Municipality of Centar Sarajevo starts to implement REELIH project

We are very excited that from March until November 2021, the project will be implemented in yet the seventh location, Municipality of Centar Sarajevo, Sarajevo Canton.

12. 02. 2021 01:02

The European Climate Pact: all-encompassing climate action for a greener Europe

The European Climate Pact (ECP) is a new, EU-wide initiative inviting individuals, communities and organizations to participate in climate action and building a greener Europe....

28. 01. 2021 03:01

National Long-Term Renovation Strategies from all Central and Eastern European EU Member States still missing

It has been already more than ten months from the date when the EU Member States were supposed to submit their newest Long-Term Renovation Strategies...

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...

26. 10. 2020 11:10

Build Upon2: project that puts national building renovation strategies into practice

BUILD UPON2 PROJECT There are no more doubts that our planet is in the state of climate emergency. With buildings being one of the biggest...

EU 13. 07. 2020 12:07

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.

International 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.

Blog post Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Regional 17. 03. 2020 04:03

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.

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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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