EuroPACE: Integrated home renovation platform

Vol 2 Issue 10, December 2019

A Year in Review: EuroPACE Project Milestones

Wishing you sustainable, warm and happy holidays with your loved ones

2019 was a challenging, productive, and game-changing year for the EuroPACE project team. Our team, is based in 4 different countries and has diverse expertise. Together we are all committed to making sustainable home renovation easier, more affordable and reliable for all Europeans. Below are our 2019 milestones:

Launched 1st pilot program in Olot. HolaDomus program is currently available to Olot citizens. You can follow it on Twitter: @HolaDomus.
Set up and registered Fundació EuroPACE, an entity to administer the program.
Built technical, marketing and managerial team to operate the HolaDomus program.
Developed relationships with trusted contractors to ensure a high quality service.
Attended more than 10 European, international and local conferences and events to promote the EuroPACE model.
We are discussing potential EuroPACE adaptation with cities from Belgium, The Netherlands and Portugal.

All in all, the EuroPACE project team is looking forward to 2020 to build on the momentum of HolaDomus and scale the model to other countries. Happy holidays!

HolaDomus Program Launch in Olot

The institutional launch took place on the 8th of October. The event was well attended by local, regional and national politicians and professionals. Video addresses from Christophe Milin, EASME (ES) and Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative (ENG) were played during the event. The mayor of Olot, Catalonia Pep Berga noted: "This pilot [home renovation] program in Olot must be scaled throughout Catalonia, the whole country, continent and to the whole planet."

First Home Renovation is in Progress

The first home renovation project is already in progress in Olot. It is too early to share the details (stay tuned in 2020), but we do have a number of early-adopters taking advantage of the technical support and financing provided by the HolaDomus program.

EuroPACE and HolaDomus at Events

European, International and Regional Events

Jordi Salvador, the General Auditor of Olot Municipality, was one of the 3 Spanish speakers in Grenada at the 12th Annual Symposium on sustainable cadastres in Ibero-American region. Jordi highlighted the EuroPACE model implemented in Olot in his presentation "La rehabilitación y el medio ambiente [Rehabilitation and the Enviroment]".

Davide Cannarozzi, GNE Finance, attended COP 25 in Madrid as part of the EU Delegation and spoke on a panel on the 10th of December. Davide highlighted the need to build an ecosystem at the European level to take the results of Horizon 2020 projects to commercial deployment.

Olot's Mayor Pep Berga spoke at the institutional launch of HolaDomus program. He highlighted city's sustainability objectives and voiced his support for this home renovation program.

Jordi Ayats, Manager of HolaDomus program, spoke at the Naturgy Foundation seminar and promoted the program. Jordi paid special attention to the public-private partnership that is at the base of the program. "Renovation is the cornerstone of policies on Energy Transition in the EU" he noted.

Kristina Klimovich, GNE Finance, presented the EuroPACE project to cities and regions joining the Covenant of Mayors and Energy Cities seminar on "Turning your Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan into a strategic investment plan."

GNE Finance attended WorldGBC and BUILD UPON ² event 'Delivering net zero carbon buildings for all' in Brussels on December 3-4th and presented EuroPACE model as one of the solutions to reach net-zero.

Additionally, EuroPACE was presented at the Concerted Action on the Renewable Energy Sources Directive.

Building a Community and Working Together for a Sustainable Future

Over the course of this year, the EuroPACE project has been supported, promoted by a number of individuals and organizations at the European level. First off we would like to thank the European Commission, specifically Christophe Milin and Anette Jahn from EASME for the support under the Horizon 2020 programme. Additionally, we would like to extend our gratitude to all EuroPACE partners, Adrian Joyce of Renovate Europe, Tatiana Bosteels of Hermes Investment Management, Jessica Glicker of BPIE, Sean Kidney of Climate Bonds Initiative, Murray Birt of DWS, Andy Deacon of Climate Alliance, Jessica Stromback of Joule Assets Europe, James Drinkwater of WorldGBC, Emilio Mitre of GBC Espana, Jana Cicmanova of Energy Cities, Thierry Van Cauwenberg from the Walloon region of Belgium, Sophie Shnapp, Jurei Yada and Benoit Lebot of IPEEC, Steven Fawkes of EnergyPro, Kathleen Gaffney of IEA and David Gabrielson of PACENation. It is inevitable that we have missed someone in this short list. Our project is grateful for all the support, speaking opportunities and expertise sharing enabled by this community.

Thank you for Being Part of the EuroPACE Community

We look forward to working with you to make EuroPACE a success

Sincerely,
The EuroPACE Partners

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The EuroPACE Project is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 785057.