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Accelerating EuroPACE in Spain and Europe
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EuroPACE Talk with Catriona Brady from the World Green Building Council, updates from Olot and EuroPACE Summit in June.
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The upcoming Easter break is a time to relax, connect with family and maybe do some spring cleaning. This spring, at the EuroPACE project, we have many exciting developments to share, including:
- We are delighted to announce that the EuroPACE Summit "Investing 4 Cities: Opportunities and Solutions to finance home renovation in Europe" will take place in Brussels on June 19th. Learn more and register.
- In Olot, we are making progress with pilot programme design. In fact, one of the crucial decisions we've made in the past month was to establish a non-profit programme administrator entity to manage the EuroPACE Olot programme. Read more about it below.
- Lastly, this month's EuroPACE Talk is focused on healthy homes. "Green" and "healthy" should go hand in hand to reach policy goals and improve peoples' lives.
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EuroPACE Talk: “Healthier Homes, Healthier Planet”
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In this talk we are approaching home renovation from a people-centric point of view by focusing on health and wellbeing. Catriona Brady, Head of the Better Places for People, a global project at the World Green Building Council, is sharing the insights from the recently released "Guide to healthier homes and a healthier planet" and more.
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The 6th EuroPACE Talk is focused on healthy and comfortable homes.
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The recently released “Guide to healthier homes and a healthier planet” report outlines the impact of indoor parameters like light, noise, thermal comfort, etc. What are some of the key findings and how they can be used to improve home environment?
Within each of these headlines we tried to keep the messaging simple and effective. With air quality, we talked about both indoor and outdoor air quality – covering messages around outdoor pollution getting into homes, the contribution of fuels burnt in housing to generate pollution, and indoor pollutants caused by toxic materials or damp and mould build-up. With thermal and acoustic comfort we presented a range of energy efficient strategies... Continue reading.
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WorldGBC has been consistently using health messages to appeal to wider audiences. Can you tell me more about the strategies you are employing and why?
We believe that health is one of the core components of sustainability – and therefore is an integral feature of a sustainable, or green, building or city. Health is therefore an outcome that we aspire to ‘build into’ our urban environments, but we also recognise the power of human-centric messaging as an engagement tool...Continue reading.
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Investing 4 Cities: Opportunities and Solutions to finance home renovation in Europe
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When: June 19, 2019 from 9:00 to 16:00, lunch included
Where: Liaison Agency Flanders-Europe, Kortenberglaan 71, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
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Home renovation is not just private business but a public priority. As such, a strong collaboration between the public and private sectors is critical to enable and deploy successful home renovation programmes that benefit all EU citizens. This summit offers European cities and regional representatives the unique opportunity to learn from and interact with experts from home renovation programs. The event showcases lessons learnt, best practices, case studies and future developments in home renovation. Join us in June!
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Participants can expect to leave with the tools, knowledge and contacts to jump-start home renovation programs in their own territories. We will be sending additional Summit updates in the next few months.
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Focus on the pilot in Olot
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We are establishing a non-profit program administrator entity to operate a programme in Olot. This entity will be responsible for daily operations of the programme, customer outreach and advice, front office, contractor training, lead generation and more. Having analyzed possible legal forms, we came to the conclusion that a non-profit offers vast benefits, including:
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- As a separate entity, its activities will not affect the public budget of Olot
- The designed structure will have a clear governance structure
- Non-profit will offer tax benefits and create a positive social perspective
- It is eligible to receive subsidies and donations.
- Lastly, it can serve as a social platform to raise awareness, tackle energy poverty, and support vulnerable groups in the region.
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If you missed the webinar on innovative financing mechanisms, hosted by our project partner, Joule Assets Europe, you can now listen to it online.
We've also joined a webinar on the 28th of March organized by the STUNNING project in collaboration with BUILD UP platform. This webinar was recorded and can be accessed here. |
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On March 13th, GNE Finance attended "One-Stop-Shops in the EU: current and future role in building renovation" event, held in Brussels and organised by the European Commission. EuroPACE was presented alongside other one-stop-shop programmes.
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GNE Finance took part in the sustainable investment forums in Madrid on March 19th. In Spain alone, 1.2 million homes need to be renovation during 2021- 2030 according to the Spanish Energy Agency. EuroPACE is one of the solutions that can help achieve that goal.
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On March 28th, we presented EuroPACE as one of the tools to upscale home renovation to the members of the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation in Paris. The meeting revealed challenges in addressing the home market and demonstrated the increased need for technical assistance to support the pipeline of projects.
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The 3rd EuroPACE Consortium meeting took place on the 3 and 4th of April in Warsaw. The meeting focused on the pilot programme design in Olot and each partner presented their contribution ranging from private capital financing, contractor training, consumer journey, program administration and more.
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On April 3-5th, we had the pleasure to attend the PACENation Summit in Austin, Texas and present the recent developments with EuroPACE on the emerging markets panel. Several relevant takeaways are:
- While the residential PACE growth has slowed down over the past 6 months, the local governments and PACE providers are working on strengthening the consumer protection policies and improving contractor conduct to ensure that programmes are responsible and scalable.
- The commercial PACE is gaining traction, the market has surpassed $800M in funded projects.
Our team will continue monitoring the progress in the US market, follow the recent developments on both policy and market fronts and making relevant connections to capture lessons learned.
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The European Sustainable Energy week will be held in Brussels from 17 to 21st of June. EuroPACE will be presented on one of the panels. Please stay tuned as the agenda for the event should be shared shortly here.
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Getting to Know the EuroPACE Team
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EuroPACE team is composed of 8 organizations from 4 countries. Each partner has unique expertise and experience. In the next few months we will be featuring team members from all the partners.
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Davide is the Founder and Managing Partner of GNE Finance. Prior Davide served as CFO of Enertika, an ESCO headquartered in Spain. Trained as an industrial engineer in Turin, Italy, Davide holds an MBA in Finance from ESADE Business School and has executive training in Project Financing from London Business School. Connect with Davide. |
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 Benedetta leads sales activities and strategy at Joule Assets Europe. She conducts policy and market research, stakeholder engagement and is at the helm of Joule’s business development in the Italian market. She holds a Master of Science in Social Policy and Development from the London School of Economics. Before joining Joule, Benedetta worked for the General Confederation of Italian Industry. Connect with Benedetta. |
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 Eduard is technical manager of the EuroPACE Olot pilot. Eduard will lead the pilot in Olot at the technical level to share the interests of homeowners and professionals in order to promote energy rehabilitation and renewable energies and reduce CO2 emissions. Learn more about Eduard. |
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We would like to use this opportunity to announce that GNE Finance is expanding its team and looking for a Credit Operations Consultant. Learn more.
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Keeping PACE with the Latest Developments
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We've compiled a list of relevant and provocative articles and reports.
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Thank you for being part of the EuroPACE Community
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We look forward to working with you to make EuroPACE a success.
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Sincerely,
The EuroPACE Partners
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