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 The starting point will be the tools and proposals for accelerating retrofitting of social housing which have been identified in the 20 projects supported by IEE in their Retrofitting of Social Housing programme. if widely deployed these tools and proposals will have the potential to boost the introduction of optimal intelligent-energy practices at all operational levels of social housing organisations and pave the way for similar developments in the wider residential sector. The POWER HOUSE EUROPE project will develop hands-on targeted dissemination and knowledge exchange campaigns at national level to promote the maximum deployment rate of the tools and proposals already developed. Over 39,000 non-for-profit housing organisations from 19 EU member states, which together manage over 22 million homes, are brought together at European level by the European Liaison Committee for Social Housing (CECODHAS) who will lead the POWER HOUSE EUROPE project. BSHF was one of the founder members of the CECODHAS organisation in 1988. For further information on the project outputs, work packages and participants click on the related document below. |
The exchange of housing for help in the homeHomesharing is a simple idea. A householder offers accommodation to a homesharer in exchange for an agreed level of support. The support needed may be help with the household tasks or it may be financial support, or a combination of both.
BSHF at ECA Housing ForumThe Housing Forum Europe & Central Asia is a biennial gathering that brings together leading professionals committed to the cause of sustainable housing.
World Habitat Awards 2013 finalists announcedThe ten finalists for the 2013 World Habitat Awards have been chosen from a list of over 200 projects from across the globe.
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