CEESEN-BENDER

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CEESEN-BENDER project logo

The main goal of CEESEN-BENDER, launched on September 1 2023, is to empower and support vulnerable homeowners and renters living in Soviet-era multi-apartment buildings in 5 Central and Eastern European countries: Croatia, Slovenia, Estonia, Poland, and Romania. The project will help them through the renovation process by identifying the main obstacles and creating trustworthy support services that include homeowners, their associations, and building managers.

Project duration:

September 2023 – August 2026 (36 months)

Budget:

EUR 1.85 million

Funder:

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  • Guidelines for facilitation of communication between building managers and homeowners on building renovation process
  • Workshops report on advocacy for energy renovation of buildings
  • Synthesis report on demonstration buildings
  • Reports on building renovation barriers in regulatory framework as well as technical and economic barriers for the decision makers
  • Digital tools to prioritise building renovations and calculating the ROI
  • Training materials on providing consultations to vulnerable groups
  • Pilot area level and building level renovation roadmaps
  • Lessons learnt and policy recommendations to national and EU level policy makers

University of Tartu is responsible for set-up and coordination of support tools and capacity-building of energy professionals. The focus will be set on improving the ability of governments and large property owners/managers to prioritise buildings most in need of energy efficiency improvements, and building capacity of energy professionals on how to address the social needs of energy poor/vulnerable households. For this, experts from University of Tartu are designing and testing a digital tool that helps to prioritise buildings for renovations.

Also, University of Tartu is leading the project's Work Package that focuses on tackling the barriers hindering building related interventions in vulnerable districts.

Society for Sustainable Development Design, Croatia (Project Coordinator)

Local Energy Agency Spodnje Podravje, Slovenia

Alba Local Energy Agency, Romania

Climate Alliance, Germany

Medjimurje Energy Agency Ltd., Croatia

Mazovian Energy Agency, Poland

Tartu Regional Energy Agency, Estonia

Municipality of Alba Iulia, Romania

Central Eastern European Sustainable Energy Network (CEESEN), CEE

Associated partners:

Housing Cooperative “Marysin Wawerski”, Poland

EUROLAND Ltd., Croatia

GP STANORAD Ltd., Croatia

The Estonian Union of Co-operative Housing Associations, Estonia

CASS members with the project

Indrek Kuusk

Project Manager

Riin Teugijas

Financial Manager

Elis Vollmer

Technical Expert

Mariia Chebotareva

Analyst

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