The goal of this workshop is to guide and train European public authorities on scaling up investments to make our buildings more climate-friendly. In particular, we will explore how public authorities can involve citizens in public funding decisions and co-investing through crowdfunding platforms, in order to build greener constructions, but also renovating those already standing.

Data show that 40% of total EU energy consumption is used by the building sector and 36% of total EU greenhouse gas emissions come from buildings. This is why we need to improve the energy performance of buildings across the EU ensuring better energy and resource efficiency.

Based on existing best practices and pilots this workshop will dive deeper into innovative financing solutions that leverage the cooperation between public and private actors for creating impact and better buildings that help us fight climate change.

Providing sustainable investment opportunities for citizens through crowdfunding platforms, allows to establish transparent and democratic mechanisms making more effective use of public funding. At the same time, mobilising private investments for projects that create impact accelerates the energy transition and improves our daily life.

AGENDA

The CITIZEE project with support from the GREENFOOT project is organising a capacity building workshop in the frame of the EU Sustainable Energy Week.

Background:

The workshop is organised in the frame of the EC co-funded CitizEE project. CitizEE’s strategy is therefore conceived to support public authorities with a twofold purpose:

• Setting up Citizen Investment Platforms. These investment platforms backed public funds (namely the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) are considered as Investment facilities channelling public and private financing from several co-investors to provide financial products to designated final beneficiaries and/or projects.
• Developing, testing and evaluating tailored and widely adopted citizen financing schemes for energy efficiency. Citizen financing mechanisms, such as crowdfunding or cooperative funding will be matched with public financing instruments.

Register here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crowdtuesday-meets-citizee-scaling-up-energy-efficiency-investments-tickets-190480992777

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

For information on the future webinars of the series, dates and registration, follow us on social media and project partners’ websites.

In the building sector, it is crucial that energy efficiency financing models are consolidated through innovative financing solutions that leverage the cooperation between all actors (project promoters, public/private financial institutions, end users), especially with citizens. Not only that, but it is essential to establish mechanisms that enable making more effective use of public funding, mobilising private financing towards large-scale energy efficiency programmes and helping to overcome specific barriers faced by energy citizens and communities’ projects wishing to invest in sustainable projects.

In this second webinar, we will share some best practices on how public authorities can set up Citizen Financing Schemes for Energy Efficiency.

This second webinar, starting at 13.00 until 14.30 on June 3rd, will share some best practices mainly for public authorities (cities, municipalities and regions) on how to set up Citizen Financing Schemes for Energy Efficiency and how crowdfunding platforms and governments can collaborate.

Agenda:

• How does CitizEE support European public authorities to scale up investments for energy efficiency in the building sector?

Speaker: Conny Weber, European Crowdfunding Network

• Learning from Best Practices: How the Lithuanian Public Investment Development Agency (VIPA) is co-financing with citizens energy efficiency projects and renewable energy projects.

Speaker: Renata Adomavičienė, VIPA

• P2P lender and government collaboration: how can we create a greener future together?

Speaker: Darius Noreika – CFA, CEO of Finbee 

Presentation will be followed by the 30 minutes Q&A session.

Register here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NYtCTxXMTXKBPVpIzs1nAA

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

For information on the future webinars of the series, dates and registration, follow us on social media and project partners’ websites.

The goal of the CitizEE webinar series is to guide and train European public authorities to scale up investments for energy efficiency in the building sector through attracting citizen private investments.

In the building sector, it is crucial that energy efficiency financing models are consolidated through innovative financing solutions that leverage the cooperation between all actors (project promoters, public/private financial institutions, end users), especially with citizens. Not only that, but it is essential to establish mechanisms that enable making more effective use of public funding, mobilising private financing towards large-scale energy efficiency programmes and helping to overcome specific barriers faced by energy citizens and communities’ projects wishing to invest in sustainable projects.

In the first webinar, we will deal with the ways in which European public authorities can scale up investments for energy efficiency.

The webinar, starting at 15.00 until 16.30 on April 27, will provide an overview and introduction mainly for public authorities (municipalities and regions) on where and how to start when assessing energy efficiency investments.

Interested participants will learn in this webinar about:

– the motivations and means behind different financial instruments,

– get hints for implementing and building their customized financing scheme, for

– launching large scale investment programs for the renovation of their buildings and

– attracting greater levels of private‐sector investments, namely from citizens and communities.

Agenda:

•             How does CitizEE support European public authorities to scale up investments for energy efficiency in the building sector?

Speaker: Conny Weber, European Crowdfunding Network

•             European Investment Bank insights: The EU’s climate bank– Financing Climate action and environmental sustainability

Speaker: Robert Pernetta, European Investment Bank

•             Key steps public authorities should follow when evaluating and selecting the structured financial solutions that could best answer to their needs

Speaker: Jean-François Marchand, Energinvest

Presentation will be followed by the 30 minutes Q&A session.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SNMuYG2PTAWtQvYEibIYIA

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

For information on the future webinars of the series, dates and registration, follow us on social media and project partners’ websites.