‼️👷 Today we’ve sent dozens of paper houses to decision makers in the EU’s Special Housing Committee to encourage and inspire them to make deep home renovations the top priority during their mandate. 🔨 Why? Because the time is now to pour their energy into solving one of Europe’s most pressing challenges: the state of our building stock. Delivering energy-efficient homes that are powered by renewable energy are key for social justice and the climate ⬇️ - lowering the EU’s energy demand - boosting energy security - cutting carbon emissions - lifting people out of energy poverty Better homes help us build better lives! 🎴 What does this action entail? Decision makers will be able to renovate their paper house by collecting solutions that will help them improve the energy efficiency of their paper home - one sticker at a time ➕ experience the savings that can be achieved. Want to know more? Visit our website: https://lnkd.in/gHZmRDjw #CollectThemAll #BuildBetterLives #Collectibles, #NewYearRenovation
Build Better Lives
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The Build Better Lives Campaign aims to ensure decent, affordable and energy efficient homes for all.
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Build Better Lives aims to ensure decent, affordable and energy efficient homes and buildings for all. It brings together over 90 social justice, housing, climate, and youth civil society organisations, in a pan-European, people-oriented campaign for a socially just built environment that lifts millions out of energy poverty. Better buildings build better lives through creating safer, healthier and more comfortable environments where many of us work, play and live. More energy efficient buildings reduces our energy consumption, which lowers our energy bills along with greenhouse gas emissions. This all starts with policy and political will. Governments need to implement EU and national legislations around building renovation and heating decarbonisation in a manner that is inclusive and will deliver benefits for all.
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It is time for EU decisionmakers to ensure home renovations are a tool for justice ❤️💚
Yesterday in the European Parliament, 🏛️ Laia Segura Cueto reminded decisionmakers that it is time to act on ensuring decent, affordable and energy-effiecient housing for all: 🔴 Make energy renovations fair and accessible! Protect tenants, support low-income homeowners, and ensure no one is left behind. 🔴 Secure funding and social protections! Renovations must benefit people, not just the market ➕ prioritise funding for vulnerable households. 🔴 Tackle the worst-performing buildings first! Insulate, phase out fossil fuels, and switch to renewable heating and cooling. 🔴 Repurpose vacant buildings and turn them into homes for those who need them most. 🔴 Invest in public housing 🔴 Renovate, don’t speculate! Implement rent controls and anti-speculation measures to protect homes from becoming financial assets. #BuildBetterLives
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🏘️ Insulating Europe’s homes isn’t just about comfort – it’s key to lowering energy bills, reducing carbon footprints, and improving public health. Nearly 20% of the EU population lives in cold, poorly insulated homes. This leads to discomfort, health issues, and costly energy bills. Insulating our homes can: 🔹 decrease a household's energy use up to 70% 🔹 reduce energy bills for the 47+ million Europeans facing energy poverty Let's make insulation a priority for a stronger, healthier, and more sustainable Europe. Find out more! 👉 https://bit.ly/3FFbir6 #BuildBetterLives
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It's time for EU decision makers to roll up their sleeves and start the work that’s needed for insulating Europe’s homes. Insulation isn’t just about comfort – it’s key to lowering energy bills, reducing carbon footprints, and improving public health. Nearly 20% of the EU population lives in cold, poorly insulated homes. This leads to discomfort, health issues, and costly energy bills. There are plenty of solutions available to fix this issue, one of them is insulating our homes which can - decrease a household's energy use up to to 70% - reduce energy bills for the 47+ million Europeans facing energy poverty Gordan Bosanac, Elena Sancho Murillo, let’s insulate Europe! 🏠 Advocate for policies that will help all EU citizens to insulate their homes. Better insulation = stronger economy, healthier people, & a resilient EU. #BuildBetterLives #CollectThemAll #Collectibles
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👀 Happening right now... We are dropping a little something in the letterboxes of decision makers at the European Parliament📮 It's part TWO of our collectible series in which members of the special committee on housing get to renovate their own DIY paper home. Why?! 1️⃣ As a reminder that every citizen in the EU needs to have access to decent, affordable and energy-efficient homes 2️⃣ To experience how much energy they can save by making their homes energy-efficient 3️⃣ To discuss insulation and its many merrits Want to know more? Check the comments ‼️ #BuildBetterLives #CollectThemAll #Collectibles
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🎙️ In Radio Popolare, Francesca Canali from MIRA presented the conclusions from an event they held last week in Rome as part of the Build Better Lives campaign. The event covered building renovation, social justice and just transition, addressing the challenges and opportunities of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and the role of institutions, civil society, industry and trade unions in ensuring adequate and efficient housing for all. You can listen to the episode here: https://lnkd.in/dhD2b5du
Torniamo su Radio Popolare, nel programma Il Giusto Clima, per una restituzione sull’incontro "Garantire abitazioni adeguate, accessibili ed energicamente efficienti", che avevamo presentato sul programma le settimane scorse. L'incontro è stato un momento per discutere delle sfide e opportunità della riqualificazione edilizia in chiave di giustizia sociale ed equità, con un approfondimento sugli obiettivi della Direttiva #EPBD e sul ruolo di società civile, industria, sindacati e istituzioni. Durante la trasmissione, insieme a Francesca Canali, sono stati poi evidenziati i temi legati alla riqualificazione edilizia, con un focus sulla giustizia sociale e sull’equità nell’accesso agli incentivi. È stato discusso quali siano gli obiettivi che l’Italia e gli altri paesi UE devono raggiungere, il numero di edifici su cui intervenire e le tipologie di intervento necessarie per allinearsi agli obiettivi climatici europei. È stato inoltre evidenziato che gli Stati membri hanno tempo fino a maggio 2026 per recepire la Direttiva, mentre il governo italiano sta elaborando il Piano Nazionale di Ristrutturazione Edilizia, con una bozza prevista entro il 31 dicembre 2025. Grazie a Gianluca Ruggieri e Elena Mordiglia. La puntata è disponibile al link: https://lnkd.in/dhD2b5du
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Siamo live da Spazio Europa per un confronto sulle politiche abitative, il patrimonio immobiliare nazionale e l'efficientamento energetico. Al centro del dibattito, la necessità di accelerare la transizione verso edifici più sostenibili e accessibili, garantendo al tempo stesso il diritto a un'abitazione adeguata per tutti. Abbiamo aperto con un focus sulla città di Roma insieme all'assessore Tobia Zevi e Francesca Cigarini - Rappresentanza in Italia della Commissione europea, approfondendo le sfide locali e le strategie per migliorare il patrimonio edilizio esistente. Ora al centro del dibattito è la Direttiva #EPBD e il suo impatto in Europa e in Italia. Con Eva Brardinelli, Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe abbiamo visto qual è il contributo della EPBD al #GreenDeal europeo e le prospettive per l'efficientamento degli edifici. Interviene ora Mariangiola Fabbri, BPIE - Buildings Performance Institute Europe con un approfondimento sulla transizione in Italia e un'anteprima dei dati del Building Climate Tracker. A seguire, Francesca Andreolli, ECCO think tank, analizzerà i Piani Nazionali di Ristrutturazione Edilizia e il motivo per cui servono strategie ambiziose e integrate. Modera Giovanni Mori È possibile seguire la discussione anche online: https://lnkd.in/djXuFVht
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Allow me to share my excitement with you here. Tomorrow, we kick off the first ever Build Better Lives event hapenning at national level and none other than in Rome !! 😊 , uniting key voices to shape the future of energy-efficient and accessible homes. Join us—in person or online—for an exciting discussion (in Italian) Tomorrow 📅 March 5 | 🕘 9:45 AM – 1:00 PM | Registration and full agenda here: https://lnkd.in/dXKzJify Thanks BPIE - Buildings Performance Institute Europe and MIRA for the great collaboration. Among other things, we'll be looking at the National Building Renovation Plan (NBRP) and the crucial role of public participation in shaping it. I'm curious to hear from you: have the public consultations on the NBRP started in your country? 🏡🔍 #BuildBetterLives #Collaboration #EPBD #NBRP Eva Brardinelli Francesca Canali Mariangiola Fabbri Francesca Andreolli Giovanni Mori Giacomo Pellini cecilia hugony @Giacomo virgilio Gaetano Settimo Fabio Gerosa
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For any Italian speakers surfing their Linkedin feed, Sì, tu 🫵 Make sure to check out this #BuildBetterLives event this Wednesday hosted by MIRA. We will discuss about how we can ensure adequate, affordable and energy-efficient housing and talk about the future of our cities. You can view the event live at this link: https://lnkd.in/dBzXxvJA
Manca poco! Mercoledì 5 marzo, parliamo di come garantire abitazioni adeguate, accessibili ed efficienti per tutti, un obiettivo fondamentale per il futuro delle nostre città. Discuteremo di come la Direttiva #EPBD possa supportare questo cambiamento, insieme a istituzioni, esperti e società civile in un confronto aperto. 📌 “Build Better Lives: Garantire abitazioni adeguate, accessibili ed energicamente efficienti per tutti” - Mercoledì 5 marzo | 9:30 - 13:00 - #Roma (Spazio Europa) PROGRAMMA Intervengono - Francesca Cigarini | Rappresentanza in Italia della Commissione Europea - Tobia Zevi | Assessore Patrimonio e Politiche Abitative, Roma Capitale - Intervento dal Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Sicurezza Energetica 🟨 Sessione 1 | Direttiva EPBD e decarbonizzazione, con: • Eva Brardinelli | Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe • Mariangiola Fabbri | BPIE - Buildings Performance Institute Europe • Francesca Andreolli | ECCO think tank 🟨 Sessione 2 | Barriere e opportunità della EPBD | Tavola rotonda, con: • Giacomo Pellini | Kyoto Club • cecilia hugony | Renovate Italy • Giacomo Virgilio | Filca Cisl • Gaetano Settimo | Istituto Superiore di Sanità • Fabio Gerosa | Fratello Sole Impresa Sociale Srl • Francesca Canali | MIRA 🟨 Modera: Giovanni Mori, attivista e ingegnere esperto di #sostenibilità Il programma completo al link: https://lnkd.in/eSpf2Apu Evento organizzato nell'ambito della campagna europea #BuildBetterLives da #MIRANetwork, Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe e #BPIE - Buildings Performance Institute Europe #GreenDeal #decarbonizzazione #edilizia
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Tomorrow marks the 100th day of the European Commission.🎈 The day they will reveal their #ActionPlan for #AffordableEnergy. We say: YES! to the Commission’s focus on the affordability of energy NO! to an energy transition that does not prioritise access to affordable energy and energy efficient homes to vulnerable communities A real action plan must include measures that will deliver: 🔨 Renovated homes that lower energy bills for people 🏠 Renovated buildings that lower our carbon footprint 🩵 Tangible financial & technical support for low-income groups ☀️ Clear and accessible pathways to clean, green and sustainable energy #100Days
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