Third parties play a key role to making buildings energy efficient

(external-resource, 27 Oct 2014) In a strategic plan for the municipality, the town council of Valladolid , in Spain, has given top priority to the renovation of its heritage buildings to achieve nearly zero energy districts. In one of its neighbourhoods, called Cuatro de Marzo, such renovation has already started to happen.

It has been pioneered by the company for land and housing, called VIVA—Sociedad Municipal de Suelo y Vivienda— and owned by the Valladolid municipality. It operates within the European project R2CITIES, whose aim is to develop and demonstrate strategies for designing and constructing nearly zero energy districts.

César Alonso manager at VIVA in Valladolid, speaks to youris.com about the importance of taking into account residents' opinion and of involving so-called Energy Service Companies in financing the process.

What are the advantages of building energy efficient buildings?

All regulations concerning incentives and initiatives to do with the renovation of buildings include the idea of . Both the Valladolid town council and VIVA want to be first in the queue to get European funding to implement these changes.

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