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BUILD UPON Workshop: "Changing finance, Financing change" - Green Finance & Green Mortgages  
Location : Bucharest - European Commission Representation in Romania (UTI building, Str. Vasile Lascar 31, 1st floor)
From: Monday 18 April 2016, 13:30
To: Monday 18 April 2016, 16:00

An informative workshop to explore how green finance can improve the safety, quality, value, and environmental performance of our homes and buildings while reducing financial risk, the cost of financing and improve investment results. This workshop is organized by the Romania Green Building Council who has joined the “Energy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group” (EEFIG) created by the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative with a motto of “changing finance, financing change”. The workshop is also advancing the work of the “BUILD UPON” project; dedicated to improving the design and implementation of National Renovation Strategies.

 

Selected recommendations from the first phase of the Energy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group work that have determined our agenda include:

  • Engage key decision makers (owners and managers) with a clear business case that raises their awareness of the multiple benefits of buildings’ energy efficiency renovations with evidence
  • EEFIG feels that awareness, communication and marketing is a priority to support the demand for energy efficiency investments in private residential buildings
  • Increase awareness of the link between energy performance certificates or green building labels and the “green” value of the building

Topics
- What are green mortgages? What are the activities of the European Mortgage Federation in this area?
- What is a “green bond”? What are the benefits? What does this change for the various stakeholders in building sector?
- How do green buildings change the financials of a project? Can green finance mainstream Net Zero Energy Buildings today?
- What financial tools are available to promote deep green renovations? How do they work? What are the benefits?
- What performance data is needed by the financial sector to conduct their analysis?
- How can we each move this topic forward in Romania?

 

Presenters
- Mr. Luca Bertalot, Secretary General of the European Mortgage Federation and European Covered Bond Council
- Mr. Ioannis Orfanos, Director, Green Value Associates
- Ms. Elena Rastei, Counselor to the Minister, Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests
- Mr. Andrei Botis, Managing Partner – NAI Romania, ANEVAR Member, Member of the Board, Romania Green Building Council,
- Mr. Mihai Calin, Manager of Green Finance, Romania Green Building Council

For more information about the Energy Efficiency – Financial Institutions Group see www.EEFIG.org. For information on the Green Homes & Green Mortgage program see www.RoGBC.org/en/projects/green-homes. Other Questions? Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The event will be available for participating live via webcast (https://join.onstreammedia.com/go/64407007/changingfinance). Interested persons can send a message by Friday 18:00 to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.">mThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to join the workshop in Bucharest. There is no cost to join but space is limited. All participants will need to present ID at the reception. The event will be in ENGLISH without translation.

AGENDA is available here.

 

Video Recording available here:

https://join.onstreammedia.com/play/64407007/10270-wkp-18-april

 

Mr. Luca Bertalot, Secretary General of the European Mortgage Federation and European Covered Bond Council

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