As part of the replication activities of the SER project conducted in France by Secours Catholique and negaWatt, key insights into the third sector’s building stock in the country are provided.

In Poland, strong institutions like KAPE and NFOSIGW are creating a solid foundation for integrating SER-like models into national policy. However, a lack of intermediaries makes financing more complex.

Key insight from the roundtable organised on 28 November 2024: Risk-sharing instruments can mobilise private investment and mitigate high-risk perceptions among financial institutions.

🌍 Join us for an engaging discussion on social energy renovation! 🌍

We’re excited to announce the upcoming round table discussion organised by Econoler, as part of the replication activities of the Horizon 2020-funded Social Energy Renovations (SER) project in Poland.

💡 When: 28 November 2024, at 10:00 AM
💡 Where: Hosted at The Polish National Energy Conservation Agency (KAPE)’s premises (for selected in-person participants) & online for broader access.

This hybrid event will be led by Marko Markov, a sustainable finance expert, who will share valuable insights from SER’s tools and successful experiences, with a special focus on replication efforts in Poland and Bulgaria.

Why attend?

✔ Explore innovative financial solutions for renovating buildings offering social services.
✔ Gain insights from case studies in Just Transition regions.
✔ Learn how the SER Toolbox is unlocking financing opportunities across Europe.

Let’s shape the future of sustainable building renovations for the third sector together. 🚀

🖥️ Online participation is open!
Register here

🎥We are pleased to share the video of our event, which took place in Rome on 14th November.

Let’s keep working together to create impactful and sustainable solutions.

🌟 Be part of an impactful event in Rome: "Energy efficiency in the Third Sector: A collective solution with leading stakeholders".

Don't miss this unique opportunity to engage with leading Italian stakeholders in the field of energy efficiency—including Third Sector organisations, financial institutions, ESCos, and local governments—to build bridges and create meaningful solutions.

🔹 Why Attend?

Join us in person or online to explore workshops and discussions focused on scaling energy efficiency initiatives to benefit Third Sector organisations. This day-long event will tackle three core challenges facing the Third Sector in Italy:

📈 The rapid growth of the Italian economy;

💸 Limited access to credit compared to profit-driven sectors;

👨‍👩‍👦 The critical social value of energy efficiency measures, particularly in fostering the green transition and combating energy poverty.

Register now for free and secure your place to be part of the change!

We held our sixth consortium meeting at the Cooperativa Sociale Casa del Giovane in Pavia, Italy.

Casa del Giovane is one of our pilot projects where we have contributed to the energy renovation of two of their buildings 🏡, providing technical and financial assistance, and impact assessment.

Following the incorporation of the SER HUB into the project, we invite you to discover its new website.

Click here.

Learn from the renovation of Cascina Nibai and the impact assessment conducted.

Read more here.

Learning about energy poverty through European projects.

With Fabio Gerosa, General Director of Fratello Sole; Laura Bano and Rose Ortolani, consultants; Alessandro Fiorini, researcher at Enea; Agatino Nicita, technologist at Cnr-Itae; Tiziana Toto, consumer policy manager at the association Cittadinanza Attiva.

Presentation of the SER Project in Brussels on the occasion of the 'Social Policy Days' of Eurodiaconia, during the session "Can Social Services really be sustainable? The Green Deal, Social Services, and Financing," in which one of the panellists was Karen Vanderpoortel of DG Grow. Read more here.

FS together with Gruppo Iren, were working on the energy redevelopment of two buildings. As part of the European project Social Energy Renovations (SER), TIRESIA Polimi and Sigma NL Spin Off Universitario are conducting the environmental and social impact assessment of the energy efficiency project. An activity of the Cantiere Sociale that Fratello Sole always includes in its interventions in support of the ecological transition of the Third Sector.

Seminar presentation of the project “EnergETICI” sponsored by FMPS and SER-HUB at FMPS offices in Siena. Read more here.

SER is quoted for the impact evaluation activities in the press communication released at the beginning of the building site of AIL – Associazione Italiana Leucemia (Italian Leukemia Association), which is one of SER's three pilot building sites. Read more here.

In January, Fratello Sole was invited to present its activities in support of the ecological transition of non-profit organizations and, together with GNE Finance. The seminar's subject was social and environmental impact finance, as envisioned by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, summarized in the document Mensuram Bonam, which illustrates investments compatible with the environment and the well-being of people, in line with the encyclicals Laudato Si’ and Fratelli Tutti. Read more here.

SER Project presented among the "Inspiring Projects" or the Energy and Poverty Workshop at the Economy of Francesco 2022 Global Event #EoF2022.

SER has a dedicated box in the Toolkit for social organizations “Tackling energy poverty and enhancing energy efficiency in Non Profit Organizations”, a publication realized within the project GreenAbility (Green abilities to tackle social issues), funded by the EU program Erasmus+ of which FS and ENEA were partners. Read more here.

SERVICE4Impact is the ENEA application capable of measuring the energy and structural criticalities of third sector buildings. The application - developed by the Agency for Energy Efficiency and the Laboratory of Seismic Engineering and Natural Risk Prevention - is implemented within the framework of the SER project.

SER has a dedicated box in the publicatio “Linee Linee Guida per la sostenibilità degli enti del Terzo Settore – Energia e Acqua” (Guidelines for the sustainability of Third Sector entities - Energy and Water), realised by FS with ENEA and presented in a road show in Italy in November and December 2021. Read more here.

In light of the ambitious target set by the European Commission to make the EU the first carbon neutral continent by 2050, this event served as a platform to exchange lessons learnt and best practices supporting the uptake of sustainable and energy efficient measures in Europe’s social and non-profit sectors. Read more here.