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Community-based housing renovation to assist people facing energy poverty

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Contributor email : info@enerterre.fr

Structure : ENERTERRE

France

Normandy

Solution proposed by : Bernadette Gottvalles

Difficulty level :

# construction site

Description

The Enerterre association runs several projects focused on community-based home renovations for people facing energy poverty, bringing beneficiaries together through a local exchange system.

Enerterre works:
to promote eco-friendly renovations,
using local bio-based and geosourced materials,
to improve the energy efficiency of homes,
through mutual aid among residents supported by professionals.

 

 

Our association’s initiatives

Renovation
Support
general
information a socio-technical
visit an assessment Supported Self-Renovation

Participatory
construction projects
participate in your own project
volunteer on another project
be supervised by a professional
learn theory & practice

Production of raw
earth
sifted earth for cob or filler
sieved earth for plaster
adobe bricks for masonry

 

In 2014, the Fondation de France awarded its national honors

The association was awarded “Best Social Inclusion Project” at the Rural Inspiration Awards on April 11, 2019, in Brussels. 

Presentation at the 5th anniversary of Énergie Solidaire in Paris, from which it received support in 2020 for two years

From 2017 to 2019, Enerterre was involved in a European project called HELPS aimed at expanding the shared ARA system in France and across Europe (Spain, Greece, Italy).

 

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