GBCEspana's roadmap for a new housing sector
GBCEspana's roadmap for a new housing sector
January 23, 2012 at 7:10 PM
"The opportunity to refurbish and upgrade Spanish homes is sizeable, economically feasible - with appropriate regulatory support - and can go a long way towards reforming and refocusing Spain’s buildings sector which is badly impacted by the financial crisis and failing to meet the environmental challenges from Global Change.
The GTR working group believes that 10 million Spanish primary homes built before 2001 can be transformed into low-energy, low emissions, modern housing delievring beneits to owners and occupants, and creating 110,000 - 130,000 stable, long-term direct jobs in a bibrant New Housing Sector ("NHS") from 2012 to 2050.
This report provides the background, structure, methodology, analysis and action plan for Spain to launch and support a new sector (NHS) capable of deploying up to Euro 10 billion a year invested in refurbishing 250-450,000 homes. These budgets will be funded by contributions from private savings, banks, refurbishment providers, ESCOs, energy companies and the State in appropriate proportions, and each receiving commensurate returns, aligned with the energy and CO2 savings, social benefits and modernization upgrades entailed in each individual or collective project."
Read more in the new GTR report "A national perspective on Spain's building sector: a roadmap for a new housing sector".
