Success Stories

The IZT was invited by the German National Housing association – GdW Bundesverband Deutscher Wohnungsunternehmen – and the national tenants association – DMB Deutscher Mieterbund – to present the results of the BewareE project. The GdW represents 3.600 housing companies with millions of flats in Germany. The DMB represents more than 2 million tenants. Both were showing high interest for the results of the BewareE project as rising energy costs are increasingly important for both housing companies and residents. The wide variety of services and the great difference in effectiveness of the different energy awareness services drew particular interest. Both institutions are planning to devise a common guide for implementing behavioural change measures. To this purpose they intend to draw on the results of the German BewareE Manual.

Energy services aiming to change residents’ behaviour have been almost unknown in Spain. At the beginning of the project, Inasmet Tecnalia launched a broad media campaign about the objectives of the BewareE project. Several newspapers and radio stations showed interest in the project and required further information. The following newspapers reported on the BewareE project: Diario Gipuzkoa, el Mundo, Estrategia Europa, Deia, etc. All together account for an average number of 350.000 printed copies. Moreover, the project attracted the interest of several radio stations (Radio Euskadi, Radio Vitoria, Onda Vasca and Radio Vasca) and online magazines. All in all, Inasmet's media campaign reached up to 600,000 people.

After publishing the results of the in-house workshops – creating energy awareness services with selected housing companies and other service providers, relevant stakeholders in the housing sector requested information and support for their own projects. Furthermore, IVAM and IZT have accompanied housing companies to implement energy services. EIFER’s expertise is requested for the implementation of upcoming projects of several housing companies in France. Inasmet will advise the Basque Government on the future development of energy awareness services.