Jan 29 Tuesdays at APA on Housing, Energy and Sustainability in Argentina: Challenges and Solutions

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"Tuesdays at APA-DC

January 29 @ 5:30pm

Housing, Energy and Sustainability in Argentina: Challenges and Solutions

Speakers:

Nicolás Maggio, Founder & President/CEO, FOVISEE (Housing, Sustainability and Energies Forum)

& Ashley Valle, FOVISEE                 

                   

FOVISEE (Housing, Sustainability and Energies Forum) is a non-profit based in Buenos Aires, Argentina dedicated to creating “laboratories in the neighborhood” where we demonstrate the feasibility of applying sustainability criteria to low-income housing, and produce replicable project models for government and the private sector.

In addition FOVISEE aims to provoke a “cultural change” in Argentine society by diffusing the importance of sustainability, housing and energy through workshops, conferences, and the media. FOVISEE projects are diverse and range from the installation of solar thermal energy in public housing to the creation of an “Instructions Manual for the Sustainable Use of the Home”.

The presentation will contextualize the current housing and energy situation in Argentina from a macro and micro perspective. FOVISEE staff will present on the actual “energy, housing, and sustainability” triangle in Argentina, identifying barriers and demonstrating through FOVISEE’s projects how sustainability in housing, in particular low-income housing, can be achieved.

Recently FOVISEE designed a project which was awarded a grant from the US Embassy in Buenos Aires to develop a pilot experience of the US Department of Energy’s Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) in Argentina. Part of the presentation will focus on the process of adapting policy from abroad to the Argentine context, and feedback will be welcomed. As with the case of WAP, there are many successful housing and energy policies in the US that could serve as project models for the Argentine public and private sectors. The presentation will open up a dialogue where policies, NGO projects, and consumer strategies will be considered, with feedback and collaboration from US planners encouraged.

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