
The BEENetwork has been established in mid-2008, following the successful finalisation of the BSR Interreg III B project "BEEN".
Due to the high significance of the topic ‘energy efficiency (EE) in residential buildings’ on European and national level, the participants of the BEEN project committed themselves to continue the communication and exchange on all related issues. The maintenance of the BEENetwork, and the exchange of knowledge and experiences with regard to new approaches and strategies for energy efficiency (EE) in buildings contributes to the realisation of their national and local targets in the field of EE in residential buildings.
The further continuation of the network is based on a "Declaration on further continuation of the BEENetwork", which has been signed by the BEEN partners. The continuation is supported by the Lead Partner of the BEEN project, the Senate Department for Urban Development, Berlin. The BEEN project coordinator IWO e.V. took over the coordination of the BEENetwork, including online administration of this website.
New members that would like to support energy efficiency in the Baltic building stock are welcome to join the network. Please contact us
February 2010
Zemgale Regional Energy Agency (ZREA) from Latvia joint the BEENetwork. More about the Agency
November 2009
Recast of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. more
November 2009
During the Urb.Energy workshop in Tallinn and Rakvere the Estonian BEEN best-practice project was presented and visited. more
June 2009
The Kick-Off-Conference of Urb.Energy, the follow-up project to BEEN, took place on the 15th and 16th June 2009 in Potsdam. more
March 2009
A special edition of the newspaper "Zhiliscnoe obosrenie" (St. Petersburg) was devoted to the BEEN project. more (ru)
February 2009
The results of the BEEN project will be presented on the first UNECE Workshop on Energy Efficiency in Housing in Sofia. more
December 2008
The EC adopted a proposal which would allow the EU-27 to use ERDF support for energy efficiency investment in buildings. more
December 2008
The BEEN Cost Calculation Model is available for free download for BEENetwork Members in the Members Zone. more
November 2008
The UNECE Committee on Housing and Land Management prepared a Concept Note on Energy Efficiency in Housing. more
November 2008
Leadpartner of BEEN presented the project results on the 7th European Energy Conservation Days in Wroclaw. more