Representatives from the various ‘opengelas’ in the Basque Country The neighbourhood offices are the cornerstone of the project: to date, a total of 25 have been set up to support 4,888 people in vulnerable neighbourhoods. Today, those in charge of these offices met at the

The event, organised by the LIFE BIRTUOSS project, will take place on the 9th of July at the Guruzu venue, the headquarters of EDE Fundazioa, and will bring together representatives from the 25 ‘opengelas’ in the Basque Country alongside institutions, businesses and social partners. After

The LIFE22-CET-BIRTUOSS project, which implements the Opengela programme, has promoted the renovation of 2,125 homes and their urban surroundings. Today, it shared its findings at a closing event held at the University of Alcalá de Henares. The Opengela network has grown from two pilot offices

Several project partners will take part in two sessions focusing on support for energy-efficient refurbishment and urban regeneration. The event forms part of the Sostenibilidad XL conference, organised by Green Building Council Spain. The BIRTUOSS-Opengela project will hold its final event on the 10th of

Entrance to the Mendelu neighbourhood office (Hondarribia) Zurbaran-Arabella, Osintxu and Mendelu will have neighbourhood offices to boost the regeneration of their respective neighbourhoods. The Basque urban regeneration network continues to grow as projects in Andonaegi (Pasaia), Txarama (Leaburu), Beraun (Errenteria) and Aramotz (Durango) are successfully

The dwellings on Txotena Street (three doorways) and Irumineta Street (four doorways) feature 12 m² terraces, thereby increasing their usable space by 30%. A total of 84 dwellings in the Otxarkoaga neighbourhood of Bilbao have been extended with new terraces as part of the Opengela

It has been included in the Commission Notice C/2025/6438 for its comprehensive neighbourhood and housing support model. Commission Notice C/2025/6438 from the European Commission, released last December, provides guidance to Member States on how to implement the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) and

https://youtu.be/xAUgH2Mucd0 Since September 2023, the European BIRTUOSS project has been developing the Opengela model, created in a previous project (HIROSS4all, funded by the Horizon 2020 programme), which delves deeper into social, economic and environmental aspects. It also explores ways to scale up building renovation to

Great news for Opengela! Our project appears in the European Commission’s publication ‘Giving LIFE to Europe’s clean energy transition’ and is one of three examples highlighted in the section on ‘One-Stop Shops for Building Renovation’. The document was launched during the 2nd Round Table of

On Friday, 12 December, as part of the Annual Conference of the Urban Rehabilitation, Renovation and Regeneration Group (3R) organised by AVS and AVS Euskadi, held in Vitoria-Gasteiz, a panel discussion was held on “Innovation projects in the field of urban rehabilitation and regeneration”. Participants