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
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
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
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
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
GAIA and Bilbao Municipal Housing, partners in the European BIRTUOSS project (Opengela), welcomed several representatives from the INBUILT project, coordinated by Université Côte d’Azur and made up of 16 partners, to the TorreUrizar living lab on the 25th of November. This project is developing innovative
BUILD UP, the European portal on energy efficiency and renewable energy in buildings, dedicates its topic of the month to the role of one-stop shops in supporting residents. In this context, FEDARENE analyses in an article how various European initiatives
Picture: Durango Town Council The project, which involves eight buildings and a semi-detached house in the San Sebastian neighbourhood, represents a total investment of €15.1 million. It also includes the redevelopment of public spaces, landscaping work and energy and sustainability
Picture: Durango Town Council The renovation of 130 homes and the reurbanisation of the neighbourhood have involved an investment of €10.8 million, of which €3.3 million (30%) comes from the Department of Housing and Agenda. The project integrates nature-based solutions
This year, Torreurizar, the iconic social housing building designed by Ricardo Bastida in 1919 and converted into the living lab of the BIRTUOSS-Opengela project, will be open to visitors as part of the Open House Bilbao 2025 programme. Visits will
