Argentina

Argentina is transforming the buildings sector from the bottom-up. The provinces of Cordoba, Entre Rios, and Santa Fe are working with PEEB Cool to make energy efficient, resilient buildings the norm. Using the PEEB approach, they are renovating buildings to meet enhanced energy consumption, safety, and comfort standards – and making these high standards the norm for the sector.

Better buildings for Argentina: facing the challenge

PEEB partners in Argentina are already taking action on energy efficiency to promote energy savings, comfortable environments, and healthier climate. In this country, the buildings sector represents 33% of energy consumption and conventional buildings are not designed for the local climate, lacking proper isolation. This increases energy demand for heating and cooling for argentinian households, governments, and business owners. The country’s reliance on natural gas as a source of energy exposes consumers to price shocks and generates GHG emissions.

However, they face common challenges for energy efficiency in the sector: lack of unified regulations, insufficient access to finance, and lack of qualified professionals. Find out how PEEB Cool is working with partners to overcome them!

Combining finance and policy in Argentina

Financing better building projects

The French Development Bank (AFD) is investing in a xx million pipeline of nergy-efficient renovations of hospitals, schools, and airports in the partner provinces. Thanks to technical project support, project developers will be able to adopt high-performance energy efficiency measures that are adapted to Argentina’s diverse local climates and to infrastructure regulations. The costs of these measures will be reduced thanks to blended finance instruments funded by the PEEB Cool donor Green Climate Fund (GCF).

Making energy efficient buildings the norm

Strategies and regulations in the public and private sectors must set a clear path for energy efficiency in buildings. GIZ will work with provincial governments and other stakeholders to develop to disseminate the standards developed on the project level. Those standards, together with expertise mobilised by GIZ, will inform the development of provincial regulations, procurement rules, strategies for energy efficiency in social infrastructure, and sustainable building codes. Communities of practice will ensure that sector professionals are able to apply technical knowledge to all construction projects.

Activities

A model hospital for health and climate

📍 Saint Joseph, Palestinian Territories
🛠️ Investment Grant

In the Palestinian Territories, PEEB is supporting the renovation of St. Joseph Hospital. Hospitals are intensive energy consumers due to their high activity levels, large staff, patient and visitor numbers, and the energy demands of specialized equipment. PEEB Med is supporting this project with a €1 million grant to ensure energy-efficient upgrades aligned with climate resilience goals.

The hospital’s energy consumption is expected to drop by 57%—equivalent to the annual consumption of roughly 405 Palestinian households!

Sustainable tourism and hospitality centers

📍 Tunisia
🛠️ Technical assistance

In Tunisia, PEEB supports the renovation of four tourism and hospitality training centers in Sousse Nord, Monastir, Tozeur, and Ain Draham.

PEEB Med supports the renovation of these schools by providing a technical assistance that will focus on energy efficiency. More specifically, it has conducted an energy audit and has provided recommendations for energy-efficient equipment and renovations, proposals for autonomous energy production systems, and best practices to optimize equipment use, particularly in the cold chain.