Águeda (Portugal)

On the 30th of September 2014 the first Passive House Municipality in Portugal was established: the city of Águeda in the Aveiro region. The first step was the training of 17 members of the municipal technical staff in order to lead and develop Passive House projects. Furthermore, funding schemes will be developed to motivate building owners to retrofit. Águeda is committed to lead by example, retrofitting the city hall building and their own social housing. The next step is to create the First Passive House Region in Portugal, the Region of Aveiro, with eleven municipalities and a total population of 370,000 people.