The course aims to equip practitioners in the non-profit apartment associations (HOAs) with the practical tools, knowledge and inspiration to make renovation of residential buildings more aesthetic, sustainable, and inclusive using New European Bauhaus principles.

The course explores how inclusive design principles can create spaces that cater to diverse needs, ensuring accessibility for everyone, and how collective financing can lead to successful renovation projects.

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Course topics:

1. Applying NEB principles (including accessibility) when renovating an apartment building
2. Innovative ideas for apartment building renovation: example of elevators
3. Options for apartment association to finance accessibility
4. The European Affordable Housing Plan: Accessibility and the New European Bauhaus

Learning Objectives

• Understand how the New European Bauhaus principles can be applied in the refurbishment of residential buildings.
• Propose interventions to make apartment buildings more accessible.
• Identify appropriate options for funding apartment buildings' accessibility by the example of Estonia.
• Explore the European Affordable Housing Plan and its ideas for enhancing accessibility and putting the New European Bauhaus into practice.

Effort

3 - 4 hours

Format

Self-paced online course.

For whom?

Managers, board members, technical consultants of apartment associations (HOAs) and other practitioners involved in renovation of residential buildings.

Provider

Estonian Union of Co-operative Housing Associations (EKYL)

Language

Estonian

Hub

North Hub

Topic

Buildings - updating existing buildings and designing/constructing modern sustainable buildings according to NEB values. Design approaches supporting sustainability goals, accessibility, and occupant wellbeing.