COMING SOON: GReen power and Energy Efficiency iNvestments community-Financed for fOOTball buildings
Linz, Austria – We are excited to announce the start of the new Horizon 2020 project GREENFOOT in September 2020. The project will develop and implement a community-based financing scheme for renovating football buildings including stadiums, practice facilities and related buildings (e.g. team headquarters, fitness centres) with energy efficiency and renewable energy measures.
The central social innovation of GREENFOOT is to develop creative crowdfunding investment packages that allow sports fans and community members to partner with their favourite clubs to improve energy use, fight climate change and contribute to a cleaner local environment.
The project includes international football organisations as partners, a strong link with UEFA that EFDN looks forward to collaborating with.
The concept is to finance football building energy efficiency renovations and renewable energy installations through a crowd-funding scheme that propels Europeans to become active participants in the energy transition through their love of football.
GREENFOOT boasts the following project partners:
- Energieinstitut at Johannes Kepler University Linz
- RINA Consulting SPA
- European Crowdfunding Network
- EURACTIV
- Football Association of Ireland
- Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan
- European Football for Development Network
- Electricite de France SA
- French Football Federation
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