New lease of life for Croatian children's home

By: Jane Ross Head of Publications and Web

The EBRD aims to increase energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions through all our projects in every sector. To mitigate the environmental impact of of holding the EBRD Annual Meeting in Zagreb we are investing in a social project which will bring about tangible energy savings and reduce carbon emissions. How?

The Dom Tuškanac is a residence funded by the Croatian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. With a dedicated and caring staff, it provides a home for children and young adults with a variety of mental disabilities, helping them to integrate into society while looking after their special needs.

The home’s current heating and hot water system is outdated, inefficient and costly. Together with environmental partner ‘City Center one’, the EBRD will contribute to help install a system of modular, highly efficient boilers that will save energy and reduce carbon emissions.

This investment in energy efficiency will bring real savings to this worthy institution. More importantly though it will make life a little more pleasant for a group of special young people.

Today, on the eve of the opening of the EBRD’s Nineteenth Annual Meeting, EBRD President, Board members, staff and meeting participants visited Dom Tuškanac. Read more

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