Energy efficiency and restoration in multi-apartment buildings: Takeaways from the XVI All-Ukrainian Forum of Homeowners Associations in Lviv

The 16th All-Ukrain­ian Forum of Home­own­ers Asso­ci­a­tions was held in Lviv on Novem­ber 17–18, 2025. The project “Ener­gy-effi­cient dis­trict of Lviv”, imple­ment­ed by GIZ, joined as a co-orga­niz­er of the event.

Among the par­tic­i­pants were heads of HOAs, rep­re­sen­ta­tives of local and nation­al author­i­ties, donor orga­ni­za­tions, the Ukrain­ian Ener­gy Effi­cien­cy Fund, hous­ing and util­i­ties experts, ener­gy effi­cien­cy spe­cial­ists, and rep­re­sen­ta­tives of non-gov­ern­men­tal orga­ni­za­tions.

The Forum served as a plat­form to dis­cuss the devel­op­ment of HOAs, ener­gy effi­cien­cy, and the green recon­struc­tion of the res­i­den­tial sec­tor. Key top­ics includ­ed:

— The Ener­gy Effi­cien­cy Fund’s “Ener­godim” and “Vid­novy­DIM” pro­grammes

— Suc­cess­ful cas­es of ther­mal mod­ern­iza­tion in mul­ti-apart­ment build­ings in Lviv

— Loan and financ­ing instru­ments avail­able to HOAs

— Restora­tion of build­ings dam­aged as a result of the war

— Revolv­ing funds as mech­a­nisms for pro­vid­ing repayable finan­cial sup­port to HOAs

— Require­ments for shel­ters and safe­ty stan­dards in mul­ti-apart­ment build­ings

Eike Mey­er, direc­tor of the projects “Ener­gy-effi­cient dis­trict Lviv” and “Sup­port of the nation­al Ener­gy Effi­cien­cy Fund and of a cli­mate-friend­ly reform agen­da (S2I)”, imple­ment­ed by GIZ, wel­comed the par­tic­i­pants:

As GIZ in Ukraine, our vision is that ener­gy secu­ri­ty and cli­mate pro­tec­tion improve the life of Ukraini­ans on their way to the Euro­pean Union. HOAs play a crit­i­cal role in Ukraine’s green recov­ery and in strength­en­ing its ener­gy inde­pen­dence.

The project “Ener­gy-effi­cient dis­trict Lviv” is imple­ment­ed by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Inter­na­tionale Zusam­me­nar­beit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf the Fed­er­al Min­istry for the Envi­ron­ment, Cli­mate Action, Nature Con­ser­va­tion and Nuclear Safe­ty (BMUKN).