The director of the Biodiversity Foundation, a public foundation of the Government of Spain under the Ministry of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs, Ana Leiva, participates today in the closing ceremony of the “Efficient Homes” program, in the Plenary Hall of the City Council of Ayerbe, organized in collaboration with the association of housewives of the town.

Contributing to alleviating climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions is the main objective of this programme, which the Environment Area of the Hoya de Huesca|Plana de Uesca has launched. The program is part of the project “Curbing climate change: Dissemination of Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency in Rural Areas”, which has been carried out for some months with the collaboration of the Biodiversity Foundation.

Through this project, different actions have been carried out aimed at raising environmental awareness among the population of the rural areas of the region in relation to the problem of climate change. In a first phase, developed at the end of last year, a conference was held on Renewable Energies in Local Administration in order to promote the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency systems by local entities in rural areas.

The “Efficient Homes” Program aims to reduce energy consumption in rural homes, for which FEACCU-Huesca has also collaborated in the organization, talks have been held in several towns in the region, in which different energy saving measures have been announced. The program has also included the publication of informative brochures with advice to achieve the reduction of energy consumption, which will be disseminated among the regional population.