AREAC – Agência Regional de Energia e Ambiente do Centro
AREAC is a non-profit regional energy and environment agency based in Miranda do Corvo, founded in 2003 by municipalities in Portugal's Cent…
Energy Efficiency
Cleanwatts works on local energy grids, Green Heritage on low-energy homes and Coopérnico on shared renewable power. Together they show how efficiency starts with using less energy and managing it better.
Focus
All focusesSolar PowerWind EnergyMicro-hydroEnergy EfficiencyOff-grid SystemsBattery StorageLow-tech Energy SolutionsRainwater HarvestingGreywater SystemsWater ConservationNatural Water PurificationDrought ResilienceCycling InfrastructureElectric VehiclesPublic Transport AdvocacyLow-impact TravelWalkable Communities
WhereProjects in this focus
SunEnergy
SunEnergy is a Portuguese company with over 15 years of experience providing solar panel installation, battery storage, energy efficiency an…
PRIO Biocombustíveis
PRIO Biocombustíveis produces biodiesel at the Port of Aveiro, with capacity for 113,880 tonnes a year, to a standard that exceeds European …
100 Aldeias
100 Aldeias is Cleanwatts' programme for bringing renewable energy communities to villages across Portugal. It started in Miranda do Douro i…
Cleanwatts
Cleanwatts is a Portuguese climate technology company that develops, finances and operates solar-powered Energy Communities, so that clean e…
Energy efficiency in Portugal
Portuguese houses are famously cold in winter, and the reason is not the climate: it is a building stock designed for a mild coast, built without insulation, and heated late and briefly. Energy poverty here is a measurable public health issue, not a metaphor.
Green Heritage supplies modular low-energy homes from Idanha-a-Nova. Cleanwatts and Comunidade CER work on the demand side of energy communities, Coopérnico supplies renewable electricity to members, and AREAM runs regional energy programmes across Madeira. The Hide keeps a co-living site running on a small demand in a valley near Oleiros.
Insulation, shutters and a fixed door draught cost less than any generation project and pay back every winter. Related focuses: renovation and retrofitting, passive solar design and solar power. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.