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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Nairobi has played host to an inaugural conference seeking to unlock financing for green affordable housing in the East Africa region.<\/p>\n

The conference dubbed \u201cA Call to Action: Unlocking financing opportunities for green affordable housing for the Kenyan Market\u201d, attracted stakeholders from across the continent.<\/p>\n

The Kenya Green Building Society – a membership-based society formed to advocate for green building- in partnership with Reall- an investor and innovator in affordable housing in Africa and Asia organised the event.<\/p>\n

Participants included the International Finance Corporation, Centre for Affordable Housing, Reall, the Architectural Association of Kenya, Kenya Property Developers Association, and Kenya Bankers Association among others.<\/p>\n

The green affordable housing market globally, is beginning to attract and gain attention for its critical role in addressing climate change.<\/p>\n

A green home is a type of house designed to be environmentally sustainable. Green homes focus on the efficient use of “energy, water, and building materials”.<\/p>\n

A green home may use sustainably sourced, environmentally friendly, and\/or recycled building materials.<\/p>\n

It may include sustainable energy sources such as solar or geothermal, and be sited to take maximum advantage of natural features such as sunlight and tree cover to improve energy efficiency.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the workshop KGBS CEO Nasra Nanda applauded the move to have the workshop saying it will help to build a road map for green affordable housing in the region whether private or public sector-led.<\/p>\n

\u201cKenya has shown commitment and is a leader in decarbonising the built environment,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The workshop focused on unlocking local lending for green-certified affordable housing construction.<\/p>\n

Reall Governance and External Affairs Director Lucy Livesley said there is a growing volume of climate finance globally, currently underutilised.<\/p>\n

The workshop was seen as vital towards mobilising sustainable finance and fostering partnerships for green affordable housing.<\/p>\n

Players in the built environment contributed towards unlocking opportunities with a clear road map in the next steps to enable implementation.<\/p>\n

Green affordable housing is a key route to both climate mitigation, through reducing emissions.<\/p>\n

Buildings are major emitters of other non-CO2 greenhouse emissions such as halocarbons.<\/p>\n

Greenhouse gas emissions from buildings primarily arise from their consumption of fossil-fuel-based energy, both through the direct use of fossil fuels and through the use of electricity which has been generated from fossil fuels.<\/p>\n

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