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worksite assistance provided by groups of skilled professionals. The Rexel Foundation funded the framework s launch and implementation. About 30 DORéMI facilitators were trained in 2015. With an average of five such groups in each geographical area, the program aims to reach about 100 groups of installers by 2016, in order to renovate 1,000 to 1,500 homes per year beginning in 2017.

Changing behavior through awareness raising and training can also be accomplished via initiatives based on open source and DIY (Do It Yourself). To this end, the Foundation supports the Finnish association GoSol, the first digital platform designed to transfer technology to the most disadvantaged communities.

GoSol develops free construction guides enabling farmers and craftsmen in developing countries to build solar concentrators so that they can access green, free and self-produced energy. An initial construction guide for a 1m2 solar concentrator was released online in 2015. A second one for a 4m2 machine will follow in 2016.

*Dispositif Opérationnel de Rénovation énergétique des Maisons Individuelles, an operational framework for the energy retrofit of single-family homes

PROMOTING A BETTER ENERGY FUTURE