FP010

De-Risking and Scaling-up Investment in Energy Efficient Building Retrofits

De-Risking and Scaling-up Investment in Energy Efficient Building Retrofits

  • Status Under implementation
  • Date approved 30 Jun 2016 at B.13
  • Est. completion 30 Jun 2026
  • ESS Category Category C

Improving energy efficiency (EE) in Armenia through building retrofits, addressing high levels of energy poverty and high use of imported fossil fuels for heating.

The project will build the market for EE building retrofits in Armenia, leading to sizeable energy savings and GHG emission reductions (up to 5.8 million tCO2 of direct and indirect emission savings over the 20-year equipment lifetimes), green job creation and energy poverty reduction. It will directly benefit over 200,000 people and will catalyse private and public sector investment of approximately USD 100 million.

GCF will invest a USD 14M grant to make EE loans for building retrofits more affordable. The Municipality of Yerevan will add USD 8M in co-financing. In addition, GCF will provide USD 6M in technical assistance to remove market and policy barriers to building retrofits, with UNDP providing USD 1.4M and the Ministry of Nature Protection USD 0.4M co-funding. The technical assistance will seek to overcome lack of information and awareness about the benefits of retrofitting through the establishment of measurement, reporting and verification measures, the development of policy frameworks. The cost-effective combination of policy and financial de-risking instruments and targeted financial incentives will address market barriers and achieve a risk-return profile for EE building retrofits that can attract private investments.

The project has an estimated lifespan of 20 years.

Total project value

 

Tonnes of emissions avoided

 

Theme

Mitigation

Result areas

Project timeline

Pipeline

13 Apr 2015 - 445 days

Concept note received

13 Apr 2015

Funding proposal received

19 Jul 2015

Approved

30 Jun 2016 - 366 days

Approved by GCF Board

30 Jun 2016

Cleared by iTAP

30 Jun 2016

Legal opinion on AE's Internal Approval

27 Sep 2016

FAA executed

07 Jun 2017

Under implementation

30 Jun 2017 - 2,465 days so far

FAA effective

30 Jun 2017

Disbursement - USD 729,000

02 Aug 2017

Annual Performance Report

23 Mar 2018

Annual Performance Report

01 Mar 2019

Disbursement - USD 1,608,000

19 Apr 2019

Disbursement - USD 3,596,000

01 Mar 2021

Disbursement - USD 2,400,000

27 Jul 2023

To be completed

30 Jun 2026 - 824 days to go

One region

  • Eastern Europe

One country

USD  
  • Financing
    • Private sector
    • Public sector
  • Size
    • Micro
    • Small
    • Medium
    • Large

GCF financing42% disbursed

InstrumentAmount
GrantUSD 20,000,000
Total GCF Financing
USD 20,000,000

Co-financing

Co-financerInstrumentAmount
Co-FinancingGrantUSD 8,000,000
Co-FinancingGrantUSD 1,420,000
Co-FinancingGrantUSD 400,000
Co-FinancingLoanUSD 86,250,000
Total Co-Financing
USD 96,070,000

GCF Contacts

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Phone +82 32 458 6186 (KST)
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GCF Independent Integrity Unity (IIU)
Phone +82 32 458 6714 (KST)
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Accredited Entity

United Nations Development Programme
Mr. Pradeep Kurukulasuriya
Primary

Executive Coordinator and Director, Global Environment Finance
304 East 45th Street, FF-9th Floor, New York, NY, United States
Phone +1 (212) 906-5884
pradeep.kurukulasuriya@undp.org
Mr. Robin Merlier
Secondary

Environmental Policy Specialist Global Environmental Finance, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS)/Global Policy Network
Phone +1 2129065842
robin.merlier@undp.org
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National Designated Authority

Armenia
Ministry of Environment
Mr. Hakob SIMIDYAN Primary
Minister
3 Government Bld, Republic Square, Yerevan, Armenia
Phone +37411818501
minenv@env.am
Ms. Ruzanna Grigoryan Secondary
Head of International Cooperation Department
Phone +37411818513
ruzanna.grigoryan@env.am