The SMARTER Finance for Families is a Horizon 2020 project intends to replicate the success of the Green Homes/ Green Mortgages (GH/GM) program initiated by the Romanian Green Building Council (RoGBC). By the beginning of 2019, the Romanian program had signed agreements with 25 investors to build more than 6,500 housing units in Romania meeting strict green standards.

Since May 2019, Horizon 2020’s funding is supporting the program’s expansion in 12 other countries including Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, as well as Georgia and Turkey and includes the collaboration and participation of 17 expert in green building, green energy, research, and other organizations.