In-Vest II

Direct

• Improve housing quality and affordability: With the funds from this campaign, In-vest will rehabilitate a ruin in the municipality of Almeirim, improving its energy efficiency and thermal comfort, while enabling the two-bedroom unit to be inhabited once again, with affordable prices.
• Improve resource use efficiency and thermal comfort: 94 square meters will be rehabilitated with the funds of this campaign, focusing on improvements in energy and water efficiency and thermal comfort. The improvements include installing class-A efficiency windows, taps, and toilet flushing with lower water flow and flushing with two capacities, second ceilings, doors substitution to avoid temperature loss, substitution of gas equipment by electric, and installation of solar panels for self-consumption energy production. The rehabilitation can also include electric vehicle chargers, a deposit for rainwater recovery and use, a prepared space for community vegetable gardens and fruit trees.
• Commitment to local production and durable materials: In-vest commits to prioritize materials produced in Portugal and that is on long-term durability in their renovations. 

Indirect

• Contribution to housing availability and access:  Through In-vest’s activity, 66 housing units have been rehabilitated and sold, and 6 other housing units are currently rented out. Through their activity, they contribute to increasing housing quality and focus on affordable rent and selling prices. Currently, 16 people are living in the rented units, and over 190 people are estimated to be living in the units that were sold after renovation.
• Awareness of water and energy saving for daily life: In-vest informs and supports future owners/renters about the importance of saving water and energy, explaining the benefits of using Portuguese-sourced materials, LED lamps, avoiding gas equipment, about the efficient functioning of solar panels and use of equipment during day time, about water saving measures such as using “eco” programs on washing machines and of saving the cold water before the shower to use in the garden or the toilet. 
• Promoting opportunities and economic participation for women: Joana Pereira is the administrator of the promoter company, In-Vest, and places gender equality as an important pillar of its activities. In addition, the team working on the renovations is made up mostly of women, with women architect and engineer.

Lisbon-based In-Vest's mission is to put investment at the service of improving sustainable housing for the middle and lower middle classes.

The promoter is aware that 71.93% of the Portuguese population earns between €10,000 and €40,000 a year (IRS_2019_2021.pdf)and the financial effort that housing rehabilitation could represent for these families. However, since this economic class concentrates most of the population the promoter will be able to maximize its impact in the real estate area by catering to them. 

In-Vest aims to contribute to a world where there is an investment in energy efficiency in homes that will be resold or rented out to the lower-middle or middle classes. Investments are made based on the suggestions for improvement presented in the energy certification, which usually involve replacing windows, doors, and gas equipment, and reusing materials and equipment whenever possible. In addition, the promoter prioritises the use of Portuguese materials and contributes to the mobilisation, production, and self-consumption of renewable energy in urban environments.

In-Vest aims to increase the energy class of each property by at least 2 levels, contributing to the health and comfort of its inhabitants, as well as reducing CO2 emissions.