Croatia boosts school and building energy upgrades with EU funds
On 16 June 2026 the city of Koprivnica held a closing conference for the €2.22 million energy‑renovation of Osnovna škola Đuro Ester. Funded by the EU‑backed National Recovery and Resilience Plan, the project added thermal‑insulation, a new heating system, solar panels and a 47 % share of renewable‑energy use, cutting CO₂ emissions by 88 %.
In the same week, contracts worth €3.2 million were signed to reconstruct and equip Osnovna škola Vela Luka on the island of Korčula. The Dubrovnik‑County project, co‑financed with €1.51 million EU grant, will add new classrooms, a pavilion with a kitchen and dining area and modern facilities for full‑day schooling.
The Canton of Sarajevo in Bosnia‑Herzegovina completed a classroom‑furnishing programme costing about 4 million KM, providing two fully equipped classrooms to every primary and secondary school and supporting local furniture production.
A separate EU‑co‑financed scheme renovated the multi‑family building at Trnovička 2 in Dubrovnik. The €361 000 investment improved insulation and windows, raising the energy rating from D to B and reducing heating energy consumption by roughly two‑thirds.
Municipal councils in the Croatian towns of Kotoriba and Ližnjan discussed waste‑management challenges. Kotoriba’s council considered a communal site for burning biomass and bio‑waste, while Ližnjan explored expanding its own utility to lower the cost of fecal waste collection amid rising fees.