During the period between 2010-2014, a total of 663 apartment buildings have undergone renovation work in Estonia thanks to a support scheme that is joint-financed by Assigned Amount Unit trading and a government budget, administered by Fund KredEx. The total of investment in relation to apartment associations and the grant scheme amounted to 151 million euros, of which 38 million took the form of grants. Average energy savings per apartment building were 43% and the total annual energy saving was approximately 60GWh. The main lessons learned have been that preparation with an apartment association in regard to renovation work takes time - up to two years - and there is no direct way in which apartment associations can be guided when it comes to renovation work; this can only be managed through raising awareness and though good example.
A total of 102 million euros of European Union Structural Funds will be used in a new grant scheme which started in 2015, to renovate existing apartment buildings in Estonia. This paper describes the new grant scheme and measures to avoid and overcome the main problems which occurred in previous grant schemes.