Entries by MAndrade

Latin American Fair and Sustainable Housing Certificate

In 2024-2025 Weatherizers Without Borders, in collaboration with FOVISEE Foundation , national universities, and public institutions in Latin America, implemented the first edition of the Latin American Fair and Sustainable Housing Certificate. This training initiative reached over 150 public officials from 69 cities across Argentina and Chile, organized into five geographic regions. It was designed […]

Introducing Building Science in Latin America

Nick Maggio signs a Cooperation Agreement with Universidad Nacional de San Martin (UNSAM) in Buenos Aires and Creates a New Course: “Building Science for Weatherization” The General Agreement was signed with the President of the National University of San Martín (UNSAM) and this semester, our CEO Nicolás Maggio, began teaching the “Building Science” course for […]

WWB at Energy OutWest Conference 2024

WWB at Energy OutWest Conference 2024: Expanding Global Collaboration for Energy Efficiency This August, we had the honor of participating in the Energy OutWest Conference 2024, held August 21–23 in Austin, Texas. Our CEO, Nicolás Maggio, represented Weatherizers Without Borders (WWB) at this gathering of hundreds of weatherization professionals, energy efficiency experts, and housing advocates […]

Community-Based Carbon Monoxide Prevention Campaign in Mar del Plata

Every winter, Weatherizers Without Borders (WWB) in collaboration with FOVISEE Foundation, carry out a carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning prevention campaign to protect families living in vulnerable housing conditions in informal settlements. Last winter we implemented the campaign in the city of Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Alongside our technical work on home diagnostics and […]

Bridging knowledge without borders

Bridging knowledge without borders: MIT D-Lab Students Meet Bariloche’s Future Builders During the week of June 9, 2025, along with our partner FOVISEE Foundation we organized and coordinated an enriching exchange between students from MIT D-Lab (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and students of Nehuen Peuman, a Technical Community College in Bariloche, with the participation of […]

A new semester at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT

A new semester at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT with the “Applications of Energy in Global Development” class at D-Lab A few weeks ago the Spring semester began at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with the course “Applications of Energy in Global Development” where our CEO, Nick Maggio approaches Building Science for Weatherization […]

MINURVI 2023

On April 10th and 11th, The Forum of Ministers and Highest Authorities of Housing and Urbanism of Latin America and the Caribbean (MINURVI) held the Ministerial Meeting “Financing for Climate Change Mitigation in Urban Settlements” in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The event was led by the presidency of Minurvi, headed by Santiago Maggiotti, Minister of Territorial […]

Claves 2023

Weatherizers Without Borders organized its annual conference, CLAVES 2023 hosted by Community Housing Partners (CHP), in Christiansburg, Virginia.

Mercedes, Buenos Aires – 90 homes weatherized

We developed the Weatherization program in the city of Mercedes, in the Province of Buenos Aires. We work there supporting FOVISEE and their collaboration with the Municipality, in addition to other actors (technical school, social organizations, material suppliers), with support of CitiFoundation. This partnership has been growing for over two years, during which our joint […]

International Agreements for Fair Housing in Latin America

At WWB, we reached groundbreaking international agreements with Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, Chile and Argentina. These agreements are a significant milestone in our mission to advance the cause of fair housing throughout Latin America. In a region grappling with a serious qualitative housing deficit, these partnerships take on immense importance. By joining forces with these countries, […]