The Austrian Institute for Real Estate, Construction and Housing ltd (I IBW: Institut für Immobilien, Bauen und Wohnen)  joined EFL as our latest research institute. 

I IBW was established in the year 2000. It is one of the leading research and consultancy organisations on housing finance, housing legislation, housing policy and energy efficiency in the residential sector in Austria, the EU, CEE and CIS countries. Meanwhile, I IBW has been active in one dozen countries.

Projects are conducted for national and local governments, international organisations and the private sector. Among I IBW’s reference projects are numerous studies on the Austrian system of social housing and housing finance, housing profiles, housing market surveys, legal gap assessments, housing legislation and social housing implementation projects for several CEE countries.