Croatia, a country of elegant contrasts. From the red and white checkerboard of its flag to the spotted coats of the dogs hailing from its Dalmatian coast or, more strikingly, the green mountains giving way to deep blue seas… This was all we needed to paint a two-tone portrait of the energy efficiency programme that JASPERS helped Croatia to develop in 2015. Since then, it has enabled local authorities and condominiums to renovate their buildings with 257 million euros of support from the European Union.

There is no place like home. In fact, we spend on average 26 years of our lives sleeping – something which we do at home. And with more Europeans now working from home as well, the time we spend there will only increase, adding on another 13 years.

The first thing most people probably do every day is to switch off their phone alarm, while the last one is probably to turn off the bedside light. These two things need electricity. Electricity is all around us, so it is hard to imagine a world without it.