Sustainable Buildings grants — page 6
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Funding for low-carbon construction, deep retrofits and building performance. Active funders include UK DESNZ and the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, the US DOE, EU LIFE and Horizon, and local-authority retrofit procurement. Listed below are the open sustainable buildings grant calls in that landscape, taken from each funder's own notice and re-checked on every refresh.
Buildings funding is split between retrofit delivery, which is usually distributed through local authorities, housing providers and national schemes, and building-technology innovation, which comes through Horizon Europe, Innovate UK and the national energy agencies. Retrofit money is normally tied to a specified housing stock and a delivery partner, so the eligibility question is generally which stock rather than which technology.
This page lists open sustainable buildings grants currently tracked by Raise Lens — 339 of them right now, sorted with the soonest deadline first. Every listing has been classified against the sustainability taxonomy rather than matched on keywords, so what appears here is sustainable buildings work rather than anything whose description happens to mention it.
The funders publishing sustainable buildings grants here include Bloomberg Philanthropies, Bullitt Foundation, HOLCIM MAQER Ventures, among 2 others. Who is funding matters as much as what: eligibility, reporting burden and the realistic timeline to a decision vary far more between funders than between individual calls.
Geographic coverage on this page spans GLOBAL, EUROPE, GLOBAL-SOUTH, MENA, SOUTH-ASIA. Eligibility is usually tied to where the work happens or where the applying organisation is registered, and the two are not always the same — worth checking before investing time in an application.
Supporting Sustainable Cities
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The funder funds city leaders and networks globally to deploy clean energy and sustainable infrastructure that reduces pollution and improves quality of life. The grant supports local governments and city organizations in energy transitions and urban sustainability implementation.
Deep Green Buildings
••••• Foundation
This grant advances high-performance, environmentally sustainable building practices and policies, funding projects that improve energy efficiency and green infrastructure in the built environment. It targets organizations working on decarbonizing buildings through design, retrofit, and policy innovation.
Accelerator Program
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A 6-month acceleration program that provides technical expertise, market knowledge, and mentorship from Holcim and corporate partners to construction-tech innovators. The program is free to join with no equity dilution, targeting early-stage companies building solutions for the built environment.
Venture Clienting
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The funder offers structured pilot projects that connect early-stage startups with the Holcim Group to develop solutions addressing business challenges in construction, built environment, and climate tech. Startups gain a paying client relationship and market validation without surrendering equity.
Venture Capital for Built Environment Innovation
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The funder provides early-stage equity investments in startups innovating in the built environment, particularly in cement decarbonization and construction technology. Successful applicants receive not only capital but also market access, technical expertise, and strategic network support aligned with Holcim's sustainability priorities.
Leaplab Program
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The funder' Leaplab is an acceleration programme providing mentorship, resources, and corporate network access to construction technology startups. The programme supports early-stage companies building solutions for the construction sector, with a sustainability focus.
Construction Startup Competition
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Annual global startup competition funding innovative construction technology startups across green construction, productivity, supply chain, and future-of-construction verticals. Winners receive cash prizes, pilot opportunities, and investor network access.
Real estate decarbonization strategy focused on climate-oriented property investments, including industrial portfolios
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This grant funds real estate decarbonization strategies and climate-oriented property investments, with a focus on industrial portfolios across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest regions of the United States. It targets organizations developing decarbonization approaches for commercial and industrial real estate assets.
Strategy Track: Early-stage investment for Pre-Seed or Seed companies with at least three full-time team members
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The funder provides early-stage investment (SAFE, convertible note, or direct equity) to Pre-Seed and Seed companies with at least three full-time team members, supporting market expansion, product launches, and go-to-market strategy. The fund focuses on climate and sustainability sectors including energy, transportation, water, food, agriculture, and nature.
Project Track: Supports Series A and beyond companies deploying first-of-a-kind or early commercial projects
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The funder provides catalytic capital to Series A and beyond companies deploying first-of-a-kind or early commercial projects in climate and sustainability sectors across the US and globally. Funding is structured as SAFE, convertible notes, or direct equity investment tied to project development and deployment milestones.
A Major Corporate Climate Venture Fund
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A $2 billion venture investment program from Amazon that funds early-stage and growth-stage climate technology companies developing sustainable solutions across energy, transportation, buildings, and packaging to help Amazon achieve net-zero emissions by 2040. The fund explicitly prioritizes female-founded and female-led climate tech companies with a minimum $50 million commitment.
Co-Funded Partnership: Driving Urban Transitions to a sustainable future (DUT)
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Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) Call 2026 funds co-funded partnerships focused on sustainable urban development and transitions. The grant targets organizations working on urban sustainability challenges, though specific intervention areas are not detailed in the available description.
Innovative models for collective community investment and ownership
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This grant funds innovative models for collective community investment and ownership that integrate sustainability, inclusiveness, and beauty in neighbourhood development. It targets projects demonstrating participatory governance, social inclusion, and sustainable real-estate or community-led local development approaches, with awards up to €3.5M per project.
Bolt-on Acquisitions Programme
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The funder actively acquires bolt-on companies in datacenters, energy transition, and digital infrastructure sectors, targeting mid-market firms with €60M–€350M revenue. This is a corporate M&A programme, not a traditional grant, but represents a capital deployment opportunity for qualifying companies seeking acquisition or strategic investment.
Classroom of Hope – Eco-Block School Building Project
••••• Trust
This grant funds the construction of eco-friendly school buildings in rural developing countries, with current focus on Lombok, Indonesia. It supports infrastructure projects that combine education access with environmental sustainability through eco-block building technology.
Social Impact Lending – Commercial Real Estate
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The funder offers commercial real estate lending evaluated through a social and environmental impact lens, supporting projects that combine financial returns with measurable sustainability and community benefits. This is a debt-financing programme for real estate developers and operators seeking capital for projects with demonstrated social or environmental outcomes.
Project Finance
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The funder provides direct project financing combining debt and equity instruments to support economic transition in its member regions across multiple sectors including energy, infrastructure, and natural resources. The fund is open to large-scale projects in transition economies seeking market-oriented development.
Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Framework
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This is a framework for long-term public-private partnership contracts that deliver large-scale public infrastructure and assets through private sector partners. It targets established companies with the capacity to develop and operate major infrastructure projects.
SFER Redevelopment L-QIF
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This fund invests in Swiss properties with development potential, prioritizing residential space creation through renovation and renewal of older buildings. It targets real-estate developers and property owners seeking capital for redevelopment projects.
Promotional Programmes
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DEG offers tailored promotional programmes to support companies in expanding or restructuring while achieving measurable development impact, with focus on ESG management, growth-phase financing, and co-financing of development-relevant measures. The programme targets mid-stage and mature companies seeking capital and technical support for sustainable business expansion in developing markets.
Real Assets: Deploys capital in critical real estate and infrastructure assets worldwide, targeting steady cash flows…
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The funder deploys growth capital into critical real estate and infrastructure assets globally, targeting steady cash flows and risk-adjusted returns. The fund partners with governments and industry leaders on projects in real estate, infrastructure, and renewable energy.
People Goal – Reinventing dwelling systems and regenerating neighbourhoods
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This grant funds urban regeneration and housing innovation projects that improve living conditions and social cohesion in local communities. It targets initiatives that reinvent dwelling systems and regenerate neighbourhoods through sustainable housing and community-focused development.
Real Estate: Invests in sustainable real estate assets in growth markets aligned with essential services and…
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The funder invests capital in sustainable real estate development projects in emerging markets, focusing on properties that support essential services and infrastructure. The fund targets institutional and corporate investors seeking exposure to growth-market real estate aligned with sustainability and social impact themes.
Vivienda y Hábitat
••••• Foundation
This grant funds housing improvement and habitat development projects for underserved communities in Colombia. It targets organizations working on residential infrastructure and community living conditions in disadvantaged areas.
Replacing Unhealthy Kitchens – Colombia
••••• Foundation
This grant funds kitchen repairs and replacements for nine families in Colombia, installing modern stoves with venting, indoor plumbing, and sanitary surfaces using sustainable materials. The project also serves as a construction training program for local youth.
Real Estate: Long-term responsible investment in real estate assets across major global markets
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QIA seeks long-term responsible investment partners for real estate asset acquisition and development across major global markets, with an explicit sustainability mandate. This is a capital deployment opportunity for institutional investors and real estate operators aligned with ESG and responsible investment principles.
Real Assets: Deploys capital in critical real estate and infrastructure assets worldwide, targeting steady and visible…
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The funder deploys capital into critical real estate and infrastructure assets globally, targeting stable cash flows across economic cycles. The fund partners with institutional investors, industry leaders, and governments to finance real estate and infrastructure projects worldwide.
A food-industry corporate venture arm investing in food innovation and sustainability
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Bimbo Ventures invests in early-stage startups aligned with the funder's strategic priorities in food innovation, nutrition, sustainability, and supply chain optimization. The fund targets entrepreneurs building solutions that advance the baking and food industry's environmental and operational performance.
Clean Energy Home Loan
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This is a home loan product offering reduced interest rates for homebuyers purchasing green and energy-efficient properties, designed to incentivize residential clean energy adoption across Australia. It targets individual homeowners seeking to finance energy-efficient or renewable-equipped homes at preferential rates.
a Japanese construction-sector venture fund
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A corporate venture fund operated by the funder that makes strategic investments in companies aligned with construction, real estate, sustainability, and technology. The fund targets early-to-growth stage ventures but specific investment thesis, ticket size, and sector priorities are not publicly disclosed.
Investment Opportunities in Regenerative Tourism and Infrastructure
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Red Sea Global is a PIF-backed developer offering diversified national and global investment opportunities in regenerative tourism, real estate, hospitality, and infrastructure aligned with Saudi Vision 2030. The fund targets projects in tourism, real estate, residential, hospitality, infrastructure, and services sectors with a sustainability focus.
Asian Development Fund (ADF)
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ADB's Asian Development Fund provides concessional grants and low-interest loans to the poorest developing member countries in Asia and the Pacific, targeting poverty reduction and infrastructure development. Eligible projects advance economic development, poverty reduction, and infrastructure across the region.
Girimbabazi: A project in Burundi supporting infrastructure development including construction of fired-clay brick…
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This grant funds infrastructure development in Burundi, specifically the construction of fired-clay brick facilities designed for training purposes. The project supports capacity-building and local economic development through vocational training infrastructure.
An International Heritage Foundation/Design Company Modernism Prize
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A prize program recognizing excellence in the preservation and conservation of modern architectural heritage, administered by the World Monuments Fund. The prize awards organizations and professionals demonstrating outstanding work in protecting and restoring modernist buildings and structures.
People Goal - Reinventing dwelling systems and regenerating neighbourhoods
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This grant supports projects that regenerate housing stock and revitalize neighbourhoods through innovative dwelling systems and community-focused urban development. It targets organizations working on residential regeneration and neighbourhood resilience.
Infrastructure Projects
••••• Foundation
The funder funds construction and renovation of schools, spiritual education centers, medical facilities, and homes, primarily in developing regions. The grant supports physical infrastructure projects that serve community needs in underserved areas.
Cities that Work
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This initiative funds research and policy engagement on urban growth, infrastructure, and accessibility in developing-country cities, with a focus on evidence-based solutions to urban challenges. It targets researchers, policy organizations, and development institutions working on city-scale sustainability and livability outcomes.
Deutscher Hochschulbaupreis (German University Construction Prize)
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A prize recognising excellence in university building and campus construction projects in Germany, awarded by the funder. The grant targets universities and construction teams delivering high-quality campus infrastructure.
Young Talent Prize for Concrete Components
••••• Foundation
This is a prize/award for young talent working in concrete construction components and design. It recognizes emerging professionals and innovators in the concrete building sector.
A European construction-innovation award
••••• Foundation
A prize recognising outstanding innovation in construction and building technology, awarded by the funder. The award targets innovators and organisations developing advanced solutions in the built environment sector.
Corporate venture arm of a major beverage-bottling company in Latin America and the USA
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AC Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Arca Continental, a major Coca-Cola bottler, investing in startups aligned with beverages, food, sustainability, and adjacent sectors. The fund targets companies that can complement or scale Arca Continental's operations across Latin America and the USA.
2026-01: Replacing Unhealthy Kitchens
••••• Foundation
This grant funds kitchen replacement and repair projects for women in Colombia, replacing open-fire cooking with ventilated stoves and indoor water systems to improve health and sanitation. The programme also includes sustainable construction training for young people.
A Swiss Timber Real Estate Investment Fund
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This is a direct real estate investment fund targeting qualified investors seeking exposure to Swiss timber-built residential and commercial properties with attractive rental yields and low carbon footprint. The fund pools capital into illiquid timber construction projects across Switzerland.
Classroom of Hope – Eco Block School Building Project
••••• Trust
This grant funds the construction of eco-friendly school buildings in rural areas of developing countries, with current focus on Lombok, Indonesia. It supports nonprofits and educational organizations building sustainable infrastructure to expand access to schooling in underserved regions.
Conservation Report and Groundwork Grants
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Grants to fund conservation reports and groundwork studies that prepare the way for larger heritage conservation projects, typically for buildings and structures of cultural/historical significance. Eligible applicants are organizations undertaking conservation work on heritage assets, particularly those affiliated with or supported by the Church of England.
Conservation Grants – Cathedrals
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This grant funds conservation and restoration work on Church of England cathedral buildings and structures. Eligible applicants are cathedrals seeking financial support for heritage preservation and built-environment conservation projects.
Conservation Grants – Fabric Repairs
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Grants for Church of England churches to fund fabric repair and conservation work on historic church buildings. Eligible applicants are Church of England parishes and congregations undertaking structural and heritage preservation projects.
Vision Portfolio
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PIF Climate's Vision Portfolio funds transformative giga-projects and strategic domestic development aligned with Saudi Vision 2030 across infrastructure, real-estate, tourism, and entertainment sectors. The programme targets large-scale investments in Saudi Arabia's economic diversification and climate-aligned infrastructure.