Society for Sustainable Development Design

DOOR (Society for Sustainable Development Design) is a civil society organization founded in 2003. DOOR’s mission is the promotion of sustainable development principles in all segments of society, at the local, regional and national level, primarily in the field of energy. DOOR’s aim is to contribute to achieving just and carbon neutral society, adapted to unavoidable climate change without energy poverty, in which the public takes part in delivering, monitoring and evaluating public policies, and sustainable energy plays an important role in social, economic and ecological development and decreasing poverty. DOOR operates within the two programme areas: Climate change mitigation and adaptation and Energy poverty alleviation. In general, DOOR aims to contribute to achieving low carbon society, adapted to unavoidable climate change without energy poverty. DOOR has successfully implemented more than 100 projects with goals ranging from climate change mitigation, encouraging citizens’ participation in sustainable energy policy-making, improving education about renewable energy sources, and alleviating energy poverty. Within the projects more than a hundred workshops, round tables, training, conferences and other public events were organized, attended by several thousand participants, a dozen manuals were published,  number of study trips organized and continuous cooperation with numerous organizations from Croatia and abroad was established. DOOR has 11 employees, 60 members and depending on current activities and requirements at times over 20 active volunteers. DOOR’s office is fully equipped with internet connection, phone and all necessary services needed for successful operation.