Over the past years, the Chisinau City Hall has made significant efforts to make public buildings and housing in the city more energy efficient. With a support of €25 million from the BERD and the BEI, 14 high schools, 5 kindergartens and 3 hospitals in Chisinau have benefited from energy efficiency and thermal rehabilitation projects. Another 27 educational institutions have been thermally rehabilitated at the expense of the Municipal Budget. The City Hall allocated over 36 million lei for this purpose. At the same time the old public lighting system has been replaced by a new, energy-efficient one on the streets of the capital and in many neighborhoods.