Best Practices
City actions with creative and practical approaches to shifting our energy system.
Loos in transition
Loos-en-Gohelle replacing coal-mining with renewable energy sources!
Loos-en-Gohelle was one of the main mining cities in France’s northern “Nord-Pas-de-Calais” coal mining basin. In this former agricultural village, 7 mine shafts and 8 […]
Citizens’ Solar Power Plant
Wien Energie elaborated an innovative model to allow its citizens to take part in the installation of photovoltaics on public buildings’ roofs or just beyond […]
Växjö, a bike friendly city
In Växjö, improving the travel behaviour of the citizens is a real concern of the municipality. To increase the use of bike, for example, and […]
Energy Safari
Having fun with energy
Solar energy – Nearly zero-energy buildings The city of Zoetermeer decided to fight against climate change and biodiversity loss in order to become more sustainable […]
Citizen Engagement at the core of the energy transformation
The Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole Region consists of 49 municipalities, among them the capital Grenoble. The metropolitan area is home to ca. 500,000 inhabitants, out of which more […]
Rethinking urban lifestyles to transform San Sebastián into a carbon-neutral city in 2050
The Basque city of San Sebastián (Spanish), home to about 186,000 inhabitants, is the administrative capital of the province of Guipúzcoa and a major culture […]
Master Plan for 100 % Climate Mitigation
Frankfurt am Main, strengthening local economy through the energy transition!
“The greatest potential we have, not only in Frankfurt, but basically everywhere, is the ability to reduce our energy consumption”, Wiebke Fiebig, head of the […]
Geothermal cogeneration projects
Strasbourg and its urban community, located in the Alsace region in North-Eastern France, have access to a deep geothermal natural reservoir. The “Eurométropole de Strasbourg” […]
Sustainable Campus
The project is entirely financed by the energy company Galp Power, but returns from the sale of electricity to the grid are expected to be […]
The banks of the Haute Deûle, an eco-district along the waterway
The city of Lille turned the river Deûle into the essential element in the redevelopment of an old 25-hectare industrial site, recognising its social and […]
A solar district heating system for “Am Ackermannbogen” neighbourhood
Munich, the capital of the Bavaria state in South-East Germany, is one of the richest and most prosperous cities in Europe. Munich also hosts one […]
From citizen engagement to citizen ownership – Living Street in Milton Keynes
In Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, the citizens are not yet ready for Living Streets as the city is a new town built for the individual […]
