Best Practices
City actions with creative and practical approaches to shifting our energy system.
Accelerating Condominium Energy Retrofitting
Nearly zero energy retrofitting in 17 condominiums
The City of Tartu participated in the Horizon2020 project SmartEnCity as a lighthouse city. The project’s main goal was the reduction of energy consumption in […]
Mouscron, a city going solar
The COOPEM – Cooperative Energy Mouscron a first of its kind of cooperative, is reminding us that the city is a pioneer in energy efficiency […]
Accelerating Condominium Energy Retrofitting
The Ecoreno’v advisory service
Greater Lyon, gathering 59 municipalities, has developed a comprehensive large scale energy retrofitting programme. Based on strong and trustful collaboration between complementary public institutions and […]
Accelerating Condominium Energy Retrofitting
CoachCopro, the approach developed by the Paris Climate Agency
Paris Climate Agency (PCA) is a non-for-profit organisation created with the support of the city of Paris. With a neutral position, its mission is to […]
Accelerating Condominium Energy Retrofitting
“Energy Expert” training, a real multi-stakeholder approach in Tampere
The City of Tampere has been actively supporting condominiums (limited liability housing companies) with “Energy Expert” training courses since 2000. Between 2015 and 2017, this […]
Smart city Munich
Munich recently started to implement a smart city framework strategy, introducing more smart city technologies in new developments. For Neuaubing-Westkreuz/Freiham, Munich’s Smarter Together project area, […]
Smart city Vienna
Vienna has a well-established Smart City Framework Strategy putting an emphasis on citizen’s participation and life quality in addition to more “traditional” technology driven approaches. […]
Smart city Lyon
Lyon is constantly evolving and becoming an innovative, sustainable and vibrant smart city. Lyon Confluence – the Smarter Together project demonstration area – is one […]
From citizen engagement to citizen ownership – Living Street in La Rochelle
La Rochelle is a touristic city on the French Atlantic coast that aims to become a slow town, meaning that 80% of the streets will […]
From spinning yarn to carbon budgeting
Manchester Climate Change Strategy 2017-2050 : How a centre of the industrial revolution becomes a centre of the energy revolution:
The city of Manchester played a key role in the industrial revolution in the 19th century. As a former textile capital, the city has a […]
From citizen engagement to citizen ownership – Living Street in Rotterdam
Inspired by the example of Ghent, the Living Streets in Rotterdam, called “Dream Streets”, started in 2015. They are defined as initiatives of citizens and/or […]
Fighting energy poverty
Being cold at home is not normal
The Energy Advice Points are a Barcelona City Council service that offers the necessary information, assistance and intervention for people to exercise their energy rights […]
