Best Practices
City actions with creative and practical approaches to shifting our energy system.
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 […]
A new cycling ring to transform mobility in València
Encouraging cycling as a real option for a safe and comfortable way of transport
The project brings benefits in many areas, such as pollution reduction, noise reduction and better conditions for cycling and walking in the city. It is undoubtedly a work of general interest.
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 […]
