Best Practices
City actions with creative and practical approaches to shifting our energy system.
City of arts and Culture
A low energy jewel on the riverside
Low energy cultural centre Besançon with 117,599 inhabitants is the capital city of the Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. The city of Besançon is also […]
Local Energy Renovation Platform
Bordeaux Metropole has taken a holistic approach to renovation. Awareness raising, technical support and financial incentives targeting homeowners are all provided via a Local Energy […]
Working with industry
Dunkirk’s industrial waste heat network
The idea of creating an industrial waste heat network in Dunkirk, a port and industrial city in northern France, and in the neighbouring town of […]
Greater Besançon, a communication strategy tailored to the various target groups
As part of the partnership component of its Climate Plan, Greater Besançon has a number of projects in progress or in the pipeline: A project […]
CLIMATE LIFE+ : a climate network at the county scale
With a view to promoting a dynamic energy transition momentum, the département of Essonne in France has decided to use its unifying and facilitating role […]
Co-building the city with participatory housing in Strasbourg
In Strasbourg, the local authority’s commitment started with the Ecoquartier association and its eco-neighbourhood project. To address the lack of political response and reaction, the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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” […]
Energy efficiency assessment in an eco-district
The City of Grenoble is actively engaged in the implementation of sustainable development policies and practices. Grenoble took advantage of the realization of an innovative […]
Construction of the biomass boiler powered by wood chips
Keywords Biomass / wood, district heating, renewable energy sources Main photos (see pdf file) Objectives of the action The Urban Community of Brest (Brest Métropole Océane) has […]
Climate bond financing adaptation actions in Paris
Sustainable development has been a major concern for the City of Paris for more than 10 years. When, in 2015, the City of Paris hosted […]
