Best Practices
City actions with creative and practical approaches to shifting our energy system.
Fighting energy poverty through deep renovation of buildings
Porto’s Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP) sets an ambitious objective to reduce CO2 emissions by 45% by 2020 and increase energy efficiency by 20% compared […]
Almada’s Climate Fund
Internal contracting
In 2009 the “Almada Less Carbon Climate Fund” was set up. It aimed to reduce Almada’s carbon footprint by financing energy efficiency and renewable energy […]
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 […]
Revolving fund for energy and water efficiency
Águeda’s Internal Contracting scheme at a glance
Formed by the transfer to a specific heading in the municipal budget, established for this purpose, of an initial amount of funding created by the […]
Energy efficiency in street lighting
The City Council of Porto will, by the end of 2015, have requalified around 15% of it’s street lighting by implementation of LED technology (12%) […]
Reference Guidelines for the Energy Efficient Rehabilitation of the Porto’s Historical Centre
The City Council of Porto, through Porto Vivo, SRU (Urban Rehabilitation Society of the Downtown and Historical Centre of Porto), supported by the Energy Agency […]
LED technology in traffic lights
AdEPorto - Local energy agency of Porto
The City Council of Porto replaced the traditional traffic light with LEDs (light emitting diodes) throughout the entire city, thus putting into practice the defined […]
100% LED traffic lights and intelligent public lighting system
The EcoEnLight project has enabled to improve the energy efficiency of Almada’s public lighting through a smart tele-management system and the conversion of all traffic […]
Municipal regulation on buildings and electricity production from biogas
Since 2010, Vila Nova de Gaia has been implementing a new policy at municipal level on the promotion of sustainable construction. The city also initiated […]
MOBI.E – E-Mobility Network
Driven by the growing dependence on oil for energy and by the huge environmental impact of the use of fossil fuels, Portugal is investing in […]
