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City actions with creative and practical approaches to shifting our energy system.
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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 […]
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 […]
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 security and cost-efficient heat supply
The district heating system of Brasov has gone through several transformations in the attempt to find a solution for the zones located within the urban […]
Geothermal energy for sustainable heating & cooling
The city of Litoměřice developed an Energy Concept in 2009 and adopted a Municipal Energy Plan in 2014. The main goal of the municipality is […]
A “bio-economy” for all
The municipality of Växjö, in Sweden, set itself a challenge very early on: to become a fossil fuel free city. This objective was the result […]
Integrated city systems for increased efficiency
A city in full economic and demographic expansion, Tampere is looking into how it can reduce its energy consumption and CO2 emissions in order to […]
Transition to energy sovereignty
This government measure was approved by the City Council in July 2016, with a budget of 130 million euros. Its approval shows the city is […]
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 […]
Mine water as a renewable energy source
In 2008, the old mining city of Heerlen started operating a geothermal station using heat from the water used to inundate the mine shafts after […]
Integrated district heating and cooling
That helps Helsinki to achieve its climate obligations
In a country where temperatures are below 10°C for half of the year, heating buildings is a crucial basic utility. As a result, Finland has […]
A Local District Heating Company established
A new public private partnership (PPP) district heating company was established in Delft, producing, distributing and supplying an equivalent of nearly 20,000 homes with heat […]
