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City actions with creative and practical approaches to shifting our energy system.
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Innovative energy solutions for subsidized housing
A developpers competition for energy efficient timber buildings
In order to promote further innovations in subsidized residential housing in the field of sustainability and energy, the City of Vienna has tendered the developers […]
Crowd investing for solar roofs in Križevci
Crowd investing for renewable energy has become quite common in the last few years with many available platforms for managing projects and communication with the […]
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 […]
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 Lyon
Lyon is constantly evolving and becoming an innovative, sustainable and vibrant smart city. Lyon Confluence – the Smarter Together project demonstration area – is one […]
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 […]
Energy Safari
Having fun with energy
Solar energy – Nearly zero-energy buildings The city of Zoetermeer decided to fight against climate change and biodiversity loss in order to become more sustainable […]
Master Plan for 100 % Climate Mitigation
Frankfurt am Main, strengthening local economy through the energy transition!
“The greatest potential we have, not only in Frankfurt, but basically everywhere, is the ability to reduce our energy consumption”, Wiebke Fiebig, head of the […]
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” […]
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 […]
A solar district heating system for “Am Ackermannbogen” neighbourhood
Munich, the capital of the Bavaria state in South-East Germany, is one of the richest and most prosperous cities in Europe. Munich also hosts one […]
