Best Practices
City actions with creative and practical approaches to shifting our energy system.
City-Wide Renewable Energy Utilisation System
Christchurch (NZ) Keywords Renewable Energy, Biogas, Biomass Main photos (see pdf file) Objectives of the action Between 2006 and 2010, Christchurch has developed and implemented a comprehensive […]
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 […]
Biogas co-generation in a greenhouse complex
Well-being born of a Smart City To face the challenges posed by increasing urbanization, the Métropole de Lyon (1.3 million people) has created an ambitious, […]
Low energy housing breathes new life into Poptahof
Refurbishment of 84 apartments and 10 studios to new standards. Construction of 58 new energy efficient dwellings and a vertical PV system. Step by step […]
Green AddICT
Green ICT for business and community
Bristol, United Kingdom Leader: Barbara Janke As part of Bristol‟s wider effort to reduce CO2 emissions as a signatory to the Covenant of Mayors, the […]
100% RES – A territory anxious to create a new energy system
Frederikshavn, a town in north Denmark previously centred on port activities, started to concentrate on attracting green enterprises and technologies some 10 years ago. With […]
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 […]
“Fifty-Fifty”: Everybody wins when saving energy in Munich!
Background Fifty-Fifty is an energy and water saving programme coordinated by the City of Munich that has been running in schools and kindergartens since 1996. […]
Munich’s multi-stakeholder alliance
“Without the active and innovative cooperation of the about 100 members of the local alliance Munich for Climate Pro-tection, the city cannot achieve its ambitious […]
