City actions with creative and practical approaches to shifting our energy system.
In the de Bonne district, 9 mini natural gas Combined Heat and Power (CHP) are used. They produce efficient energy on-site. Background The renewal of […]
Synopsis District heating produced from biomass in the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant in Växjö is used to produce cooling for the hospital and […]
The biogas produced by the digestion of sludge and biological waste in the sewage water purification plant in Växjö is used as source of electricity, […]
The municipal housing company Växjöhem has built an eight storey high low-energy building containing 46 apartments. Växjö’s first small-scale urban windmill has been installed on […]
Concert’action is a training programme that raises awareness and trains construction companies in energy performance issues. Background The sustainable neighbourhood de Bonne in Grenoble is […]
A new elementary school is built in Grenoble with a 50% lower energy consumption level than the national average. Background In 2007 the City of […]
Brasov is located in the central part of Romania. It has 286,000 inhabitants and is a signatory of the Covenant of Mayors – a voluntary […]
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 […]
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 […]
Keywords Trigeneration, Renewable Energy, Biogas Main photos (see pdf file) Objectives of the action The project objective was to create an exemplary net zero carbon public building […]
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 […]
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. […]