Fossil-free districts & buildings
Ensuring our energy system’s stability through diversified local renewable energy sources, strong energy public services & improved energy efficiency & sufficiency.
Hub coordinator
Nicolas Raimondi
EU Policy and Project Management
Upcoming events All events
Cities Mission Conference 2025: Harnessing City Successes
The fourth edition of the Cities Mission Conference 2025 will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania on 6-8 May 2025 with the theme “Harnessing City Successes: Advancing Climate Action for 2030”, to spotlight the progress and ambition of Mission Cities and their partners as they strive to achieve climate neutrality by 2030.
Building decarbonisation and affordable housing: promoting local skills and accelerating the green deal
The Jacques Delors Institute is organising an event on Buildings Decarbonization and Affordable Housing on the afternoon of May 12th in Brussels (Cardo Hotel), in the context […]
Decarb Cities 2025: paving the path to carbon-neutral urban heating and cooling
The Decarb Cities 2025 conference in Kraków Decarb delves into key themes such as decarbonising heating and cooling systems, with discussions on the role of […]
Advancing Sustainable Mobility in PCEDs: Insights from Zaragoza and Munich
This webinar is organised jointly by the EU-funded projects NEUTRALPATH and ASCEND focus on the design and implementation of Positive and Clean Energy Districts (PCEDs) […]
More Than Just Renewables: The Social Impact of Energy Sharing
This webinar will be showcasing how local governments in Valencia (Spain) and Rožnov pod Radhoštěm (Czech Republic) are turning renewable energy projects into tools for social justice and fighting energy poverty.
Transnational Community SPRING’25 Meeting: “One-Stop Shop promotional campaigning”
One-Stop Shops (OSS) aim to make home renovation simple and attractive. But how can they themselves draw attention to their offers in a convincing way? […]
Boosting Residential Building Renovations: European Examples and the Croatian Market
On May, 27 November 2025, EBC, its Croatian member HOK (The Croatian Chamber of Trades and Crafts), and the LIFE CondoReno project are organising the workshop titled “Boosting Residential […]
Workshop: Transposing EU Regulation into National Transformation Strategies – Accelerating Renewable Heating and Sector Coupling
The transposition of EU legislation into national frameworks is a key step in advancing the decarbonisation of the heating sector. For this purpose, Member States […]
Housing for resilient cities: empowering citizens for a clean energy transition
Hybrid session This session will explore policy tools and local best practices to ensure affordable, decarbonised housing and combat energy poverty in European cities, supporting […]
Fossil-free cities
Fixing homes through an inspiring public-private partnership
Oktave, a regional retrofitting one-stop-shop
Local governance23/04/2025
Boost your skills with the Local Transitions Learning Centre
The new Energy Cities’ service tailored to your city’s learning needs
Community energy
Food systems
Fair economies22/04/2025
People and nature at the heart of resilience
The Adaptation Journey in Besançon showed us how cities can face growing climate risks by reconnecting with greenery and community
16/04/2025
Energy Cities Annual Forum 2025: Celebrating the power of connections
Thank you for joining us for our 35th anniversary
16/04/2025
Projects All projects
SPARKLE
Sustainable Planning And Resilience Knowledge Learning Environment
SPARKLE – Sustainable Planning and Resilience Knowledge Learning Environment is a pioneering programme that will develop the capacities of over 600 Local and Regional Authorities […]
The ESCALATE Project aims to speed up Europe’s shift to clean renewable energy by helping cities across the EU plan for more energy efficient heating and […]
