Fossil-free districts & buildings

Ensuring our energy system’s stability through diversified local renewable energy sources, strong energy public services & improved energy efficiency & sufficiency.

what are the hubs ?

We, at Energy Cities, are driven by a desire to strengthen the role and skills of local governments. The hubs are the community spaces that help us achieving our target impacts and goals by:

  • activating local leaders to deliver living spaces that are accessible to everyone
  • empowering local communities to decide on their own future
  • inspiring a learning community of cities engaged in future proofing their economies

join the hubs !

Our members are diverse cities and local organisations.
Hubs membership is totally free!

There are no conditions to join other than the ambition and the commitment to share experiences.

Register here

Hub coordinator

Julien Joubert
Julien Joubert
Project Management - Energy systems and planning

About the hub

Are you willing to reduce your municipality’s energy needs? Are you looking for ways to develop heat planning and use local heating and cooling sources efficiently while involving citizens and stakeholders? Are you developing support mechanisms to foster deep renovations and positive energy districts? Then the Fossil free districts and buildings Hub is for you!

Together, we will coordinate efforts to improve financial, technical, and human capacities for cities. We will explore local and national legislation as well as public actions to trigger the energy system’s decarbonisation, while putting in debate the questions of governance, energy public services and ownerships. Through this, we will support cities in choosing the best local energy mix and decarbonising their built environment.

Upcoming events All events

17 Feb

webinarweb conference
EU Peers’ “Who is Who”: discover Energiehuis – One-Stop Shop for home energy renovation of the Province of Limburg (Belgium)

EU Peers Community is launching a new series of short web-meetings where we will present one One-Stop Shop for home energy renovation and its team. […]

18 Feb

conference

European Parliament, Rue Wiertz, Brussels, Belgium

Clean heat for homes – securing a just energy transition to reduce the EU’s legacy reliance on wood burning

We are now in the cold months of the year, and home-heating is a crucial concern.  Against a backdrop of volatile and high fossil fuel […]

20 Feb

conference

La Mutant, Joan Verdeguer, 22, 46024 València

Connecting energy and health professionals: WELLBASED Final Event

Why join in-person? Discover the final results of the WELLBASED research Deepen links between energy and health professionals Exchange on municipal initiatives on energy poverty […]

03 Mar

webinar
Join the discussion – How can we cool our cities?

Energy Cities is launching a new Community of Practice to discuss one important urban challenge: keeping our cities cool. With the climate crisis intensifying, demand […]

08 Apr - 10 Apr

conference

Besançon, France

Energy Cities Annual Forum 2025

The city of Besançon, the place of birth of Energy Cities, will host our annual forum on the 8th, 9th and 10th April 2025. This […]

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Publications
Empowering local leadership for a sustainable future

Empowering local leadership for a sustainable future

Energy Cities' 2024 Impact Report

Local governance
Fossil-free cities
Community energy
Food systems
Fair economies

06/02/2025

2024, turbulent times. For several Member States in the European Union, elections have brought difficult coalition negotiations to form governments. At European level, the Parliament is […]
News
Energy Cities Annual Forum 2025: secure your ticket and get ready for three inspiring days

Energy Cities Annual Forum 2025: secure your ticket and get ready for three inspiring days

Registrations are open

Local governance
Fossil-free cities
Community energy
Food systems
Fair economies

03/02/2025

Registrations are open so you can secure your spot and start preparing your trip to Besançon.
Media
Vienna Embraces Heat Pumps to Ditch Russian Gas

Vienna Embraces Heat Pumps to Ditch Russian Gas

Heating & Cooling
Fossil-free cities

“It’s a moonshot”, said Jürgen Czernohorszky, Climate City Councillor and Energy Cities’ board member “But our job is to come up with bold missions to […]
News
A 2025 focused on resilience

A 2025 focused on resilience

How we aim to shape EU policy landscape in 2025 for resilient local communities

Heating & Cooling
Renewables
Resilience
Local governance
Fossil-free cities
Community energy
Food systems
Fair economies

29/01/2025

Cities, towns and villages are faced with increasing crises every day. Floods, forest fires, heat waves and droughts are multiplying, adding on to ongoing (and […]
Advocacy
Local Alliance’s vision for a future-proofed EU budget: empowering local communities

Local Alliance’s vision for a future-proofed EU budget: empowering local communities

The next EU Budget needs to be grounded in our local communities through a place-based approach and robust multilevel governance

European policies
Funding
Multilevel Governance
Local governance
Fossil-free cities
Community energy
Food systems
Fair economies

23/01/2025

The Local Alliance calls on EU leaders to ensure the next EU budget becomes a strong, comprehensive tool for a just, resilient, climate-neutral and competitive Europe. 

Projects All projects

SPARKLE

SPARKLE

Sustainable Planning And Resilience Knowledge Learning Environment
SPARKLE

SPARKLE – Sustainable Planning and Resilience Knowledge Learning Environment is a pioneering programme that will develop the capacities of over 600 Local and Regional Authorities […]

ESCALATE

ESCALATE

ESCALATE

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 […]

EU Peers

EU Peers

Building the European community of practice for Integrated Home Renovation Services
EU Peers

Integrated Home Renovation Services (IHRS) offer holistic solutions for home renovations and are part of the enabling framework breaking barriers to renovation. The overall objective […]

ASCEND

ASCEND

ASCEND

Accelerating positive, clean energy districts (PCED) for cities’ transition towards climate neutrality and social justice across Europe The project’s overarching goals are to: make cities […]