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

Amélie Ancelle
Amélie Ancelle
Project Management & EU Policy - Heating

Upcoming events All events

08 Dec

webinar
What’sEUp: Updates on the European legislation on heating/cooling & building renovation

Join us for this information exchange session between cities. The objective of the session is to inform cities’ political and technical teams about the important […]

15 Dec - 16 Dec

web conference
Horizon Europe info days: The green and digital transitions to achieve climate neutrality in Europe by 2050

The info days will present the research and innovation topics proposed for 2023 under the Work Programme 2023-2024 of Horizon Europe Cluster 5. They will […]

15 Dec

webinar
Smart cities, you’ve got a friend in electric cars – How to unleash the potential of smart charging through public procurement

The electrification of road transport is happening – and it is already having a profound impact on the energy system and our cities. As more […]

15 Dec

webinar
How can low-tech and biomimicry concepts help decarbonise buildings?

At least two facts call for a paradigm change in the building sector: the tensions on the availability of classic building materials and skilled workforce, […]

16 Mar - 17 Mar

conference

Turin, Italy

Cities Forum 2023 – Together for green and just cities

The CITIES FORUM is the place and moment to exchange on the urban dimension of Cohesion Policy, the Urban Agenda for the EU, the role […]

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“Our main challenges are currently the massification of energy renovation and the guarantee of the quality of works.”

“Our main challenges are currently the massification of energy renovation and the guarantee of the quality of works.”

Energy efficiency & Buildings
Finance & Divest
Energy retrofitting
Quality of life
Energy savings
Fossil-free cities

05/12/2022

Interview with Alice Morcrette, Director of “Haut-de-France Pass Rénovation” – the regional integrated home energy renovation service. At least one good thing has come out […]
News
European Solidarity is not compatible with the Energy Charter Treaty

European Solidarity is not compatible with the Energy Charter Treaty

Energy democracy
Climate neutrality
Local governance
Fossil-free cities

21/11/2022

The Energy Charter Treaty is yet another vestige of the past, one of the many intergovernmental agreements from another time… What lies behind its rather […]
Advocacy
EU Mayors call for coordinated EU withdrawal from Energy Charter Treaty

EU Mayors call for coordinated EU withdrawal from Energy Charter Treaty

Mayors from 5 EU countries say ECT is obstacle to achieving ambitious targets

European policies
Fossil-free cities

14/11/2022

Mayors from Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary and the Netherlands have sent a letter to EU leaders calling for a full and coordinated withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty.
Advocacy
An EU-solar mandate for energy-positive, system-integrated and efficient buildings

An EU-solar mandate for energy-positive, system-integrated and efficient buildings

Joint statement

Energy efficiency & Buildings
Fossil-free cities
Community energy

08/11/2022

Energy Cities teams up with dozen other EU organisations to urge EU leaders to accelerate solar energy deployment in buildings.
News
Mustamäe district in Tallinn: a typical Soviet-era large-scale estate transformed into a prestigious neighbourhood

Mustamäe district in Tallinn: a typical Soviet-era large-scale estate transformed into a prestigious neighbourhood

Participative governance
Energy efficiency & Buildings
Heating & Cooling
Energy retrofitting
Quality of life
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Fossil-free cities

08/11/2022

Holistic and standardised approaches as well as district-scale renovation strategies can offer a solution to achieving deep housing renovations.

Projects All projects

Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy

Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy

The world's largest movement for local climate and energy action.
Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy

After the adoption, in 2008, of the 2020 EU Climate and Energy Package, the European Commission launched the Covenant of Mayors to endorse and support the efforts deployed by local authorities in the implementation of sustainable energy policies.

EU City Facility

EU City Facility

Financial support and services to cities’ sustainable energy projects
EU City Facility

The mission of the EUCF is to build a substantial pipeline of sustainable energy investment projects across cities in the EU, by providing targeted financial, […]

SSH CENTRE EU

SSH CENTRE EU

Social Sciences and Humanities for Climate, Energy aNd Transport Research Excellence
SSH CENTRE EU

SSH CENTRE is a Horizon Europe project representing the cross-European Centre of Research Excellence for Climate-Energy-Mobility Social Sciences & Humanities (SSH). The project will engage […]

SHAPE-EU

SHAPE-EU

European Affordable Housing Consortium: Sustainable Housing for Social Impact
SHAPE-EU

The European Union has embarked on a challenging journey towards carbon neutrality. A promising approach is district renovation. Renovation at district scale reduces CO2 emissions […]