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From Renewables to Resilience: Building Stronger Communities and Cities
A thriving city is one where community wealth flourishes. For every euro invested in community energy projects, 2 to 8 euros are generated for local […]
When circular economy meets local climate strategies
How can the circular economy help your city achieve its local climate goals? In the context of the SPARKLE learning programme, join us in Tuscany […]
“Since our services are free of charge, the funding from the region and local governments is crucial.”
Interview with Didier van Severen, General Manager of Homegrade - the One-Stop Shop of Brussels-Capital Region
Fossil-free cities03/02/2026
Develop winning business plans for your energy community
A new free e-learning course is now available to support energy communities across Europe in developing fundable business plans
Community energy02/02/2026
04/11/2025
Zero Together: Dublin’s initiative to engage the local community in the green transition
Learn from the Irish capital and discover more inspiring cases by enrolling in "Transition Management: a process for co-creating transformative change"
Local governance
Food systems
Fair economies28/10/2025
Strasbourg’s collective and locally anchored energy transition journey
A 4-year-old citizens’ cooperative produces renewable energy with support from the local authority and climate agency
Learn while experiencing the change in person!
From Guimãraes to Vilnius, join the 5 SPARKLE Schools to manage governance, fossil-free districts, community energy, sustainable food and resource-wise economies topics
17/10/2025
07/10/2025
Transition Management: a process for co-creating transformative change
Develop and implement a sustainability-oriented roadmap with the active participation of diverse local stakeholders.
24/09/2025
Energy Cities is proud to announce 11 new members!
Eleven cities have joined Energy Cities since March
05/09/2025
From policy to real change: the local implementation of the European Green Deal
What local experiments reveal about the Green Deal, anchoring change in communities
27/08/2025
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MUSE DHC
coMmUnity-led actionS for Efficient District Heating & Cooling
The MUSE DHC project (coMmUnity-led actionS for Efficient District Heating & Cooling), funded by the LIFE programme, aims to accelerate the decarbonisation of Europe’s heating […]
Support Service for Citizen-led Renovation (CLR)
Empowering Citizen-led renovation!
Residential buildings remain among the most energy-intensive sectors, with space heating alone accounting for over 60% of household energy consumption in the European Union. Despite […]
E2-CUTIES
Engaged Energy Communities in Urban areas with Technology Integrated Energy Systems
The overall objective of the E2-CUTIES project Achieving the EU’s decarbonisation ambitions requires a transition to a distributed energy system with the participation of citizens. […]
Bridging the gap between the design and implementation of urban innovations for climate change adaptation and mitigation CLIMABOROUGH is designed to field test the ClimHub, […]
