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Digitalization is no longer a choice — it’s a necessity. Behind every successful home energy renovation project lies a strong digital backbone: tools that simplify […]

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Cities speak out for affordable and sustainable housing 

Cities speak out for affordable and sustainable housing 

Energy Cities gathered its board for a meeting with the European Commission on the housing crisis

Urban planning & Vision
Energy retrofitting
Resilience
Quality of life
Decarbonisation
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Fair economies

02/07/2025

How can the EU help cities tackle the housing crisis? Across Europe, prices are soaring, and finding an affordable apartment is becoming increasingly difficult.  Although […]
Interviews
Fixing homes through an inspiring public-private partnership

Fixing homes through an inspiring public-private partnership

Oktave, a regional One-Stop Shop for home energy renovation

Energy efficiency & Buildings
Tools & Capacity building
Energy retrofitting
Local governance
Fossil-free cities

23/04/2025

Interview with one-stop-shop expert Gabriel Quentin, who is Partnership Manager at Oktave, a regional one-stop-shop for renovation in the East of France.
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Driving the Green Deal: Lessons from EU cities’ experiments

Driving the Green Deal: Lessons from EU cities’ experiments

Learn from inspiring case studies on clean energy, circular economy, efficient renovations, and sustainable food systems

Participative governance
Energy efficiency & Buildings
Cooperation
European policies
Energy retrofitting
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Fossil-free cities
Community energy
Food systems
Fair economies

30/12/2024

How can we fulfill the Green Deal? From clean energy to circular economy; from efficient renovations to sustainable food systems, cities around Europe are designing […]
Interviews
“Housing, health, energy provisions: We need to connect a little bit more those things.”

“Housing, health, energy provisions: We need to connect a little bit more those things.”

Interview with Dr. Lucie Middlemiss and Beverley Searle, University of Leeds

Energy democracy
Lifestyle & Behaviour
Energy retrofitting
Fossil-free cities

04/12/2024

Since the energy crisis started a few years ago, we hear more often about energy or fuel poverty. But how often do we talk about the concrete challenges and also the coping strategies of the people affected by it? And what does it mean for people’s health when they live in very cold or very hot homes?
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Five lessons from France on how to cost-effectively finance and consistently deliver home renovations

Five lessons from France on how to cost-effectively finance and consistently deliver home renovations

A golden opportunity for the EUs new housing commissioner help solve Europe’s most intractable energy issue – home heating

Energy efficiency & Buildings
Finance & Divest
Energy retrofitting
Fossil-free cities

27/09/2024

There are three different challenges to mass-market home renovations that must be solved: the first, and easiest challenge, is the technology. Heat pumps and insulation […]
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In France, a specific one-stop shop model shakes up the deep energy renovation market

In France, a specific one-stop shop model shakes up the deep energy renovation market

In France, Third-Party Financing companies set up by five regions and metropolis are a real game-changer for homeowners aspiring to deep energy renovation.

Energy efficiency & Buildings
Finance & Divest
Tools & Capacity building
Energy retrofitting
Fossil-free cities

03/09/2024

The five French Third-Party Financing companies, a specific one-stop shop model for home energy renovation, provide technical and financial solutions to homeowners aspiring to deep […]
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It’s all in one spot: One-stop-shops

It’s all in one spot: One-stop-shops

Go-to places for energy community advice

Renewables
Energy democracy
Energy retrofitting
Community energy

14/06/2024

Citizens and businesses may have the motivation to reduce their energy bill or to produce their own electricity. Often enough, though, they don't know where to start, where to funding, which technologies to use. The first and best step is to meet an impartial expert who can guide and advice. The people working at Urban Innovation Vienna, the climate and innovation agency of the Austrian capital, recently shared their experience of setting up and running their "One Stop Shop".
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Standardised Smart EPC contract and tender documentation

Standardised Smart EPC contract and tender documentation

Energy efficiency & Buildings
Heating & Cooling
Energy retrofitting
Local energy
Smart buildings
Fossil-free cities

12/02/2024

The successful preparation and execution of Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) projects require the expertise and experience of project leaders representing a local authority. As technology […]
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Learn on innovative financing for your local energy & climate projects!

Learn on innovative financing for your local energy & climate projects!

PROSPECT+, capacity building for cities & regions, launches its final call!

Mobility
Finance & Divest
Renewables
Tools & Capacity building
Energy retrofitting
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Local governance
Fossil-free cities
Community energy

31/01/2024

Apply to this learning programme which also offers some community energy skills building. It is tailored to enhance local and regional actions in the field of energy efficiency of public and private buildings, public lighting, transport, and cross-sectoral actions such as local energy production.
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Coming soon: a European community of local one-stop shops for home energy renovation

Coming soon: a European community of local one-stop shops for home energy renovation

Energy efficiency & Buildings
Energy retrofitting
Energy savings
Decarbonisation
Energy poverty
Fossil-free cities

16/10/2023

Local one-stop shops for home energy renovation will soon have the opportunity to imagine and create their own European community of practice, that is, a […]

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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 […]