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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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Helping Europe’s Energy Communities thrive and prosper

Helping Europe’s Energy Communities thrive and prosper

Energy self-sufficiency
Local energy
Community energy
Community energy

18/01/2024

Over the last two years, the European Commission’s Energy Community Repository has been supporting energy communities through a range of activities and tools. Discover all […]
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EU Energy Communities: Opportunities and Future Prospects

EU Energy Communities: Opportunities and Future Prospects

Energy self-sufficiency
Local energy
Community energy
Community energy

22/11/2023

Energy communities are one of the key elements in achieving the EU’s energy transition: By 2050, half of Europe’s citizens could be producing up to […]
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One community energy project per 500 inhabitants…

One community energy project per 500 inhabitants…

And other tangible targets for sustainable energy production and consumption in your city

Participative governance
Energy efficiency & Buildings
Renewables
Energy democracy
Decarbonisation
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Local governance
Fossil-free cities
Community energy

10/10/2023

Find inspiration among these tangible targets for your city related to energy production and consumption, inspired by citizen assemblies, local pacts, and other projects across Europe.
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Travel to Andria, where sky and city meet and evolve as one

Travel to Andria, where sky and city meet and evolve as one

As part of Energy Cities’ inspirational day in Modena, we invite you to journey to the fictional city of Andria to explore the potential of community-led renewable energy.

Energy democracy
Citizen engagement
Energy poverty
Local energy
Social economy
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Community energy

15/09/2023

Join us in Modena on October 18th to delve into the fantastical city of Andria, where the city aligns with the stars and constellations, and local innovation has a universal impact.
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Tangible targets for cities

Tangible targets for cities

33 concrete goals to advance the local ecological transition

Mobility
Renewables
Urban planning & Vision
Sustainable food systems
Biodiversity
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Local governance

11/09/2023

Local governments are on the frontline of the ecological transition and need to set ambitious targets. Citizens’ Assemblies can support them in this process. A […]
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Breaking from reality to radically reimagine our cities

Breaking from reality to radically reimagine our cities

Cities of spiderwebs, strings and stars: using fiction to fundamentally rethink our urban environments at Energy Cities’ Inspirational Day in Modena.

Urban planning & Vision
Lifestyle & Behaviour
Decarbonisation
Climate neutrality
Citizen engagement
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Local governance
Fossil-free cities
Community energy
Food systems
Fair economies

07/09/2023

Radical transformation of our cities is needed. For that, it’s essential that we stretch our imagination and sometimes start from a completely new perspective. That’s why, for this year’s inspirational day at our annual Forum, we are inviting you on a journey from the very real city of Modena to the very unreal “invisible cities” from Italo Calvino’s novel.
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European City Facility to support 70 sustainable energy investment plans with a total budget of 4.2M EUR

European City Facility to support 70 sustainable energy investment plans with a total budget of 4.2M EUR

The 5th EUCF has just opened today, 28 April 2023. The deadline for submitting your application is 30 June 2023, 17:00 (Brussels time).

Energy efficiency & Buildings
Heating & Cooling
Urban planning & Vision
Energy retrofitting
Emissions reduction
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Fossil-free cities

28/04/2023

The European City Facility (EUCF) supports European local governments in developing sustainable energy investement plans, by funding activities required to build up an investment plan. […]
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Balkan Solar Roofs, a campaign to inspire and enable 500 new solar roof installations in Balkan cities

Balkan Solar Roofs, a campaign to inspire and enable 500 new solar roof installations in Balkan cities

Renewables
Energy savings
Decarbonisation
Solar energy
Local governments
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Fossil-free cities
Community energy

04/04/2023

Balkan Solar Roofs is an EUKI-funded programme that is being piloted in three cities – Poreč-Parenzo (Croatia), Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Kragujevac (Serbia) and […]