Tools & Capacity building
The overhaul of the energy system requires new ways of thinking and doing. Based on the experience of the network, Energy Cities designs and provides free tools and capacity-building opportunities for a broad range of challenges. The methods compiled and training courses offered aim to facilitate action on the ground. Public servants, elected officials and other locally-active energy transitioners may want to improve their individual or institutional skills to better contribute to a city's or community's energy and climate goals.
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New handbook on citizen finance out!
Step-by-step guidelines on energy cooperatives and crowdfunding
Governing energy transitions in cities
Join our energy transition learning relay!
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Lahti Energy Choice
Supporting citizens’ choices for more energy efficient buildings
Using insurance data to improve resilience to climate change
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How to set up a one-stop-shop for integrated home energy renovation?
A step-by-step guide for local authorities and other actors
If you are part of an organisation that plans to launch a one-stop-shop, this guidebook is for you. You can find learnings from the project and recommendations that will help you to kick start your project.
Boosting energy retrofits in condominiums
Approaches for local authorities to facilitate change
Through this guide, partners from the EU-funded ACE Retrofitting project share their learnings on how to act as facilitators between co-owners in condominiums and building experts when it comes to energy retrofits.
The HOTMAPS toolbox
Supporting strategic heating & cooling planning at local level
This brochure will guide you through strategic heat planning. You will find out how the Hotmaps toolbox works and how it suppor tedthe pilot cities in their urban energy planning.
Projects View all Projects
EU City Facility
Financial support and services to cities’ sustainable energy projects
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, […]
TOMORROW
Leading the energy transition bottom-up
What is TOMORROW? TOMORROW is a Horizon 2020 funded project, aiming at empowering local authorities to lead the transition towards low-carbon, resilient and more liveable […]
Smarter Together
Smart and Inclusive Solutions for a Better Life in Urban Districts
Smarter Together is a pilot project that aims at developing ICT solutions for the energy transition in urban areas. A special focus will be on residential housing renovation, production and consumption of renewable energy and mobility. Lyon, Munich and Vienna are the three leading cities in the Smarter Together project. Smarter Together is a Smart Cities project supported by the European Union in the framework of the Horizon 2020 programme.
