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An innovative solution located in Starachowice, a community energy project using waste heat from the printing processes of the Walstead Central Europe printing house and transferring it to ensure thermal comfort in public buildings and individual households.…
The Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan for Gdańsk was created as part of the CityMobilNet project from the URBACT III program, implemented in 2016-2018. The CityMobilNet project takes on the topic of urban transport, one of the biggest contemporary challenges facing European cities. This Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan establishes a strategic framework for developing transportation in Gdansk. The plan refers to the transport of people and goods, travel destinations (work, leisure time, shopping, etc.), and all forms of travelling (on foot, by bike, by car, etc.) and includes all transport networks (road, rail, etc.). The main purpose of the work was to develop the Activities Plan that is part o…
Meerdelen is a cooperative in Watergraafsmeer (Amsterdam East) where people can buy green energy and share electric cars with their neighbours. They were asked by stadsdeel Oost to set up an eHub with electric cars and electric bicycles. They now have cars in Bussum, which will eventually lead to a new local cooperative. As a cooperative, they work without a profit motive. Any profit they make is invested directly into new sustainability projects or making their neighbourhood greener.…
This initiative involves ordinary neighbours with an extraordinary idea. That you give energy instead of buying it, so that one can get a fair price for their electricity and our world becomes a more beautiful place. It operates together in a cooperative in Vruchtenbuurt. To keep the planet liveable, CO2 emissions must be reduced, and global warming halted. By generating more sustainable electricity in the Vruchtenbuurt neighbourhood and using it in a smart way, they are making a serious contribution to the climate goals and the necessary energy transition. An honest and green energy supply for the Vruchtenbuurt area is what the Sterk op Stroom cooperative is striving for.…
The ecological village of Hurdalsjøen was established in 2002, and the first temporary houses were built in 2003. The group worked with experts in the fields of architecture, sanitation, agriculture, and energy and with local authorities. This ecovillage is also a national training centre and a nursery, and a research and presentation centre for renewable energies. Their aim is to create on-site businesses by encouraging local jobs by developing activities such as a farm, a small grocery store, and a nursery. The citizens living here aim to minimize the ecological footprint of the village population (housing, food consumption, etc.) and to achieve social inclusion and social democracy in the…
The Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities (FME ZEN) is a research centre for environment-friendly energy established by the Research Council of Norway. NTNU is the host and cooperates with SINTEF and user partners in carrying out the research, development and innovation activities. FME ZEN is involved in nine pilot projects at different stages of development, with different sizes, functions, and contexts, making them important innovation and test arenas. ZEN attempts to enable the transition to a low-carbon society by developing sustainable neighbourhoods with zero greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, the aim is to ensure optimal energy use and to create good plac…
Sustainable Living is a network of action groups across Norway that work to reduce the ecological footprint and increase the quality of life. Through dozens of local associations and groups, they run hundreds of small and large projects. The work is defined based on the local context and local needs for transition, activation and networking. The Sustainable Life Network across Norway consists of ordinary people who are passionate about what they love most. They create activities in local communities all over Norway, with volunteer work, real commitment and all the expertise that is contained in neighbourhoods. Because everyone knows their own neighbourhood best. Sustainable Living gathers kn…
OBOS began operating in 1929 in Oslo to offer housing development at a time when it was difficult for the average worker to get bank financing. Since then, OBOS has grown to be the largest cooperative building association in the Nordic region. There are over 500,000 co-op members today who have a growing interest in more environmental solutions, such as lowering carbon emissions, the local production of energy, and more energy efficiency. As part of their 'green responsibility', OBOS is pursuing green initiatives and offering sustainable energy solutions for their customers in order to help them face the upcoming climate-change-related challenges. OBOS aimed to be carbon neutral in 2021 rega…
The Reinli small-scale hydropower plant is a community-initiated renewable energy project. In 2002, 35 local landowners established a general partnership to manage the waterfall rights of the Reina River, and the hydropower plant became operational in 2008 with the help of Småkraft AS, a small-scale hydropower plant operator. The aim was to utilize the power in the local river, and in addition to renewable energy production, the income generated from the project for local landowners is invested into local farms for current and future generations.…
MeerEnergie is a non-profit cooperative. MeerEnergie wants to realise an Amsterdam heat network for all buildings within a part of the Watergraafsmeer district. This is relevant for owners, residents, tenants, companies and housing corporations. Whether they live in a house built in 1900, 1950 or 1980! Data centres in the Science Park release heat when cooling the servers. This heat is now simply blown into the air! In total, so much energy is available that they can provide at least 5,000 homes with heating and hot water. MeerEnergie is developing a heat network for the whole of Middenmeer.…
The Energy cooperative WPN is a sustainable energy cooperative by and for citizens. A first important milestone was reached with the realisation of Windpark Nijmegen-Betuwe in 2016. One thousand thirteen members of Energy Cooperative WPN have invested in wind shares and have thus become joint owners of the wind farm. The wind farm is only the beginning. The cooperative wants to realise many more wonderful, sustainable energy projects for and by citizens in Nijmegen and the surrounding area. Starting with Zonnepark de Grift!…
Fossil Free Netherlands is a foundation established in 2016 to institutionalise the activities of 350.org in the Netherlands. It aims at building a civil society movement to accelerate the transition towards a just and renewable energy system, specifically focusing on dismantling the fossil fuel industry.…
CollectiveStrength is a knowledge platform that connects citizen collectives in the Netherlands and helps them to overcome obstacles together. It is independent, free of charge and accessible to all citizens' collectives. CollectiveKracht strives to form a bridge between the daily practice of citizens’ collectives and the research questions of scientists. Not only by unlocking knowledge and insights from existing publications and making them applicable but also by actively developing new evidence-based knowledge that is demand-driven and practice-oriented. In doing so, they strive to connect various scientific disciplines. Scientists look at citizen collectives from the perspective of differ…
The pioneering Warmindewijk project aims to connect a first group of at least 500 residents to a sustainable heat network within a few years. The residents of the Vruchtenbuurt have taken the lead in developing a sustainable heat supply for the neighbourhood. The ultimate goal of the project is to develop this for the entire Vruchtenbuurt, with the support and commitment of residents. After all, the decision to move away from natural gas has been taken at the national and municipal levels. It is going to happen. The only question is how and when. The time to shape it as residents is now! This is quite a big change. That is why, after consultation with residents from the neighbourhood and our…
“As DSO Architect Energy Transition at Enexis Group, I work on the transition from today to the near and distant future. My goal is to be a challenger to the organisation, to stretch the frameworks and to offer new perspectives. To seek out boundaries and ask questions. Not because I don't want to and cannot accept how things are now, but because I want to work on how things can be. It is my belief and ambition to make energy accessible always, everywhere and to everyone. This requires renewal and innovation, which I facilitate and initiate from my role as DSO Architect (which is similar to Business Developer), but also from an academic framework. I am doing my PhD at the University of Groni…
The main objective of the REScoopVPP project is to integrate and improve different initiatives throughout Europe in order to create the most advanced community-driven smart building ecosystem to support energy communities. The REScoopVPP project aims to bring different initiatives throughout Europe together to form the largest and most advanced community-driven open smart building eco-system for REScoops and citizen energy communities. The main goal of the ecosystem is to enable end-users to reduce overall energy consumption and to use primarily renewable energy whenever available. The ecosystem consists of a Community-driven Flexibility Box (COFY-box) that enables the project to make existi…
This project in Groningen will be one of the first in the Netherlands to replace the ‘traditional’ natural gas grid with a district heating network. It is one of the most advanced community-led district heating projects in the entire country. Since the national and local governments cannot force anyone to connect to the district heating network, the cooperative will have to foster the engagement and participation of the inhabitants. Preliminary financial calculations show that the project needs a participation rate of at least 70% of the community to be economically viable. The cooperative aims to organize local ownership of the collective heating system.…
Eco Guerilla was initially an information-based group of aware citizens who gathered to raise their voices and raise the alarm about the very serious situation with air pollution in the municipality of Tetovo, North Macedonia and surrounding municipalities. The main source of pollution they started protesting against was a local factory that was responsible for a large proportion of the air pollution in the city due to a lack of air filters. Eco Guerilla started its activities back in 2014 with a group of five activists with various professional profiles, and now it involves thousands of people all sharing a common goal: to stop pollution and create real measures to decrease it via awareness…
ARNO is an organization for social innovation, established in 2013 in North Macedonia by people who believe it is possible to build a future where resources are shared, and the world is constantly being improved. A world in which all people act together with one purpose – to create a better future. To achieve this aim, ARNO develops and supports social innovation through the design of new options and diverse social initiatives developed by active citizens. The organization started by creating solutions to large global challenges with small, local activities in several main fields, including the green economy and sustainable development. As a socially innovative organization, ARNO has been ab…
TOPTEN ACT develops a comprehensive market transformation strategy targeting consumers, manufacturers, retailers, large buyers, consumer associations and other key actors in 16 European countries. It works with these actors to help them embrace and promote energy-efficient products so that they become the natural choice for consumers. Energismart is a part of TOPTEN ACT, a web portal which gathers information about more efficient appliances, how to refurbish your home in order to use less energy (this part also includes information about possible financial help) and offers energy consultancy in the form of “energy specialist”.…