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Friends of Earth Hungary (FoE), the Solidarity Economy Centre, and the Gólya community house and bar joined forces to create the Community Energy Service Company in 2021. The objective is to develop a decentralized renewable energy generation model owned by local communities or solidarity economy enterprises. Under the programme community energy projects will be implemented in 7 locations. The first location will be the Kazán Community House, home to the Gólya Presszó. This project is a continuation of FoE's community energy programme that has been running since 2013.…
Zsuzsanna was a regular participant in GreenDepedent's EnergyNeighbourhoods programme as an “energy master”. She also has experience with another Hungarian NGO's community-based, household greening programme, called ÖkoKör (EcoTeam). Based on its methodology, a local eco-club was founded; she was one of the main organisers of the first meeting in 2019. Since then, the informal community has grown into a formal NGO. They want to create a community whose members are willing to address the current ecological crisis and are ready to learn about and apply solutions that help create an ecologically sustainable way of life.…
The purpose of the Energy Community of Karditsa (ESEK, belonging to the development agency called AN.KA) is the utilisation of Renewable Energy Sources, starting from biomass. The development concept of AN.KA focuses on "capacity building" and the "empowerment" of the local population, especially disadvantaged groups, as well as the avoidance of social exclusion. The programs and projects are designed and implemented to serve a coherent and integrated vision for local development. Each one meets specific needs and satisfies an individual goal associated with this vision, which is constantly updated and enriched through social consultation. The purpose of the company is to contribute to the u…
Alice is the founding member of INZEB - Institute of Zero Energy Buildings, the secretary of BoD Communication and a marketing consultant on energy and sustainability issues and the vice-president of the first energy cooperative owned 100% by women. Alice is also participating in and co-coordinating various EU-funded projects.…
The Regional Energy Agency of Central Macedonia was established in 1997 by Development Agency “ANATOLIKI S.A”. through the EU’s SAVE Programme. Its main objective is to promote Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and alternative mobility modes. The activities of the Energy Centre include the implementation of energy programmes; consultancy to local and regional actors, enterprises and individuals; education and training through the organization of conferences, seminars and workshops; and the elaboration of energy policy promotion involving collaboration at a national and European level. REACM has a strong presence in the Greek and European space, having implemented a large numb…
The case is an international (H2020) project of GreenDependent Institute (GDI) by which GDI helped 4 Hungarian municipalities/local authorities to address mitigation and adaptation issues related mainly to climate change, but also other sustainability areas, such as energy poverty, energy democracy, and active energy citizenship. Within the C4S project GDI, together with the participating municipalities, accomplished tasks related to three main activity areas: 1) Development of a SECAP - Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan (based on a pre-existing SEAP) with the active involvement of local stakeholders and citizens. 2) Development of an energy management system for several municipal b…
Extract from the Energy Policy of Budaörs (2018): The Local Authority of Budaörs would like to express its commitment towards climate protection and the sustainable development of the city by making responsible decisions in the field of energy efficiency too. Our Local Authority is dedicated to improving its energy efficiency and energy performance of its institutions. The Town has committed itself toward climate protection and sustainable energy management by joining the Covenant of Mayors in 2011 and preparing our Sustainable Energy Action Plan in 2012. In this Plan we pledged to reduce our CO2 emissions by at least 20% by 2020. As this commitment of ours is on a good track and to keep up …
The main task of the SUNRISE (Sustainable Urban Neighbourhoods Research and Implementation Support in Europe) project in Zuglo’s Törökör neighbourhood was to widen and deepen the pre-existing process of participatory planning and to establish sustainable cooperation of local stakeholders for co-assessing and co-planning mobility-related issues. Co-implementing innovative solutions was also part of the main task, using synergies of other developments that involved citizens in the neighbourhood. The regeneration of public spaces in the district was Zuglo’s main goal. Also, using Törökör as a pilot neighbourhood for this process could help disseminate innovative methods and tools to other neigh…
Fruzsina Józsa is a self-taught expert in the area of natural and traditional buildings. She supports citizens to construct and renovate homes in a way which has a small ecological footprint and is also cost-effective. Her consultancy services, renovation planning, help with construction, open farm days, training and workshops enable citizens to create their own homes from natural and reused materials. In this way the pollution involved in production and of transportation as well as waste and cost can considerably be reduced. Moreover, since these houses are located in the countryside, another aim is to enliven depopulated rural areas and sustain organic building traditions.…
One of the Budapest districts has developed a Sustainable Energy and Climate Action plan. The process is facilitated by the municipality, involving experts and local stakeholders and citizens. As participatory processes are not part of established culture, it is a difficult process.…
The Community Energy Service, established in 2021, will deliver community energy investments in 7 locations. The first pilot site is Kazán Community House, home of Gólya Presszó, Solidarity Economic Center (founders of Community Energy Service) and other NGOs and communities. The plan is to install around 200 square metres of solar panels on the roof of the building, which will provide the community centre with a full supply of renewable energy. The project will be partly funded by a national grant, partly by a loan, and partly by a crowdfunding campaign.…
Dömörkapu Rengeteg is a tourist buffet and forest community space not far from Szentendre (or Budapest), in the Pilis forest. A team (mostly volunteers) has been working for two years on the step by step renewal of the place, and are now planning to switch to renewable energy production, which they want to implement as an energy community with collective funding. The visitor and supporting community will receive vouchers in return for their investment, which they can exchange there later (during programmes or at the planned cycling point). The project was inspired by FoE Hungary's call on the theme of sustainable resource management (Életigenlő társadalmat és gazdaságot!). As a community ene…
The Biomass briquettes programme was established in a disadvantaged region of Hungary where the unemployment rate is higher than the national average and many people live below the poverty line. The target area is Told, a Roma village, the residents of which, as a socially marginalised group in Hungary, have even less access to combustible materials for heating. The project was developed within the framework of the Real Pearl Foundation and Art School with the aim of hand-making biomass briquette, a cheap, environmentally friendly fuel. The project contributes to creating new jobs and strengthening the community, reducing the heating costs of families involved, and saving local forests from …
Samos Energy Community aims to support the just transition of Samos Island to a democratic, inclusive, and clean energy system, showcasing a new paradigm for the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean. Members of the energy community will be citizens, local SMEs, and municipalities.…
“Energy Neighbourhoods” is a residential energy saving programme for small groups of 5-10 households (families, friends, colleagues, etc.) who compete to save the largest amount of energy only through changing their behaviour and everyday consumption patterns. Each group is supported by a volunteer adult coordinator, a so-called “Energy Master”, who supports the activities of the groups, organises meetings, and motivates members. The small groups, or EnergyNeighbourhoods are also supported by GreenDependent Institute who provides them with professional advice, brochures, saving tips, and training for coordinators to more efficiently reduce consumption.…
The project aims at providing at least one heated (bed)room for socially severely disadvantaged households in Tiszabő (Eastern Hungary) where there is at least one child under the age of 3. As the families do not have enough money to renovate their houses, instead of getting the so-called "social timber" donation provided by the local municipalities, the households receive electricity generated from a locally installed Social Solar Powerplant donated by E.ON Hungary and the Hungarian Order of Malta. Furthermore, the households get electric heaters to place in bedrooms where the small child(ren) sleep.…
In her own definition, a "mother of three happy children, cyclist, recyclist, zero waste activist, idealist, small town gardener, community engine", Gabriella is an eco-architect who focuses on environmentally sound ways of building, especially straw-bale and adobe houses. She is a founder and the president of the Hungarian Strawbuilders Association, built her own house with her husband and many friends, and has opened her house to experts and lay people who are interested in straw bale houses and organises workshops there. Moroever, she is an active member of several local civil organisations and groups in Gödöllő, Hungary, a cyclist group and an "eco picnic" group; she also organises film …
A group of Hungarian youth involved in the Fridays for Future movement, a youth-led and -organised movement that began in August 2018 after 15-year-old Greta Thunberg and other young activists sat in front of the Swedish parliament every school day for three weeks to protest against the lack of action on the climate crisis. The group demands the introduction of a climate emergency, change on all levels, in all sectors, and staying below the 1.5 degrees °C target.…
A popular and successful form of event by MAPASZ (the Hungarian Passive House Association) is the annual passive house open door days (coinciding with the international Passive House Open Door Days) during which anyone who is interested is invited to visit energy efficient, low-energy buildings, both private as well as public ones. The organizers organize visits, including travelling around the country, to several buildings in buses.…
GreenDependent Institution, in cooperation with the Piliscsaba-Garancstető Association, calculated the yearly carbon footprints of 21 households during 2020 spring. The project was actually part of a tripartite collaboration sponsored by Daikin. Although this was only a pilot project, it created an important message: components of households’ carbon footprints are different, so unique solutions are needed for their efficient decrease. The components of a household’s carbon footprint consist of six main categories, of which household energy consumption is usually responsible for the largest part. At the end of the program, to present and discuss the results and footprint reduction opportuniti…