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The Grundfos Dormitory monitors water and energy consumption and is built to optimize the use of the latter. It is located in Århus and houses 200 students in 159 apartments.…
Middelgrunden offshore wind farm was initiated in 1996 by a group of wind turbine enthusiasts. In 1997 the Middelgrunden Offshore Wind Turbine Cooperative was founded and had 8,600 shareholders within two years.…
Project “Nabovarme” (meaning “neighbour heating”) has transformed private heating necessity into a social experiment built on OpenSource software/hardware and social empowerment by transforming heat consumers into Nabovarme Users and letting them take ownership of infrastructure and consumption. Nabovarme has created a transition towards using standard heating systems based on burning wood pellets.…
Charging stations with solar-powered shelters, which are the first in the area, were established based on the initiative of the citizens' group from the Avedøre Green City project.…
From the perspective of Denmark’s conversion to a 100% renewable energy country in 2050, Frederikshavn was chosen as a pilot city to implement such a transition on its territory. It is planned that the municipality will continuously edit and integrate concrete action plans for the periods 2020-2030 and 2030-2050 into the climate plan as the new action plans are finalised. This will be done in the context of the evaluation of the climate plan.…
Frederikshavn's community of green ambassadors raises awareness in their communities of the green transition so that they take an interest and become actively involved.…
Roskilde Municipality is experiencing, like many others, a shortage of permanent housing for refugees and has therefore decided to build new ones. The municipality wants that new refugees are placed in a framework that not only gives them a roof over their heads but also promotes their integration. The housing will be the foundation for the successful integration of refugees. Together, the three parties are working to develop a concept project of around 60 attractive zero-energy housing that are self-sufficient at the level that no district heating is needed.…
The Danish Citizen Assembly on Climate aims to involve a representative sample of the Danish population in the development of Danish climate policy. The Citizens’ Assembly consists of 99 members, selected on the basis of simple criteria such as age, gender, geography, education and income to best represent the Danish population. The task of the members is to debate and make recommendations on dilemmas related to climate challenges so that citizens can have their voices heard in the development of climate policy.…
The Housing Association Vilde 70 (Tallinn, Estonia) carried out an energy efficiency renovation, including a solar PV installation. A 15 kW PV system was installed on the roof. The solar PV is designed to supply electricity to communal (common) spaces and sell the surplus to the grid.…
This is Estonia’s first example of an energy community initiated by a municipality. Active preparations are underway in Tartu for the establishment of a solar PV park to be installed at the renovated Pääsupesa kindergarten. Close cooperation between the city and the kindergarten has led to efficient planning, with experts from the Tartu Region Energy Agency working on the cooperative’s operational model. Several exciting events were planned for Autumn 2021, and during this time, the residents of Tartu had the opportunity to become members of the newly established energy cooperative. This is the pilot created by the Energize Co2mmunity (EU Interreg Baltic Sea region programme) project. The ai…
The main idea of Tartu’s lighthouse project was to turn khrushchyovkas (a type of panel building that was constructed during the reign of Nikita Khrushchev, starting from the 1950s) into smartovkas (i.e., high-quality living environments that inspire the community to make environmentally aware decisions and to change their patterns of consumption behaviour), with a drastic reduction in the energy use of the buildings. Tartu piloted a series of retrofitting solutions in 18 khrushchyovkas in the city centre. The retrofitting included the renovation of all technical systems of the house, and, at the end, every building received an original artwork. In terms of citizen engagement, to boost parti…
As part of the POWERTY project, financed by the Interreg Europe programme, PVs for collective self-consumption systems are planned to be installed in three social housing buildings in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The pilot action in Plovdiv is testing an innovative hybrid of PV plus Battery Energy Storage System (PV+BESS) as a potential solution for vulnerable households. With this initiative, households may achieve a significant share of renewable self-consumption and energy independence and thus decrease their electricity bills and contribute to the decarbonisation of the energy system while decreasing stress on the grid. The project involves implementing three hybrid solutions consisting of PV+BESS…
In 2018, in the city of Križevci in Croatia, the Green Energy Cooperative (Zelena Energetska Zadruga (ZEZ)) in cooperation with the Križevci city authorities, started the first pilot project in Croatia for citizen crowd investing in renewable energies called Križevački sunčani krovovi. This provided citizens with an opportunity to invest in renewables, particularly solar, and aimed at installing a solar panel (PV) power plant on the rooftop of the municipality’s Development Centre and Technology Park’s administrative building. Popularity amongst the local community was enormous, and within ten days, the necessary €30,000 had been collected through crowdfunding. The PV system, with a capacity…
In April 2017, a one-day event called “Biciklom na špicu” ("By bike to the rush hour") was organised in Zadar, Croatia, as part of the "CitiZEN - Sustainable Mobility for Citizens in Europe" project, co-financed by the Europe for Citizens program. The aim of the event was to inspire sustainable mobility in energy-conscious cities through improving plans for the sustainable urban mobility of local governments, but also by continuously encouraging activities such as cycling, walking, the use of electric vehicles, car-sharing, etc. The planned programme included workshops for children organized by the Association "Eko Zadar", the promotion of electric bicycles (Calimero Sport) and electric cars…
DOOR is a civil society organization of experts devoted to the promotion of sustainable energy development that was founded in 2003. Today, DOOR has more than 50 members, a five-member steering committee and seven employees. They have successfully implemented more than 100 projects, with goals ranging from climate change mitigation, encouraging citizens’ participation in sustainable energy policymaking, improving education about renewable energy sources and alleviating energy poverty. Within its projects, DOOR has organized more than a hundred workshops, round tables, training events, conferences and other public events attended by several thousand participants, published a dozen manuals, or…
The PLANTaža association was founded in 2014 in Osijek by a group of friends and enthusiasts with the aim of promoting ecology through creativity, sustainable lifestyles, social entrepreneurship and developing new values, from the circular economy to new content and ideas. The association’s members work together to influence positive changes in the environment, which they achieve through various forms of collaboration and projects both locally and internationally. PLANTaža has so far successfully managed over 140 projects, from organic planting workshops and sustainable outdoor art exhibitions to bicycle repair shops and expert-led panel discussions. PLANTaža believes the key to helping the …
The Centre for Combating Energy Poverty was established in 2022 in Zagreb to tackle energy poverty by bringing the topics of energy efficiency and sustainability closer to users - especially people from energy-poor households in Zagreb, but also households at risk of energy poverty. The Centre's experts provide free-of-charge consultations and workshops both on the premises of the Centre and in the local committees of other districts, if necessary. Individual consultations can also be held in households in agreement with the beneficiaries.…
A fundraising campaign was organised to support the installation of solar systems in five households in Sisak-Moslavina County in Croatia. The households do not have access to the electric grid. The campaign was also used to raise awareness about the problem of energy poverty and the fact that many households in Croatia continue to be without access to modern forms of energy, such as electricity. The campaign also wanted to show that solar energy is one of the key solutions for dealing with energy poverty and the climate crisis.…
The Cyclists' Union is a volunteer association that advocates for improving the conditions for the use of bicycles, an efficient, sustainable and healthy means of transport. It works to transform cities into clean, safe, comfortable and green, tailor-made cities, promoting cycling as a desirable form of transport. Through workshops, education and many projects, the Cyclists’ Union creates safer conditions for cycling and increases the quality of life in urban areas. The association also acts as a platform that brings together experts in the field of transport, urbanism, energy efficiency, pedagogy, social sciences, education and rehabilitation sciences, and ecology and, as such, is recognize…
Electrical engineering students in Zagreb, Croatia, were taught to conduct audits in households facing energy poverty and to propose viable energy-saving solutions. This project was the result of a partnership between various institutions and was created with the intention of improving social conditions for households, as well as potentially reducing their electricity consumption and CO2 emissions. The data gathered from the audits contributed to the creation of a model which identifies cost-efficient energy-saving solutions, thus helping Zagreb to alleviate energy poverty more efficiently.…