BLOG

Energy Certificates - 9 National Country reports available

In these countries there is a huge diversity of approaches to producing energy certificates for existing public buildings. No two countries have the same system. When comparing these 9 countries it is, first of all, wise to exclude Finland and (...)

By Ian Turner, on 25 June 2009 | 16h52 | 455 visits
Read more >>

Discover the New Intelligent Energy e-Library !

All these materials have been developed in the framework of IEE programmes (among others). This e-Library covers the following themes: energy efficiency in industry, local and regional energy management, renewable energy, and transport. It was created by EACI with the aim to bring together in (...)

By Blandine Pidoux, on 24 June 2009 | 11h24 | 328 visits
Read more >>

New publication: Ensuring Quality of Life in Europe’s Cities and Towns

How can local policy-makers provide people comprehensively quality of life, when the city is faced with challenges, like climate change or changing markets, driven mainly by forces outside the city’s responsibility? How can policy-makers cope with the various conceptions of quality of life and (...)

By Blandine Pidoux, on 24 June 2009 | 11h23 | 307 visits
Read more >>

MODEL award winners visit the UK!

This delegation had an opportunity first to attend the “Tackling Climate Change Open Days” organized in Huddersfield and then to get acquainted with the equally outstanding experience of Leicester in the field of energy efficiency. The seven participants were deeply impressed by the (...)

By Christophe Fréring, on 18 June 2009 | 17h46 | 304 visits
Read more >>

Vaxjo, Delft and Grenoble - Call for a New Green Deal!

Many European cities are committed to reach the EU 2020 objective to reduce CO2 emissions by 20%, to increase energy efficiency by 20%, and to increase the proportion of renewable energy sources in the total energy mix to 20%. Vaxjo, Delft and Grenoble signed the Covenant of Mayors, in which (...)

By Kinga Kovacs, on 9 June 2009 | 11h19 | 421 visits
Read more >>

Highland games – Communication and energy efficiency rewarded

On Thursday the 23rd of April in Brussels they received the Display® Towards Class A award. The 2009 awards were presented at the Gala dinner of the Energie-Cités and Climate Alliance conference titled “3x20 – Play the Game”. More than 300 delegates from local authorities all over Europe were (...)

By Ian Turner, on 8 June 2009 | 10h37 | 349 visits
Read more >>