http://www.energy-cities.eu/ en SPIP - www.spip.net http://www.energy-cities.eu/Energy-Cities-members-send-30 http://www.energy-cities.eu/Energy-Cities-members-send-30 2012-05-11T10:24:50Z text/html fr Blandine Pidoux BLOG On 10 May, 30 mayors from 30 European countries sent a strong signal to Rio de Janeiro in the framework of Energy Cities' Annual Rendezvous 2012 in Guimarães (Portugal), European Capital of Culture 2012. With 30 proposals for the energy transition of cities and towns, they will seek to showcase a collection of groundbreaking practices to the Rio +20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development to be held in June.   Following this high‐level political session with Mayors, a declaration has been (...) http://www.energy-cities.eu/EU-China-Partnership-on http://www.energy-cities.eu/EU-China-Partnership-on 2012-04-30T12:05:54Z text/html en Béatrice Alcaraz BLOG This Thursday, 3 May, will see the launch event of the EU-China Partnership on Sustainable Urbanisation with the objective of confronting Chinese and European perspectives on how to build better cities. Energy Cities will be represented by its President Eckart Würzner , Mayor of Heidelberg and its Executive Director Gérard Magnin . The conference will be divided into four parts : An opening session with high level speakers including Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China Li (...) http://www.energy-cities.eu/Achieving-the-20-energy-savings http://www.energy-cities.eu/Achieving-the-20-energy-savings 2012-04-23T09:37:39Z text/html en Béatrice Alcaraz BLOG 16 Non-governmental organisations and associations sent a letter to Energy Ministers. They ask them to intervene: to push for a binding 20% energy savings target, to ensure a robust 1.5% annual savings obligation, to ensure deep renovation of buildings and to develop national renovation roadmaps. This initiative is supported by : Climate Action Network Europe (CAN-E) www.climnet.org CDM Watch www.cdm-watch.org CECED, European Committee of Domestic Equipment Manufacturers www.ceced.org (...) http://www.energy-cities.eu/Paris-is-on-the-move http://www.energy-cities.eu/Paris-is-on-the-move 2012-04-18T13:11:20Z text/html fr Floriane Bernardot BLOG With the developments of the Display® campaign and the first anniversary of its climate agency, 2012 is expected to be full of action in Paris! France's largest Display® poster is in Paris! The City of Paris joined the Display campaign in 2012. Last February, passersby discovered the 2008-2010 energy performance of the city hall of the 18th district of Paris. The municipalities of 4 Parisian districts (12th, 13th, 14th and 18th) engaged to display their energy consumption and to take (...) http://www.energy-cities.eu/What-s-on-programme http://www.energy-cities.eu/What-s-on-programme 2012-04-13T08:15:53Z text/html en Béatrice Alcaraz BLOG Discover now the programme of the Annual Rendezvous of Energy Cities « Mind-boggling ideas for a new energy culture ». Fill in the online registration form and also find all practical information and the list of hotels in order to prepare your trip and then actively take part in this event. On Wednesday evening, a coktail will be offered by the city of Guimarães for sharing a friendly moment in the City Hall. Then will come two days of meetings, debates and discussions around these ideas (...) http://www.energy-cities.eu/Already-35-ENGAGE-local http://www.energy-cities.eu/Already-35-ENGAGE-local 2012-04-03T16:00:57Z text/html en Laura Guérin BLOG In 2010 and 2011, 12 local authorities pioneered the ENGAGE campaign, a participative communications initiative designed for European cities. Since the end of 2011 ENGAGE is open to all European local authorities. 23 European local authorities have already joined the campaign, including Energy Cities members Agueda (PT), Barreiro (PT), Bistrita (RO), Bornova (TR) and Grand Paris Seine Ouest (FR). In this campaign, local authorities engage stakeholders and citizens to play their part in (...) http://www.energy-cities.eu/Nantes-France-Half-of-social http://www.energy-cities.eu/Nantes-France-Half-of-social 2012-04-02T08:27:25Z text/html en Béatrice Alcaraz BLOG The Urban Community of Nantes Métropole is planning the extension of its two district heating systems. Both systems will supply schools, tertiary buildings, residential buildings, and a hospital. The progressive extension until 2017 will eventually allow to heat half the inhabitants in Nantes. In 2017 the district heating systems will be supplied by combustion of waste (41%) and wood (43%). The aim of this project is to cover the heating needs of social housing in priority. As a result, (...) http://www.energy-cities.eu/Romanian-Covenant-Club-is-launched http://www.energy-cities.eu/Romanian-Covenant-Club-is-launched 2012-03-30T17:54:09Z text/html en Kinga Kovacs BLOG On the 15th of March 2012, in the frame of the Annual Meeting of the association Orase Energie Romania (OER) – Romanian Energy Cities Network, the Romanian National Covenant Club was launched in Brașov. The Club has 28 member municipalities from a total of 65 Covenant signatories in Romania and is the core of the Romanian Covenant Dialogue Platform - that gathers different stakeholders (ministries, universities, NGOs etc). The main objectives of the Club, as defined in the meeting, are: (...) http://www.energy-cities.eu/Press-release-Intelligent-Energy http://www.energy-cities.eu/Press-release-Intelligent-Energy 2012-03-28T14:03:37Z text/html en Blandine Pidoux BLOG In November 2011, the European Commission made a proposal for a €6.5bn Research and Innovation budget aimed at secure, clean and efficient energy. This budget is planned for the period 2014-2020 within the framework of the new Horizon 2020 programme to be co-ordinated by DG Research and Innovation. Will the budget embrace the activities backed by the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme (IEE)? It is indeed crucial that Research and Innovation investments be coupled with non-technological (...) http://www.energy-cities.eu/Leicester-UK-easing-road-traffic http://www.energy-cities.eu/Leicester-UK-easing-road-traffic 2012-03-26T08:20:45Z text/html en Béatrice Alcaraz BLOG Leicester City Council and De Montfort University are leading THE ISSUE project, which will foster cooperation between scientists, engineers and development agencies from different regions, using the latest space and information technologies, to develop more effective methods of easing road traffic and improving the urban environment. THE ISSUE programme will create a vibrant partnership of regional research clusters to bring together and coordinate already-existing and projected R&D (...)