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Technical workshop with retrofitting experts about thermal bridges in Lighthouse City Vitoria-Gasteiz
On the first days of September, Project Partner VISESA has organized a technical workshop in Vitoria-Gasteiz demo district with some experts in order to exchange technical solutions and best practices on solving thermal bridges in retrofitted buildings within the framework of SmartEnCity.
Coronación demo district will become more beautiful by banishing all visible power lines
Within SmartEnCity project, the Municipality of Vitoria Gasteiz and Iberdrola (Power Distribution Company) have agreed to bury all power lines that are currently visibly mounted on buildings façades under the surface.
Follower City Asenovgrad is proceeding with the Integrated Energy Planning process
As part of the Asenovgrad Integrated Energy Planning Process, a workshop was held on 16 May 2019 with the main aim to bring together local stakeholders and discuss with them the current status and future priorities of the “Integrated Plan for Urban Regeneration and Development” (IPURD) in order to formulate different scenarios for its update. The main topics discussed were focused on the local renewable energy production potential of the municipality, specifically the availability of agricultural biomass and biogas.
Renovation of SmartEnCity buildings in Lighthouse City Tartu is about to be finished
Reconstruction works have been finished on 10 of the 17 apartment buildings that joined the SmartEnCity project, with five more residential buildings set to be completed by the end of this year. Smart home devices, which will help residents to monitor and regulate their energy consumption, are currently being installed in several of the buildings renovated to be near zero energy buildings.
Global Green City Award for Lighthouse City Vitoria-Gasteiz
Congratulations to our Lighthouse City Vitoria-Gasteiz which was recognised with the Global Green City Award, an award granted by the Global Forum on Human Settlements, sponsored by the UN. On September 6th, the prize was announced in a ceremony at the United Nations (UN) Conference Centre in Addis Abeba (Ethiopia).
From Carbon Calculators to Energy system Analysis in Cities
David Drysdale from Aalborg University, Denmark published a new article in the scientific journal "Energies". The article “From Carbon Calculators to Energy System Analysis in Cities” is aiming at providing a methodology that European cities can use to carry out scenarios for highly renewable energy systems with low carbon emissions.
SmartEnCity Follower City Lecce is working on the Future Energy Strategy
The SmartEnCity partner RINA and Lecce Municipality organized a Foresight Workshop on the Future Energy Strategies of the Municipality, involving more than 40 stakeholders coming from public institutions, university, public and private companies and associations.
New SmartEnCity Network Bulletin published
In this edition of the Network Bulletin is focussing on the Integrated Energy Planning (IEP) processes of the SmartEnCity Follower Cities – Lecce (Italy) and Asenovgrad (Bulgaria) and on the Intergrated Energy Planning methodology developed within SmartEnCity project.
Two more trees are decorating renovated buildings in Lighthouse City Tartu
Another two impressive murals were completed at the beginning of August as part of SmartEnCity project. So far, seven public art works have been created in Tartu within the framework of the project.
Fifth artwork titled “The Tree” completed in Lighthouse City Tartu
The fifth public artwork in the SEC project, titled “The Tree”, has been completed in the Tartu pilot area. The author of the design is a well-known Latvian painter Andris Vitolinš.