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The French-Irish infrastructure will transfer sustainable nuclear and wind energy between the two countries, strengthening their energy independence
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City officials believe that financial conditions will deteriorate in the coming winter months
The Latvian capital joins a growing rank of European cities that have turned to taxing the visitors’ impact
The EDMO hubs work to connect fact-checkers, academia and the media, as well as boost local media literacy
Ireland is currently going through a major rental housing crisis
The Estonian city is preparing for its upcoming European Green Capital year in style
The birds will be specially trained to scare off pigeons from their favourite places in the city’s parks
The system uses a simple tri-colour traffic light code to let commuters know the best place to enter a train
The smart devices also let drivers with reduced mobility know where the nearest free spot is located
Plants feed on CO2 and plenty of it is produced at the local Tekniska verken energy company, so there’s a circular win-win solution
The city’s Second District opted for sustainable Christmas decoration this year
The city marked the 250th e-taxi license, issued by local traffic authorities
The city will limit the number of these two-wheelers in the centre to 500, in order to push companies to service residential areas as well
The system uses a simple tri-colour traffic light code to let commuters know the best place to enter a train
The smart devices also let drivers with reduced mobility know where the nearest free spot is located
City officials believe that financial conditions will deteriorate in the coming winter months
Some shops have stayed open for more than six generations of the same family and trace their origins to the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Faux or fact? Now, it’s up to you to shine the light on the truth
Local authorities want to monitor the situation and keep a healthy housing balance
Ireland is currently going through a major rental housing crisis
It will aid them in collecting data about the incidents that can be used in court
The move will include all publicly owned facilities like schools, streetlights, cultural institutions and even the local ski resort
Yesterday, the mayor of Brasov, Allen Coliban, announced that starting 2022, the city will switch 100% of its energy consumption to green sources. This includes all publicly owned facilities, like schools, cultural institutions, street lights and even the local ski resort.
The move came after a deal with local power provider Electrica Furnizare to supply all 525 municipal points of consumption with hydroelectric energy. This will, reportedly, make it the first completely green municipality in Romania.
According to the new agreement, 37 schools, 29 kindergartens, 8 nurseries, cultural institutions and municipal buildings will all be supplied with green energy. The same goes for the heating plants, multi-story car parks, sports facilities, public lighting, as well as the electricity needed for the local skiing area (artificial snow production systems, pumping systems and etc.).
Despite the switch, according to a statement by the city, the municipal costs of electricity will not go down compared to consumer prices, which will continue to be supplied primarily from congenital sources.
Actually, only around 34% of Electrica Furnizare’s total energy production can be classified as green and sustainable energy. The rest is divided between most notably coal (16%), nuclear (28%), natural gas (20%).
On the other hand, when it comes to green energy sources, hydroelectric takes up the largest portion (25%), followed by wind (5%) and solar (4%). What the agreement essentially does, is it switches municipal consumption from receiving electricity from the general flow to receiving energy exclusively from sustainable sources.
Despite the relatively pro-forma nature of the agreement, supplying 100% of a municipality’s electricity consumption (including a ski resort) with green energy is no small feat. However, local authorities still have a long way to go, as thousands of households would eventually have to have access to sustainable energy as well.
Mayor Coliban declared that Brasov is very committed to becoming Romania’s Green Capital and the attitude local authorities show towards sustainability is very important, as it can convince others to join the cause.
The local authorities are taking the bold step as a way to declutter the urban streets from delivery traffic
One-third of homes on the islands this year were sold to nationals of other countries, many of whom are non-residents
This was one of the more creative and unusual ideas set to take shape as a result of the second participatory budget initiative in the city
Users can now get an overview of the state of the output in the country and receive a warning to reduce consumption and avoid power cuts
The city will launch an urban walk with a digital visual guide
The system uses a simple tri-colour traffic light code to let commuters know the best place to enter a train
The city inaugurated twelve of these spots to encourage people to still feel at home while on the street
The Danish capital was recognized for its citizen-centric approach to urban planning
The pioneering green move would make the country the first in Europe to do so
The city inaugurated twelve of these spots to encourage people to still feel at home while on the street
This was one of the more creative and unusual ideas set to take shape as a result of the second participatory budget initiative in the city
The city will launch an urban walk with a digital visual guide
This initiative seeks to integrate the values of the New European Bauhaus into the European Commission’s 100 Cities Mission
These will be spread across 11 EU countries and will serve to support the EU Missions
The European Commission has accepted to develop the idea
Veni Markovski’s take on dealing with disinformation in the European Union's poorest country – Bulgaria
A conversation with the mayor of Utrecht on the occasion of her mission to COP27
A conversation with the President of the European Committee of the Regions, about energy, climate change and the underrated importance of cohesion policy
