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The Danish studio Bjarke Ingels Group won the international architectural competition
The promise is that it will save between 30% and 50% on users’ energy bills
For the first time there, financial backing is forthcoming
ViennaUP’22 will bring people from over 40 countries to the Austrian capital in a business festival fuelled by the unique local atmosphere
The local community welcomed Ukrainians fleeing war with outstanding support
Belgium will now join a small club of countries empowering youth political participation – Austria, Greece and Malta
Student teams will have 24 hours to come up with solutions for that issue
The new Walking and Cycling Index shows that an overwhelming majority want to live in 20-minute neighbourhoods
Part of an ongoing trend among these institutions to increase convenience for users
The city also added a new bathing area
The plan calls for accelerating green energy developments in the EU, with 2027 as a supposed cut-off deadline for Russian energy imports
As the EU Commission is about to vote on REPowerEU, a bill to fund alternative natural gas suppliers, Breakthrough Energy claims that the bloc needs more battery storage capacity
The cities met last week in Katowice to draft a plan on how to facilitate cycling between their territories
The REPowerEU 200 billion-euro plan calls for a gradual reduction of Russian fuel imports
These special zones were created last year with the aim of boosting biodiversity in the city
The building has been undergoing a major renovation since the start of 2021
It is renewing and introducing direct flight connections to attract visitors from the US, Middle East and Europe
The installation of the sensors is part of its “Smart Museum” project
Authorities want to do away with the passive status of nature in the city
The programme targets young children whose parents cannot afford to stay home while school is closed
The Finnish capital will hold ‘Entrepreneur Day for Women’ next month
The city also added a new bathing area
Polluting 'orphan' sites exist in all countries and it is time government take forceful actions against them, Source: Piedmont Region
Abandoned spaces can turn out to be more than just an aesthetic eyesore
The regional government of Piedmont (Italy) reported last week that it has concluded an agreement with the country’s Ministry for Ecological Transition to take care of abandoned, and potentially environmentally polluting sites. This will result in the disbursement of 7 million euros from the PNRR (Italy’s National Recovery Plan) that will go towards remediating the problem of hazardous spaces for which no responsible party or owner can be identified.
This is meant to take concrete action rather than hide behind arguments of legal inefficiency, which ultimately do nothing to solve the problem.
Now that the funding is here, it will be possible to carry out the reclamation and environmental restoration of the first 16 so-called "orphan" sites in the region of Piedmont. These are places that are potentially polluted and for which either it was not possible to identify those responsible or, if identified, they did not proceed to start or end the planned interventions to end pollution or clean it up.
There was a survey carried out in recent months by the regional technical sectors and the subsequent identification of those sites that meet the ‘orphan’ criteria. Priority was given to the highest risk indices, and a list was drawn up that includes 6 sites in the province of Turin, 3 in the province of Alessandria, 3 in the province of Cuneo, 3 in the province of Novara and 1 in Vercelli.
“With these first (financial) resources we will be able to reclaim sites that have been abandoned for a long time,” commented the President of Piedmont Alberto Cirio and the regional councillor for the environment Matteo Marnati, adding: “We bring important areas back to life, making them available to citizens, businesses and municipalities. A true regeneration of the soil. In the meantime, we have made other requests in the PNRR to reclaim other sites in Piedmont.”
The local community welcomed Ukrainians fleeing war with outstanding support
Belgium will now join a small club of countries empowering youth political participation – Austria, Greece and Malta
The REPowerEU 200 billion-euro plan calls for a gradual reduction of Russian fuel imports
The Smart City Alliance has been quietly building functional tools for both citizens and authorities since 2016
Part of an ongoing trend among these institutions to increase convenience for users
Student teams will have 24 hours to come up with solutions for that issue
The Smart City Alliance has been quietly building functional tools for both citizens and authorities since 2016
The cities met last week in Katowice to draft a plan on how to facilitate cycling between their territories
The REPowerEU 200 billion-euro plan calls for a gradual reduction of Russian fuel imports
It is renewing and introducing direct flight connections to attract visitors from the US, Middle East and Europe
The Catalonian capital’s society and the trajectory of its attitudes have been studied since 1998
The Finnish capital will hold ‘Entrepreneur Day for Women’ next month
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
An interview about AYR, one of the 2021 New European Bauhaus Prize winners
An interview with Nigel Jollands and Sue Goeransson from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
An interview with the President of the City of Athens Reception & Solidarity Centre
A talk with the Mayor of Malmö on the occasion of the city’s UN Resilience Hub status
