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The big highlights of the project are two cycling highways, one leading to Lower Austria in the south and another leading to Donaustadt
Sântana has only 11,000 residents, yet several municipal buildings will get connected to a renewable geothermal reservoir deep underground
With a decline in passengers due to Covid-19 and the energy crisis, among other factors, the city will focus on increasing the quality of service
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The city has a strategy of putting 10,000 human-controlled and autonomous shuttles on the streets by 2030
Last week, the Chinese app was banned for Belgian federal employees for an initial period of six months
Sântana has only 11,000 residents, yet several municipal buildings will get connected to a renewable geothermal reservoir deep underground
Some of the most productive solar installations in the city are on listed buildings, such as Red City Hall
With a decline in passengers due to Covid-19 and the energy crisis, among other factors, the city will focus on increasing the quality of service
The big highlights of the project are two cycling highways, one leading to Lower Austria in the south and another leading to Donaustadt
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The building will be on the site of Plato’s Ancient Academy
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The city has developed its own way to teach young people how to react when they witness unjust treatments
The city will supply and maintain 138 dispensers in public buildings
The city has arranged four tailor-made programmes for the different residences as a way to reconnect with patients’ life and memories
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Athens will replace 42,000 street lights with more efficient LEDs, Source: John Koliogiannis / Unsplash
Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis said that keeping the lights on is not a matter of luxury, but a matter of security
As September rolls in, more and more cities are announcing savings schemes to help conserve energy for heating in the winter. Many of those have to do with cutting lighting of monuments and historic buildings, street lights, as well as turning down the thermostat in municipal buildings.
In the case of Athens, however, yesterday Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis announced that the city will not turn off street lights in its neighbourhoods. According to an interview on the TV channel ANT1, Bakoyannis said that keeping the lights on is not a luxury but a matter of security and this is an area where Athens cannot afford to compromise.
Additionally, he made a point of saying that the Greek capital will not increase municipal taxes, because citizens are already overburdened with the cost of living crisis.
He continued by explaining that the challenge for city authorities now is to continue to deliver the usual services with fewer resources while maintaining a good financial balance. Mayor Bakoyannis pointed to the financial crisis as the opposite example, saying that the current situation is not an ‘alibi’ for the city’s mismanagement.
A key feature of the plan is a municipal project to install 42,000 LED lights, replacing many of the existing street lights in the city. The Mayor stressed that this is a very significant feature, as it will, first and foremost, bring costs for street lights down.
He also emphasised that people would certainly feel the effects on their own bills. Additionally, this will allow Athens to control its lighting system. Previously, the street lights in the city were managed by DEDDIE, the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator.
Now, the municipality will have the freedom to decide whether a square or a road, for instance, should have more or less light. Also, they will not have to wait for special signals on light-infrastructure issues, the city will have the onus to respond, but also the freedom to do so.
Furthermore, the municipality has introduced the Thermostat programme, a national measure in Greece, that is supposed to reduce consumption by 15% to 20%. Under the Thermostat programme, air conditioners and heaters should be set to a constant temperature, as this conserves more energy.
For the summer, the temperature is 26 degrees, for the winter – 19. Moreover, the heating should be turned off when there are no workers at a particular worksite. Likewise, electronic devices will turn off when not in use.
While the new health policy will fund the morning-after pill and various progesterone treatments, it will not cover condoms
With a decline in passengers due to Covid-19 and the energy crisis, among other factors, the city will focus on increasing the quality of service
The big highlights of the project are two cycling highways, one leading to Lower Austria in the south and another leading to Donaustadt
City officials found that simple messages about respecting residents’ sleep were most effective if coupled with the right presentation
The city has a strategy of putting 10,000 human-controlled and autonomous shuttles on the streets by 2030
Last week, the Chinese app was banned for Belgian federal employees for an initial period of six months
The city has learned a lot from an ongoing project for a solar roof on the Altonaer Museum
With a decline in passengers due to Covid-19 and the energy crisis, among other factors, the city will focus on increasing the quality of service
The big highlights of the project are two cycling highways, one leading to Lower Austria in the south and another leading to Donaustadt
The city has learned a lot from an ongoing project for a solar roof on the Altonaer Museum
While the new health policy will fund the morning-after pill and various progesterone treatments, it will not cover condoms
City officials found that simple messages about respecting residents’ sleep were most effective if coupled with the right presentation
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