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Poznan Climate Conference: Energie-Cités’ mayors should be present!
The 14th Conference of the Parties to the Climate Convention (COP 14) will be held on 1st-12th December 2008 in Poznan, Poland. It will be a milestone along the road to a climate policy agreement (...)
by Miriam Eisermann, Thursday 25 September 2008 (109 visits)
Rennes delegation meets committed Londoners
In September, London has become the “class room” for a delegation of 45 people from Rennes City and the Agglomeration Rennes Métropole. During two days, the elected membres and public servants have (...)
by Blandine Pidoux, Thursday 25 September 2008 (88 visits)
61 Energie-Cités members in the Mobility Week!
The seventh edition of the Campaign intitled « European Mobility Week » , from 16 to 22 September 2008 is a great success for sustainable mobility in European cities.
2000 cities are participating (...)
by Olivier Lagarde, Tuesday 23 September 2008 (98 visits)
Sutton organises showers for cyclists and runners
In a London first, people who walk, run or cycle to work in Sutton town centre can now enjoy free morning showers at a local hotel thanks to a new initiative from Smarter Travel (...)
by Ian Turner, Monday 8 September 2008 (278 visits)
Public lighting workshop at the Open Days (Brussels), 7th October 2008
You are invited to discuss bright lights and bright initiatives on 7th October during a workshop organized in Brussels by Energie-Cités, Fedarene and Philips. This Open Days event is entitled: (...)
by Miriam Eisermann, Thursday 21 August 2008 (435 visits)
LIFE+ workshops for potential applicants
Most environmental projects make your life easier. LIFE+, in turn, makes your environmental projects easier thanks to funding! Visit the workshops for potential applicants to be well (...)
by Miriam Eisermann, Tuesday 12 August 2008 (454 visits)
Interreg IV B +C programmes: calls for proposals open very soon!
Interreg IV C and 3 Interreg IV B programmes open new calls for proposals this autumn. Some of them will be already open in September! Energie-Cités members should not miss this new opportunity to (...)
by Jana Cicmanova, Monday 11 August 2008 (435 visits)
Become a "European Green Capital"!
On 22nd May 2008, DG Environment has launched the European Green Capital award scheme in Brussels.
This award marks a city’s wish and capability to solve environmental problems in order not only (...)
by Béatrice Alcaraz, Tuesday 15 July 2008 (607 visits)
On the eve of the French Presidency - Put the citizen in the depths of the european energy policy
The Energie-Cités Board of Director met at Växjö (SE) the 17th of June, just a few days after the Irish referendum’s No to the Treaty of Lisbon.
At the same time, the barrel of petrol reached almost (...)
by Gérard Magnin, Thursday 19 June 2008 (775 visits)
Citizens’ Agora on Climate Change
‘We are at the beginning of the endgame – and this is only 2008…’
by Kristina Dely, Sunday 15 June 2008 (774 visits)
Re-imagining our cities’ futures to give Europe a new lease of life
Energy and climate issues might appear to be new on the agenda when we consider our cities’ future.
Although often presented as added constraints, don’t they present – quite to the contrary – an (...)
by Gérard Magnin, Thursday 5 June 2008 (774 visits)
Energy Efficiency: Priority measure for Security of Supply
The prestigious Krasnapolsky hotel in Amsterdam hosted the 6th Amsterdam Sustainable Energy Forum on 23rd May - a joint initiative by the Dutch Government and the European (...)
by Kristina Dely, Sunday 1 June 2008 (795 visits)
Covenant of Mayors: text finalised
Following to a public consultation the European Commission has finalised the text of the Covenant of Mayors.
Local authorities interested to sign the Covenant are now sollicitated to discuss the (...)
by Béatrice Alcaraz, Thursday 29 May 2008 (829 visits)
European mayors sign on a more active climate policy in Europe
On May 22, 2008 the Mayors of Delft (Netherlands), Grenoble (France), Växjö (Sweden) with the consent of the Mayors of Kaunas (Lithuania), Miskolc (Hungary) and Vastseliina (Estonia) signed the (...)
by Béatrice Alcaraz, Friday 23 May 2008 (781 visits)
Slideshow unveiled at Cork - your projects and initiatives are now on line
Participants at the 13th Energie-Cités plenary assembly were invited to watch a slideshow depicting the actions of member towns.
Sustainable town planning, mobility, energy-climate strategy, (...)
by Béatrice Alcaraz, Thursday 22 May 2008 (620 visits)
Invitation to Energie-Cités member municipalities - Site visit to De Bonne eco-district (Grenoble, FR), 21 May 2008
We are kindly inviting all our member municipalities to take part in the next site visit organised in Grenoble (FR) on the 21st of May 2008.
by Kinga Kovacs, Thursday 24 April 2008 (697 visits)
Where the local and the European levels meet : The Annual Rendezvous retrospective
Nearly 200 representatives from local authorities, associations, European and national institutions and businesses met beginning of April in the Irish city of Cork for Energie-Cités’ 13th Annual (...)
by Miriam Eisermann, Wednesday 16 April 2008 (887 visits)
Display: a successful past and a promising future
"Five ’display’ful years - A Campaign Review" is now available online here . This report will be interesting for new and old Display users - providing an overview of the history of the Campaign and (...)
by Ian Turner, Tuesday 15 April 2008 (652 visits)
Ready for 2020? "Energie-Cités Info" will tell you!
Is your local authority ready for 2020? In the newest edition of the "Energie-Cités Info" magazine you can find out why, when, how and with whom you can best prepare for a sustainable energy (...)
by Miriam Eisermann, Monday 7 April 2008 (620 visits)
Interreg IV B: Calls for proposals open now!
13 trans-national cooperation programmes Interreg IV B progressively open their calls for proposals. Most of them are open right now! All Energie-Cités members are eligible in one of the (...)
by Jana Cicmanova, Friday 4 April 2008 (608 visits)
Towards a sustainable energy future in the Jura-Léman region
Between 2005 and 2008, the REVE Jura-Léman project united 16 French and Swiss local authorities and received support from the INTERREG IIIA programme, the Franche-Comté regional delegation of ADEME (...)
by Christiane Maurer, Thursday 20 March 2008 (569 visits)
Energie-Cités’ opinion on the Green Paper “Towards a new culture for urban mobility”
In September 2007, the European Commission published a Green Paper entitled “Towards a new culture for urban mobility”.
The question is: does this Green Paper go far enough?
Are the proposals (...)
by Béatrice Alcaraz, Friday 14 March 2008 (689 visits)
Discover the new sustainable district of Grenoble - example of new urbanism in France
De Bonne is the new eco-neighbourhood of Grenoble built on 8,5 hectares of land previously occupied by barracks.
by Kinga Kovacs, Friday 14 March 2008 (780 visits)
A group of French local stakeholders visit Stuttgart
On March 6th, 2008 the city of Stuttgart (DE), a member of Energie-Cités, welcomed a French delegation of 15 persons made of architects or urban planners, local managers and representatives of (...)
by Christophe Fréring, Monday 10 March 2008 (617 visits)
Koprivnica, Croatia, winner of the EMW Award 2008
The City of Koprivnica has been awarded with the European Mobility Week Award 2008 for its outstanding achievements during EMW 2007 and previous editions. Thanks to its participation to EMW since (...)
by Olivier Lagarde, Sunday 9 March 2008 (589 visits)
Energie-Cités signs a cooperation agreement with the Association « Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine (EECU)
With this agreement, signed in the presence of Oleksander MAZURCHAK – Vice-Minister for Housing and Communal Services, during a meeting between Ukrainian and Belarussian cities, the Energie-Cités (...)
by Gérard Magnin, Friday 29 February 2008 (587 visits)
Towards Europe’s sustainable energy future... Local authorities are ready to act!
The 13th annual Energie-Cités Rendezvous will be held in Cork, Ireland from the 9th to 11th April 2008. The main objective of this Rendezvous is to exchange our practices, find new ideas and share (...)
by Béatrice Alcaraz, Wednesday 27 February 2008 (1177 visits)
URBACT II: Call for proposals closed but nothing is lost yet!
The first call for proposal for the creation of the URBACT II Thematic Networks and Working Groups was closed on 15 February 2008.
However, nothting is lost (...)
by Jana Cicmanova, Thursday 21 February 2008 (478 visits)
Covenant of Mayors: European Mayors step up!
On 29th January during the European Sustainable Energy Week, Andris Piebalgs, Energy Commissioner has announced the Covenant of Mayors along with Mayors from a number of European cities who are (...)
by Gérard Magnin, Friday 15 February 2008 (1100 visits)
Growing Regions, Growing Europe - Energie-Cités’ opinion
Growing Regions, Growing Europe: Fourth report on economic and social cohesion
by Jana Cicmanova, Friday 1 February 2008 (537 visits)
EU Energy Commissioner Piebalgs awards MODEL project!
On 29th January 2008, MODEL, a recently started project on the energy management of local authorities, has been recognized by the European Commission as the most promising initiative among the (...)
by Christophe Fréring, Thursday 31 January 2008 (511 visits)
Montpellier even more energetic
"Our energy put at the planet’s service" is the slogan of the first local energy agency inaugurated on the 5th December in Montpellier (Member of Energie-Cités).
by Béatrice Alcaraz, Tuesday 15 January 2008 (507 visits)
Europe in the World Championships: The big match!
The World Championships have started. The composition of Team Europe is dominated by players from Portugal and Sweden. The players were supposed to create a strong team, joining two strategies - (...)
by Jana Cicmanova, Thursday 10 January 2008 (532 visits)
Heidelberg, Hannover and Freiburg champions of Nature conservation
Energie-Cités’ members Heidelberg, Hannover and Freiburg have been awarded for nature conservation, with the highest distinction for Heidelberg as the “Federal Capital for Nature Protection 2007”. (...)
by Blandine Pidoux, Tuesday 8 January 2008 (526 visits)
URBACT: Information day on call for proposals
Is your city interested in a sustainable urban development? Are you dealing with a specific urban issue and you need to develop and implement efficient action plan? Do you want to exchange your (...)
by Jana Cicmanova, Friday 4 January 2008 (581 visits)
Green Paper on Adaptation to climate change in Europe: Opinion of Energie-Cités
On 29 June, the European Commission has therefore adopted its first policy document on adapting to the impacts of climate change.
Energie-Cités welcomes this initiative starting of a European (...)
by Gérard Magnin, Friday 21 December 2007 (693 visits)
Spatial development glossary
European Conference of Ministers responsible for Regional/Spatial Planning (CEMAT)
Territory and Landscape Series No. 2, September 2007
Drawn up by the European Conference of Ministers (...)
by Béatrice Alcaraz, Monday 10 December 2007 (594 visits)
The Covenant of Mayor: The contribution of Local Actors Towars a Sustainable Europe
Andris Piebalgs, Energy Commissioner will participate in the ManagEnergy conference on 29th January during the European Sustainable Energy Week to announce the Covenant of Mayors along with (...)
by Béatrice Alcaraz, Friday 7 December 2007 (878 visits)
Have fun with the new Structural Funds
To learn more about the new Structural Funds and operational programmes, you do not necessarily have to read heaps of official documents. To get an idea on what is going on, you can simply click (...)
by Jana Cicmanova, Wednesday 21 November 2007 (642 visits)
New MODEL project is launched at the 4th European BISE Forum!
The 4th European BISE Forum took place in Krakow 24-26 October 2007 and invited all participants to discuss and exchange their views and/or experience in order to tackle an important issue:
HOW (...)
by Christophe Fréring, Wednesday 21 November 2007 (556 visits)
Leicester City Council - Display® shining example
Leicester City Council has some very ambitious environmental commitments to reduce energy and water use in its buildings. The Council is committed to halving the amount of energy it was using in (...)
by Ian Turner, Friday 16 November 2007 (645 visits)
Heerlen involved in ECOLISH
ECOLISH is a project related to energy conservation technology in low income housing.
In ECOLISH a European pilot for energy exploitation and performance contracting is organised, elaborated (...)
by Béatrice Alcaraz, Friday 16 November 2007 (563 visits)
Bidding Started: Hosting the 6th European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns
The European Sustainable Cities & Towns (ESCT) Campaign is opening a bidding process for the Sixth European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns.
European cities and members of (...)
by Béatrice Alcaraz, Friday 16 November 2007 (567 visits)
Sustainable Energy Europe Awards 2008 - deadline extended
The deadline for the SEE 2008 Awards Competition has just been extended until 31 October 2007. This gives you the chance still to submit a project and maybe win one of the prestigious prizes that (...)
by Blandine Pidoux, Friday 26 October 2007 (723 visits)
Do you want to know which cities are so courageous...
...that they publicly demonstrate their commitment to achieve voluntarily the EU energy and climate goals at local level?
About 100 people who attended the event organized by Energie-Cités and (...)
by Jana Cicmanova, Friday 19 October 2007 (753 visits)
Heerlen: Energy City
Heerlen is the leader and a pilote municipality of the Minewater project.
The project aims to demonstrate how the geothermal energy stored by mine water can be used as a safe and environmental (...)
by Béatrice Alcaraz, Thursday 11 October 2007 (643 visits)
49 Energie-Cités members in the Mobility Week!
The sixth edition of the Campaign intitled « European Mobility Week » , from 16 to 22 September 2007 is a great success for sustainable mobility in European cities.
1850 cities are participating (...)
by Olivier Lagarde, Wednesday 19 September 2007 (708 visits)
Nantes Métropole for a new mobility!
From 16 to 22 September 2007, Nantes Métropole, local authority member of Energie-Cités, celebrates sustainable mobility!
by Olivier Lagarde, Monday 17 September 2007 (665 visits)
Almada in the Mobility Week!
After the success in other boroughs of Almada, Portugal, in 2007 the European Mobility Week takes place in Vale Figueira, Sobreda. The event is organized by Almada City Council and the Local (...)
by Olivier Lagarde, Monday 17 September 2007 (586 visits)
Brussels-Capital in the European Mobility Week!
The Brussels-Capital Region will organize the sixth edition of its Mobility Week, in collaboration with the 19 Brussels’ municipalities.
by Olivier Lagarde, Thursday 13 September 2007 (579 visits)
HOW MUNICIPALITIES CAN BECOME MODELS FOR CITIZENS? (Krakow, 24-26.10.2007)
Sign up for the 4th European BISE Forum - Better Integration for Sustainable Energy. This year the BISE Forum invites all participants to discuss and exchange their views and/or experience in (...)
by Kinga Kovacs, Tuesday 11 September 2007 (695 visits)
In Heidelberg, hundreds of citizens involving for climate protection!
In Heidelberg, member city and president of Energie-Cités, more than 450 citizens have been reaffirming their identity as climate protectors in a recent Climate Protection Campaign and Exhibition (...)
by Blandine Pidoux, Friday 31 August 2007 (616 visits)
Cogeneration on the rise!
COGEN Challenge Achieves an Important Milestone – 500 Cogeneration Units from 19 European Countries Registered
by Blandine Pidoux, Friday 22 June 2007 (1051 visits)
Finance your energy project from the Structural Funds
New publication “Financing sustainable energy projects from the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund in 2007-2013” has been recently published. It is useful for European municipalities, private (...)
by Jana Cicmanova, Monday 18 June 2007 (829 visits)
The new IEE II 2007-2013 programme!
The first call for proposition for the new Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) II programme was published on the 19 April 2007 with the deadline for submission set for the 28 September (...)
by Jean-Pierre Vallar, Friday 11 May 2007 (882 visits)
Reports from EEA and Friends of the Earth
Reports from EEA and Friends of the Earth concerning transport, energy and planning issues in urban areas.
by Jean-Pierre Vallar, Friday 11 May 2007 (801 visits)
Energie-Cités is launching a call to local authorities
This March, Energie-Cités warmly welcomed the decisions of the European Council.
Today, Energie-Cités calls the local authorities to commit themselves to reach the EU energy and climate (...)
by Béatrice Alcaraz, Friday 27 April 2007 (1003 visits)
Brest visited Bedzed
This study tour provided an opportunity to prepare a new programme with Sutton, certainly the most active London Borough in the field of sustainable development.
by Blandine Pidoux, Monday 16 April 2007 (1632 visits)
Gijón (ES) increases the number of bicycles for hire
Gijón City Council has presented the collaboration agreement signed by FAEN (Asturian Foundation of Energy) and IDEA (Institute for Energy diversification and saving) to locate in the streets 587 (...)
by Blandine Pidoux, Monday 16 April 2007 (917 visits)
How will your country invest in sustainable energy and transport in 2007-2013? Compare with other EU Member States!
New Member States have submitted their Operational Programmes for the new programming period of the Structural Funds 2007-2013 to the European Commission. The amount of money they plan to (...)
by Jana Cicmanova, Thursday 8 March 2007 (978 visits)
Local authorities are first in line
A public debate on the role of local and regional authorities is indispensable to help the European Union achieve its objectives
by Gérard Magnin, Friday 16 February 2007 (1050 visits)
Sevilla 2007 - Sign up now!
Be part of a large scale and inspiring exchange among sustainable cities and participate, share your experience in the 5th European Conference of Sustainable Cities and Towns in Sevilla (Spain) (...)
by Kristina Dely, Wednesday 14 February 2007 (1062 visits)
European Sustainable Energy Week and Local Authorities
The European Sustainable Energy Week in Brussels attracted a few thousands of visitors and was the ‘place to be’ for anyone involved in Energy throughout (...)
by Kristina Dely, Wednesday 14 February 2007 (823 visits)
Green Hydrogen Stakeholder Meeting
The European Parliament welcomed on the 10th January 2007 the Green Hydrogen Stakeholder meeting – the same day as the European Commission presented its ’Energy (...)
by Kristina Dely, Wednesday 14 February 2007 (871 visits)
León (ES), winner of the European Mobility Week Award!
European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas on 7th February presented the 2007 European Mobility Week award to the Spanish city of León.
by Olivier Lagarde, Tuesday 13 February 2007 (974 visits)
European Mobility Week: A change for the better!
To encourage participation in 2007 European Mobility Week, DG Environment of the European Commission and Committee of the Regions will host a workshop together with the European Mobility Week (...)
by Olivier Lagarde, Thursday 25 January 2007 (928 visits)
eea® Gold for Neuchatel
On 27th June 2006, Lausanne and Evian hosted the 2006 European Energy Award (eea®) Symposium. The city of Neuchâtel received the eea® Gold label for the excellence and the continuity of its local (...)
by Christiane Maurer, Monday 22 January 2007 (1134 visits)
The new European Social Fund
The new European Social Fund will help municipalities to strengthen their capacities in the field of sustainable energy.
by Jana Cicmanova, Wednesday 17 January 2007 (929 visits)
The SIPPEREC visits Freiburg (DE)
Our last study tour of 2006 was organised in December in Freiburg (DE) for a group of participants from SIPPEREC (Syndicat Intercommunal de la Périphérie de Paris pour l’Electricité et les Réseaux (...)
by Blandine Pidoux, Monday 15 January 2007 (1256 visits)
Why join Display®?
The greatest number of public buildings labelled in Europe
More than 200 local authorities from 25 countries are already active in displaying the energy and environmental performance of their (...)
by Ian Turner, Monday 15 January 2007 (1315 visits)
Energie-Cités in Wikipedia
Energie-Cités is now defined in Wikipédia, the free on-line encyclopedia in English and French versions. Wikipedia represents a very good tool for the promotion of our association. A page has been (...)
by Olivier Lagarde, Tuesday 31 October 2006 (1256 visits)
"IMAGINE energy for the future of European cities!"
For more than 15 years Energie-Cités has promoted local sustainable energy policy for a broad rand of activities. Energie-Cités now wants to focus on the following objective: to help local (...)
by Gérard Magnin, Tuesday 14 February 2006 (1436 visits)
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