Encouraging social innovation in energy transitions via collaborative governance
A fishbowl discussion
People around the world are trying out new social practices, or reviving practices from the past, in the hope that those meet our needs better than existing solutions do. Those new (or revived) practices are social innovations. Social innovations in energy (SIEs) can include energy cooperatives; new...
In light of the climate crisis, Europe urgently needs a radical transformation of its energy systems. Local governments have long been at the forefront of this change, helping to shape a decentralised and renewable energy future alongside their citizens. This lab, co-organised by Energy Cities and I...
Second in a series of KeepWarm webinars on the modernisation of district heating systems
The KeepWarm project aims to accelerate cost-effective investment in the modernisation of district heating systems (DHS), particularly in Central and Eastern Europe, where DHS are often old, inefficient and remain overly reliant on fossil fuels.
KeepWarm promotes sustainable pathways to retrofit ex...
Mannheim2020 Conference Solution session: Beyond Climate Emergency - From ambition to action
In light of a growing number of local governments demonstrating their ambition for climate action in calling for a climate emergency or aiming for climate neutrality, the session aims to explore tangible and bold local action translating the urgency into practice. Discussing ambition in action in en...
Mannheim2020 Conference Toolbox session: THERMOS open-source web-tool for optimised district energy planning
The THERMOS toolbox session will provide participants with the opportunity to explore the THERMOS open-source energy planning software as a viable tool to accelerate their local energy transition by enabling faster and more cost-effective low-carbon thermal district energy planning.The session will ...
European Green Capital Network Webinar: Applying for the EGC Award
How can your city become the next European Green Capital?
During 2018-2020, the European Green Capital Network is developing five toolkits to share the experience of European Green Capital Award winners and finalists with other cities and provide recommendations and strategies around key thematic visions for sustainable urban development.
Following the la...
First in a series of KeepWarm webinars on the modernisation of district heating systems
The KeepWarm project aims to accelerate cost-effective investment in the modernisation of district heating systems (DHS), particularly in Central and Eastern Europe, where DHS are often old, inefficient and remain overly reliant on fossil fuels.
KeepWarm promotes sustainable pathways to retrofit ex...
Future energy systems: prosumer islands or a new fully interconnected community?
The PROSEU project is organising the third in its series of international workshops on exploring future system configurations for new decentralised and digitalised energy systems. Are you curious about the potential of prosumer technology for our future energy provision? Do you want to get insights ...
Social Innovation and the Energiewende: lessons and outlooks from Germany
SONNET webinar series
The SONNET project invites you to to explore the role of social innovation in the energy transition through the example of the German Energiewende.
Meaningful energy transition requires extensive technical effort, as well as social and institutional change. Where does Germany currently stand with i...