In Europe, buildings account for over 40% of the total energy consumed and user behaviour accounts for a significant proportion of this. While many people are aware of the importance of saving energy, sometimes there can be a lack of understanding of where significant changes can be made. Codema, an energy agency set up by Dublin in...Read more

The “SMARTA 2 – Demonstrators” project is set to design, pilot and assess smart, shared mobility solutions interconnected with public transport in four rural areas of Europe: East Tyrol (Austria), Trikala (Greece), Águeda (Portugal) and Brasov (Romania).

The type of services to be piloted (i.e. carpooling, carsharing and e-bike...Read more

The environmental concept of Nature Based Solution (NBS) has recently been identified by the E.U. as a strategic frame to help the development of sustainable cities. Nature4Cities (N4C) is one of the two research program selected and funded by the European Union in order to build a common ground for “NBS & Re-Naturing Cities”, through...Read more

The newly set-up EU City Facility is looking to contract country experts and national networks of local authorities to support the initiative at national level.

What is the European City Facility (EUCF)?

The new pan-European City Facility is set up under the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation of the European...Read more