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Smart buildings decoded. A concept beyond the buzzword | BPIE - Buildings Performance Institute Europe

Smart buildings decoded. A concept beyond the buzzword | BPIE - Buildings Performance Institute Europe | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
What is a smart building? To answer this question, it is required to shed some light on the new functions of smart buildings.
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Lessons from Germany’s greenest city

Lessons from Germany’s greenest city | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Freiburg is widely considered Germany’s environmental capital, earning the moniker “Green City” thanks to its sustainability principles. Mayor Martin Horn joins the Urban Report to discuss the city’s environmental ambitions and how Europe can avoid succumbing to “destructive frustration” in politics
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Outil ETAPE Paysage • | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Un outil d’aide à la discussion pour spatialiser les ambitions énergétiques d’un territoire CONCEPT . Imaginé par le Collectif Paysages de l’après-pétrole et ses partenaires, l’outil ETAPE Paysage aide à la spatialisation des actions énergétiques par la construction d’une démarche paysagère. Par son attachement aux ressources locales, son caractère transversal et son attention à l’harmonie du … Continuer la lecture de « Outil ETAPE Paysage »
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Copenhagen

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Famous for its bikes, bridges and pastries, the Danish capital is also a European leader in food policy. Since 2001, the city has developed a food strategy that combines health, taste and climate responsibility. Copenhagen has embarked on a long-term project to improve public meals by ensuring all products are organic and using fewer meat-based products. The city also changed its procurement guidelines and initiated a dialogue with key food supply chain actors.

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Building a Resilient Europe: Rethinking Capital, Industry, and Trade 

Building a Resilient Europe: Rethinking Capital, Industry, and Trade  | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
The continent’s economic footing has consistently weakened in recent years due to a combination of dwindling industrial capacity, an increasingly hostile global trade environment, and a limited ability to raise capital. In its efforts to strengthen its economic sovereignty, Europe must try to build on its diversity, avoid the pitfalls of monopolisation and concentration, and tackle the climate crisis.  
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How Climate Change Exacts a Hidden Toll on Buildings - Bloomberg

How Climate Change Exacts a Hidden Toll on Buildings - Bloomberg | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
It’s not just storms and floods: Wild temperature swings, severe heat and drought are exacting an invisible toll on the built environment.
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Brussels tries out a novel rooftop wind turbine suitable for cities | TheMayor.EU

The green energy revolution is sweeping across Europe mostly powered by the now-ubiquitous technological advancements of solar panels and wind turbines. It has become notable, however, that of these two technologies only solar panels have been deemed suitable and flexible for installation both in the countryside and in cities.

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Scientists say painting roofs this colour could save lives: How does it keep cities cool? | Euronews

Scientists say painting roofs this colour could save lives: How does it keep cities cool? | Euronews | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it

The study also found that solar panels could reduce temperatures while generating energy.

Painting London’s roofs white could have saved hundreds of lives during 2018’s record-breakingly hot summer, a new study has found.

The average temperature from June through August that year was 19.2C - around 1.6C higher than usual for that time of year.

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Building for People: Towards an Equitable Transition in the Built Environment | 

Building for People: Towards an Equitable Transition in the Built Environment |  | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
In the Rodrigo Bueno neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, new residential buildings are juxtaposed against older, self-built homes. By focusing on housing integration, urban connectivity and increasing socio-economic opportunities, upgrades to the neighborhood’s built environment increased energy efficiency and climate resilience while simultaneously increasing access and quality of life for residents. Photo: WRI The built…
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Dublin is taking the city back from cars

Dublin is taking the city back from cars | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
A new transport plan in the Irish capital aims to cut car traffic by 40%. The move is part of a broader effort to make city living more pleasant by reallocating space to walking, cycling and public transport. Felijn Jose, a Green Party councillor in Dublin, joins The Urban Report to discuss the past, present and future of the city’s sustainable urban mobility
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London's Oxford Street Gets New Plan to Ban Cars - Bloomberg

London's Oxford Street Gets New Plan to Ban Cars - Bloomberg | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
The Mayor of London has proposed closing Oxford Street off to traffic in a bid to boost the capital’s prime shopping destination, despite a previous failed attempt and likely opposition.

The new Labour government has backed Sadiq Khan’s plan to pedestrianize Oxford Street — one of the busiest shopping streets in London, according to a statement from his office Tuesday.
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Vienna binds its 2040 climate neutrality goal to a law | TheMayor.EU

European cities’ commitments to achieving climate neutrality even ahead of the overall EU horizon of 2050 is truly inspiring, but as time progresses it occasionally comes to light that the reality proves tougher than well-meaning objectives.

That’s why the Austrian capital, Vienna, has decided to add an extra layer of commitment by making its climate-neutrality goal a legal mandate with the recent adoption of the Vienna Climate Act.
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“Post Growth”—Why and How?

“Post Growth”—Why and How? | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
People against destroying our planetary home often favor “No Growth”—“steady as she goes”—or even the rhetorically catchier “DeGrowth”—“shrink baby shrink.” Their pro-growth opponents sometimes say, “grow baby grow,” or more pointedly, “drill baby drill.” But if you asked me, “where do you stand vis a vis growth? Give yourself a really short label that includes the word growth
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Simple steps that cities can also slow the pace of urban heat island-driven warming trends – learning from ancient Rome – Energy in Demand – Sustainable Energy – Rod Janssen

Simple steps that cities can also slow the pace of urban heat island-driven warming trends – learning from ancient Rome – Energy in Demand – Sustainable Energy – Rod Janssen | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
In an article on The Conversation website, Brian Stone Jr., Professor of Environmental Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology explains the importance of taking measures to counter extreme heat in cities.   Ancient Rome had ways to counter the urban heat island effect – how history’s lessons apply to cities today As intense heat breaks records…
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The Globalized, Industrialized Food System Is Destroying the World—We Urgently Need to Support Local Food Economies

The Globalized, Industrialized Food System Is Destroying the World—We Urgently Need to Support Local Food Economies | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
No matter how many studies demonstrate the virtues of alternative ways of producing and distributing food, the destructive global food system is unlikely to change unless there is heavy pressure from the grassroots to change the entire system. That needs to start now.
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Quartiers bas carbone : mode d’emploi

Qu’est-ce qu’un quartier bas carbone ? « Ce n’est pas réellement défini au sens réglementaire » explique Anne Lefranc, Coordinatrice au Pôle Aménagement des Villes et des Territoires (PAVT) à l’ADEME. « Le quartier bas carbone est un aménagement conçu pour réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre tout au long de son cycle de vie. Cela […]
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Not everyone is benefiting equally from improved energy efficiency in their homes – Energy in Demand – Sustainable Energy – Rod Janssen

Not everyone is benefiting equally from improved energy efficiency in their homes – Energy in Demand – Sustainable Energy – Rod Janssen | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Inês Trindade Pereira discusses the state of Europe’s homes in an article on the Euronews website as we prepare for winter.   Energy efficiency: Are EU houses ready for winter? More than 25% of the EU population lived in homes where energy efficiency has improved in the past five years. But not everyone benefits equally.…
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Banlieues Climat: Fighting Eco-Fascism with Popular Ecology

Banlieues Climat: Fighting Eco-Fascism with Popular Ecology | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
France’s far-right parties have widened their support base in part by fusing concerns over immigration and climate into a new “green nationalist” ideology. Youth in the suburbs of Paris and elsewhere see through the lie, and are developing new narratives to wrestle the climate agenda back from ecofascism.
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Lessons from Germany’s greenest city

Lessons from Germany’s greenest city | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Freiburg is widely considered Germany’s environmental capital, earning the moniker “Green City” thanks to its sustainability principles. Mayor Martin Horn joins the Urban Report to discuss the city’s environmental ambitions and how Europe can avoid succumbing to “destructive frustration” in politics
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How the UK phased out coal in 12 years by nudging power plants to close and boosting renewables | Euronews

How the UK phased out coal in 12 years by nudging power plants to close and boosting renewables | Euronews | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
The country’s final coal-fired power station was desynced from the grid on 30 September, bringing an end to 142 years of burning coal for electricity.
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New EEA report on how but smart renovations that focus on efficient use of energy and resources can help Europe increase the sustainability of its housing sector – Energy in Demand – Sustainable En...

New EEA report on how but smart renovations that focus on efficient use of energy and resources can help Europe increase the sustainability of its housing sector – Energy in Demand – Sustainable En... | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Construction, use and demolition of buildings causes major environment and climate pressures but smart renovations that focus on efficient use of energy and resources can help Europe increase the sustainability of its housing sector, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report published this week.   Renovations, sustainable building materials can boost Europe’s green transition…
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A response to Savin and van den Bergh: Ceci n’est pas degrowth

A response to Savin and van den Bergh: Ceci n’est pas degrowth | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Literature reviews are usually quite uncontroversial. But this is not the case of “Reviewing studies of degrowth: Are claims matched by data, methods and policy analysis?”, a recent paper by Ivan Savin and Jeroen van den Bergh, two economists at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
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ZAN : le Grand Poitiers expérimente la sobriété foncière

ZAN : le Grand Poitiers expérimente la sobriété foncière | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Le Grand Poitiers a phosphoré sur des solutions de sobriété foncière dans quatre sites pionniers. Il faut maintenant adapter le plan local d’urbanisme intercommunal pour rendre ces solution
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The Hague becomes world’s first city to pass law banning fossil fuel-related ads | Netherlands | The Guardian

The Hague becomes world’s first city to pass law banning fossil fuel-related ads | Netherlands | The Guardian | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
The Hague has become the first city in the world to pass a law banning advertisements promoting fossil fuel products and climate-busting services.

Legislation passed on Thursday spells the end of publicly and privately funded advertising for petrol and diesel, aviation and cruise ships in the streets of the Dutch city, including on billboards and bus shelters. It takes effect from the start of next year.
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The great EU Commission puzzle: Who we think will get each portfolio –

The great EU Commission puzzle: Who we think will get each portfolio – | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Ursula von der Leyen is about to hand out key jobs in her team. Here are POLITICO’s predictions for the next Commission.
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Land Policy in Practice: A Tale of Two Dutch Cities

Land Policy in Practice: A Tale of Two Dutch Cities | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
How does a municipality regain control of its land? Many local politicians struggle with this question. In the Netherlands, where there has been a spiralling housing crisis over the past decades, two aldermen have been trying to address the issue through active land policies and expanding municipal land ownership. An interview with Martijn Balster of The Hague and Rik Thijs of Eindhoven.
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