By Willem van Winden, professor of Urban Economic Innovation at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences In the Atelier project, Amsterdam and Bilbao are building Positive Energy Districts: urban districts that create more energy than they consume and do it in a...
ATELIER Stories: The transformation of Zorrotzaurre in Bilbao The ATELIER demo district within Bilbao, Zorrotzaurre, has been the industrial heart of the old Bilbao city. The heavy industry, mainly around activities linked to Bilbao’s Port and basically...
It is a common understanding that the successful development and implementation of Positive Energy Districts requires the support of citizens. Citizen engagement is indeed at the core of the ATELIER project - as the name also implies. The article "Energy...
This article by Rick Wolbertus , Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences explains the importance to include electric transport in Positive Energy Districts. To examine if a district is energy positive, it is necessary to define clear boundaries to determine which...
Energy modeling at PED scale is a rather new area of research in which a limited number of scientific articles has been published to this date. Especially the evaluation of e-Mobility and its effect on Positive Energy Districts has not been the focus topic of many...
ATELIER Stories: Bratislava on its way to Climate Neutrality Take a look at Fellow City Bratislava and its efforts towards a more sustainable future with public greens, the use of RES and its efforts with regard to building a Positive Energy district (PED) at...
The fourth ATELIER newsletter has been published on 27 October, informing you about why dialogue is the key to success in the transformation process and about how our Lighthouse and Fellow Cities are proceeding: For example Riga has agreed on an ambitious...
Traditionally, City of Riga has established good public engagement practices and acquired invaluable experience in participatory urban planning. Consultations with the active part of the civil society are held on a regular basis, using different approaches, methods...
Fellow City Riga is Laying a Roadmap for Climate Leadership Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our time for all levels of policymaking. At the municipal level, smart energy transition actions go far beyond implementing single projects. Decarbonising...
The Copenhagen Climate Roadmap 2021-2025 lists 47 activities that are intended to bring about the carbon reductions agreed for the period. For each activity there is a project holder. Copenhagen Climate Secretariat keeps track of the activities through regular...
