Krakow sets standards in the field of environmental, ecological and climate activities. We already have taken intensive measures to improve the air quality in the city. Now we are facing an extremely important challenge that affects all people on earth. Our goal is...
The Slovakian capital Bratislava is deepening cooperation with Tokorozawa, located near Tokyo in Japan. The pair has built a close bond for the past four years within the framework of the International Urban and Regional Cooperation Programme (IURC). Currently, the...
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...
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...
