The 6th ATELIER Newsletter was released on November 3rd, discussing the importance of mindset changes when it comes to energy transition and also the role of energy users. For this purpose, a series of creative activities for the citizens of Amsterdam, notably for...
The ATELIER project seeks to boost the energy transformation of the cities of Bilbao and Amsterdam. To achieve this, one of the key technological actions is to study the energy balance of the Positive Energy District (PED) demonstrator, developing an energy...
The Budapest City Council plans to increase current solar capacity 130 times by 2030 to meet the climate targets set in the Budapest Climate Strategy (40% reduction in the capital's carbon dioxide emissions by 2030). The target is to install a total of 1,500...
In order to achieve low carbon emissions and possibly establish climate neutral cities, Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) hold a lot of potential. Therefore, further research and assessments of their energy perfomance needs to be conducted. The article "Assessing...
The educational campaign "Krakow in a good climate" lasts a whole year! One of our activities is the Krakow Climate Academy, which is a series of educational and cultural meetings for youth. The second edition has begun in September this year. The aim is to raise...
By Ashley Laflin and Julia Jansen, WAAG In March and April, in cooperation with the projects Atelier and Centrinno, Pakhuis de Zwijger and architect Thijs van Spaandonk, two afternoons of events were organized in Amsterdam Noord. Through a neighbourhood walk and a...
On July 14, 2022 the building Republica in our Lighthouse City Amsterdam celebrated reaching the highest point (topping out) with the so-called “pannenbier” (literal Dutch translation: "(roof) tile beer"). Together with future residents and users, the Republica...
It has been 2,5 years since the last time the full ATELIER consortium met in person. To be exact, the last time was also the first time - at the Kick Off meeting in Amsterdam in December 2019. The end of June 2022 finally provided a possibility to have a proper...
We must pull out all the stops to accelerate the energy transition. That's what Dr. Renée Heller, lector Energy and Innovation at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) in her lectoral speech on Tuesday 8 February 2022. The Energy and Innovation...
By Marije Poel, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences Learning is a continuous process in innovation projects. Learning takes place all the time, implicit and explicit. We have the ambition to learn from the realization of the Positive Energy Districts...
