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...
In this ATELIER story, you can discover our Fellow City Matosinhos! The city close to Porto, located directly at the Atlantic Ocean, identified two pilot districts where Positive Energy Districts could be implemented. The river Leça plays an important role, too!...
In this ATELIER story, our Fellow City Riga invites us to the area in which a Positive Energy District will be developed. Discover the local team's work which consists of organising collaborative activities with local stakeholders and citizens, gathering energy,...
The development of a (new) district also requires the planning of mobility infrastructure to suffice the needs of the future inhabitants. New districts offer the possibility to design this infrastructure in such a way that demands are fulfilled but the impact on...
ATELIER's Fellow City Krakow takes us on a tour through the famous city, shows us the most important landmarks, the future PED area and invites us to the office of the local team. Will the team manage to unite all three cubes from the ATELIER logo? Find out! ...
Bilbao advances in the urban regeneration of Zorrotzaurre and work on the island progress at a steady pace. As a clear example of this, the Bilbao City Council has just finished the urbanisation work on the square that leads to the Beta 1 and Beta 2 buildings in...
In 2021, it became clear that additional measures are needed to achieve the 55% CO2 reduction in 2030 in Amsterdam, instead of the forecast of 37%. To take action, the Amsterdam municipality organized a mini citizen consultation to advise on extra measures to meet...
