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PEPESEC Newsletter – Jan 2010
Posted by: | CommentsThe new PEPESEC newsletter includes stories about our partners involvement in the Copenhegan Conference, Manchester City Council’s launch of their Climate Change Action Plan and examples of how the PEPESEC partners have been engaging with local stakeholders.
Download the PEPESEC Newsletter – Jan 2010 (PDF)
PEPESEC Newsletter – Jan 09
Posted by: | CommentsThe January 2009 Newsletter is now available. Read about the launch of the Energy Planning Knowledge Bank, the economic case for Energy Planning and the success of the study tour visits.
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Katowice Study Visit Report – April 2009
Posted by: | CommentsOver 2 days in April 2009 PEPESEC project partners visited the city-region of Katowice, Poland, to view practical examples of sustainable energy projects in the municipality of Katowice.
Murcia Study Visit Report – October 2008
Posted by: | CommentsOver 2 days in October 2008 PEPESEC project partners visited the city of Murcia to gain an appreciation of the local energy planning context and to view practical examples of sustainable energy plan, projects and initiatives in the municipality of Murcia
Genoa Study Visit Report – May 2009
Posted by: | CommentsOver 3 days in May 2009 PEPESEC project partners visited the city of Genoa to gain an appreciation of the national and local energy planning context and to view practical examples of sustainable energy projects.
Amaroussion Study Visit – March 2009
Posted by: | CommentsOver three days in March 2009 PEPESEC project partners visited the city of Amaroussion in order to gain an understanding of the national and local energy planning context and to view practical examples of sustainable energy projects in the municipality of Amaroussion as well as in the broader region of Attica. A number of infrastructures [...]
Malmo Study Visit – April 2008
Posted by: | CommentsOver 2 and a half days in April 2008 PEPESEC project partners visited Malmö in South Sweden to hold the first project meeting and the first study visit within the project. The focus of the meeting was to get an introduction to energy planning – the Swedish way, and to look at sustainable urban development [...]
Manchester Study Visit – June 2008
Posted by: | CommentsOver 2 days in June 2008 PEPESEC project partners visited the city-region of Greater Manchester to gain an appreciation of the national and local energy planning context and to view practical examples of sustainable energy projects in the municipalities of Manchester and Oldham.
Energy Planning in Nantes: A Detailed Case Study
Posted by: | CommentsThe Urban Community of Nantes (Nantes Métropole) is a young local administration, constituted in 2001, which groups 24 municipalities surrounding the city of Nantes. Among others, it has the responsibility for coordination, implementation and monitoring of climate change and energy policies. Nantes Métropole has been undertaking energy planning since the early 90’s, when it first [...]
Energy Planning in Helsinki: A Detailed Case Study
Posted by: | CommentsThe City of Helsinki has acquired throughout the years great expertise in energy planning. Already in 1974, the city administration created the Energy Savings Board. This public body is responsible for coordinating, supervising and steering the energy savings projects and initiatives developed in different city departments.
This case study looks in depth at energy planning in [...]
Live Coverage of Green and Connected Cities
Posted by: | CommentsAdrian Slatcher, from MDDA, is participating in the Green and Connected Cities conference in Strasbourg on December 10-11th 2009, and will be blogging about the conference here.
It can also be followed on Twitter: #gacc2009
The conference website is www.greenconnected.eu
Manchester Confirmed as Low Carbon Economic Area for the Built Environment
Posted by: | CommentsGreater Manchester has been confirmed as the government’s 4th Low Carbon Economic Area, with the focus being on encouraging initiatives across “the built environment.”
Crain’s Manchester Business website reports that the new designation ” is expected to save 6 million tones of carbon, create an additional £650m to the economy and support 34,800 jobs.”
Homes and offices [...]
Manchester Launches Climate Change Action Plan
Posted by: | CommentsManchester City Council last night launched Manchester: A Certain Future – our collective plan on climate change, before leaders from the council depart for Copenhagen as one of 100 cities presenting to the UN Climate Change forum.
Manchester plans to reduce the city’s carbon emissions by 41 per cent by 2020 and has mapped out impressive [...]
14 Days to Save the Planet
Posted by: | CommentsYesterday 56 newspapers, including the Guardian in the UK, printed the following shared editorial. Newspapers taking part can be found here.
“Today 56 newspapers in 45 countries take the unprecedented step of speaking with one voice through a common editorial. We do so because humanity faces a profound emergency.
Unless we combine to take decisive action, climate [...]
Urban Ecomap for Amsterdam
Posted by: | CommentsThe launch this week of a 2nd Urban Ecomap (following on from San Franscisco) for Amsterdam is a good example of how digital technology can start to help “join up” initiatives within a municipality. For “energy planning” in an urban area, there are many stakeholders – including residents, workers and businesses, as well as government [...]
