The research project 'Antwerp, the circular city of tomorrow' aims to generate new insights at the crossroads of urbanism, circular economy and spatial tasks in Antwerp.
Belo Horizonte’s municipal Action Plan for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction (APGHGER) has established a Greenhouse Gas emissions reduction target of 20 percent by 2030.
Birmingham’s Green Commission is a partnership that acts as an advisory body to the City Council and the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership on all matters relating to the env
Atelier Productive Metropolis BXL is an initiative in Brussels that proposes giving old industrial sites a new lease on life by focusing on attracting innovative production activities.
The Educo Project consists on the collection of Used Cooking Oil (UCO) at schools to produce biodiesel, involving students and creating jobs for people at risk of social exclusion.
CLEAN seeks to create an attractive platform for knowledge sharing and collaboration among Danish and international companies, knowledge institutions, organisations and authorities.
The Dublin City Sustainable Energy Action Plan 2010-20 aims to prioritise and elaborate on the main energy-related actions arising from the climate change strategy.
Since the beginning of 2013, Frankfurt has developed the “Masterplan 100 % Climate Protection” – a vision of how the city can halve today’s final energy consumption by the year 2050 and meet the remai
The innovation platform for sustainable and attractive urban development is an initiative of the City of Gothenburg, Johanneberg Science Park and the research centre Mistra Urban Futures.
In the 1990s Medellín was one of Latin America’s most dangerous cities (Vulliamy, 2013).The situation spurred the City of Medellín, together with a range of stakeholders including politicians, NGOs, a
Oslo’s incentives programme on electric vehicles (which also includes national incentives) comprises zero rated purchasing tax and no VAT, free pass on toll roads, access to bus and taxi lanes, free p
University of California is developing a system of energy management for hybrid electric vehicles, which uses a piece of AI that can learn from past experience.
G-Star created sustainable jeans that achieved the first ever overall GOLD Certification for denim fabric in the world, made with 100% organic cotton without hazardous chemicals. The jeans replace
The adoption of STEP 2025 on 25 June 2014 by the Vienna City Council marks the final point of a development process that, spanning over two years, has led to the formulation of a common understanding
EU-GUGLE aims to demonstrate the feasibility of nearly-zero energy building renovation models in 6 pilot cities in view of triggering large-scale, Europe-wide replication in smart cities and commun
I was a Sari is turning pre-loved Indian saris into the soul of a unique new style, and women artisans from Mumbai into the designers of their own future.
The city of Amsterdam is facilitating and suporting the development of a previously industrial region in Amsterdam Noord, into a sustainable and circular district.
Since 2009, within all tenders for the construction, restoration and design of industrial buildings included as part of the award criteria, the degree of sustainability of the proposed project is meas
Birmingham Energy Savers (formerly named the 'Green New Deal') aims to deliver permanently lower energy bills and better housing to local people - creating skilled jobs in the process.
The new city development plan (2016–2022) provides an integrated, coherent spatial framework to ensure the city is developed in an inclusive way which improves the quality of life for its citizens, wh
Aiming to develop an effective strategy to address climate change mitigation solutions, Fortaleza used its first GHG Emissions Inventory to complement existing studies for improvements in strategic se
Glasgow's current Strategic Development Plan (SDP) is based around the four planning outcomes contained in National Planning Framework 3 namely, a Successful and Sustainable Place, a Low Carbon Place,
The strategy has 3 main themes: (1) The most functional city in the world; (2) securing sustainable growth as the most essential task of the city; (3) Developing services; (4) Responsible Management o
In 1994, the city of Lille deployed four “Biobuses”. Today, what was once an experiment has transformed into a fleet of 400 waste-to-energy buses running on biogas, which continues to thrive.
In 2014, through an initiative called ‘Appel des 30’, Lyon Métropole launched a public-private partnership, with 30 companies including building owners, research and development centres, regulatory an