Making City
Making cities sustainable and energy-positive with the Positive Energy District concept.
Goal
The project develops and demonstrates a working model for Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) to make cities smart and carbon-neutral. It generates knowledge, approaches, and examples that cities can use to accelerate their energy transition and sustainable urbanisation.
Description
Making City demonstrates how cities can make their energy systems more sustainable by implementing PEDs. In Groningen and Oulu, innovative technologies and new collaborations are being applied to optimise energy flows and make buildings collectively net energy positive. This approach inspires other cities and accelerates the widespread adoption of sustainable solutions, substantially reducing CO2 emissions and accelerating the transition to clean energy in the built environment.
Our role
Our role is to analyse business cases for the applied technologies and support cities in capacity building to develop policies for Positive Energy Districts. We also organize events, coordinate communications, and ensure broad dissemination of project results to other cities and stakeholders.
Partners
34 partners from nine countries worked on Making City.
Dutch partners
Municipality of Groningen, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Cooperative Association Grunneger Power UA, Waarborg Mediacentrale NV, Stichting Nijestee, CGI Nederland BV, Sustainable Buildings BV, University of Groningen, Hanze and New Energy Coalition.
Finnish partners
Oulun Kaupunki, Oulun Yliopisto, Oulun Energia Oy, Oulun Sivakka Oy, YIT Rakennus Oy, Jetitek Oy, Arinan Kiinteistöt Oy and Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy.
Turkish partners
Kadiköy Belediyesi und DE Sürdürülebilir Enerji ve İnşaat Sanayi Ticaret Limited Şirketi.
Bulgarian partners
Obshtina Vidin and Cluster Zelena Sinerigiya.
Spanish partners
Fundación CARTIF, Fundación Tecnalia Research & Innovation, León City Council – Ayuntamiento de León en Green Building Council–España – Consejo para la Edificación Sostenible–España.
Italian partners
Comune di Bassano del Grappa and Unismart Padova Enterprise Srl.
French partners
LGI Consulting, R2M Solution and Cap Digital.
Slovak partners
Mesto Poprad and Slovenská Technická Univerzita v Bratislave.
Polish partner
Gmina Lublin.
Disclaimer
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 824418. This page reflects the author's views only, and the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), under powers delegated by the European Commission, is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.