News and Events
Mechelen hosts online Cross-border event
On the 19th of January, the SHIFFT project hosted the online event ‘The role of cities and municipalities in the heat transition’ with a very succesful turnout: up to 95 attendees all over Europe. The event was moderated by Visuality EU, ensuring a smooth and visual experience during our online event. Their Visual Changemakers took […]
Co-creation as a social process for unlocking sustainable heating transitions in Europe
An academic journal article based on experiences of SHIFFT WP2 has been published in the ‘Energy Research and Social Science’ journal. Providing heat is a key aspect of social life and a necessity for comfort and health in cold climates. Even though heat accounts for a large proportion of worldwide carbon emissions and is the […]
Ville de Fourmies
The city of Fourmies, a pilot city engaged in the construction of a wood-based biomass heat network for its pubic buildings published the tendering documents to recruit a company (or a group) for the construction, maintenance and exploitation of this network for the duration of the next 6 years. A special focus has been given […]
An update from Gemeente Middelburg
The Dutch government wants to quickly reduce greenhouse gas emissions to deal with climate change. CO2 emissions from heating the homes must be reduced to zero by 2050. In the coming years, houses, offices and buildings in the municipality of Middelburg will also switch to a different source of energy for heat instead of natural […]
Ecocity World Summit / SASBE 2021
SHIFFT partner TU Delft is co-organising the Ecocity World Summit / SASBE 2021 that will be a be a hybrid live/online scientific conference taking place in Rotterdam on 27 – 29 September 2021. This 14th edition of Ecocity World Summit, the longest running summit on sustainable cities will bring together leading international experts, thousands of […]
TU Delft webinar Power and local governments in the energy transition
SHIFFT partner TU Delft are organising an interesting webinar on the topic of Power and local governments in the energy transition. The webinar addresses the importance of local government having (in)sufficient ‘governing power’ (‘Bestuurskracht’ in Dutch) and takes place on Feb 19, 2021, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM (CET). Cities around the world are gearing […]
Cross-Border Peer-Reviews of Sustainable Heating Strategies for Partner Cities – January 2021
Take a look at the outputs of a recent cross border online webinar hosted by Stad Mechelen… Program WP1 Cross-border Online Webinar Jan 2021 Graphic Recordings
SHIFFT Cross-Border Event: Role of cities & municipalities in the heat transition
FREE online workshop on Tuesday 19th January 2021 from 2PM to 4.30PM (Central European Time). Registration link: https://abilways.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJckcuqtqT4sH9IS-6sMnT8IOTiRApTUV-7t This workshop aims to share the experiences, present the progress regarding the general strategy to move to low carbon heating for 4 small to medium sized municipalities . The city strategies are being made for the following […]
News from Bruges
At the end of October two new neighbourhoods in Bruges were connected to the heating network of the IVBO waste incinerator. In effect, the dwellings will reduce their CO2 emissions by 160 tons per year. To find out more visit: https://zorgenvoormorgen.brugge.be/news_items/651
News from Bruges
Last year some brainstorm evenings were organised together with the Switch or ‘De Schakelaar’ (the energy agency of the city) in different neighbourhoods with citizen committees and other committed citizens. These evenings resulted in some renovation scans, performed by the Switch. But this still wasn’t a cocreation process. The lockdown gave me the possibility to […]
The transition towards a more energy efficient housing future
In the coming decades pressure will further mount on housing companies to increase energy efficiency and to diminish carbon emissions. Estimations have shown that the residential housing sector contributes around 35% of all carbon emissions in Europe. With ambitious goals (at both national as international levels) to diminish carbon emissions by 55% in 2030 it […]
Upcoming webinar: ‘Co-Creation in Practice: How Science, Cities and Citizens Tackle the Sustainable Heat Transition’ on 1st October 14:00 – 16:00 CET
Book your place on our free webinar ‘Co-Creation in Practice: How Science, Cities and Citizens Tackle the Sustainable Heat Transition’ on 1st October 14:00 – 16:00 CET. Even though heat accounts for a large proportion of worldwide carbon emissions and is the largest energy end-use, it has remained largely untouched by efforts to decarbonise. Efforts […]