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Exemplary projects and initiatives are implemented and replicated at local and regional level. The following best practices are categorised by topic and geographic area.

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2026

Deploying geothermal energy in Wallonia: a cross-sectoral approach

The Walloon Region launched a geothermal programme backed by 31 million EUR, funding 34 projects across sectors from hospitals to…

2026

Upper Austria: Over 70 % heating from renewables and waste heat 

OÖ Energiesparverband (ESV) has led Upper Austria's heating transition for more than 30 years, helping renewables and waste heat reach…

2026

Integrating local resources for energy independence: Gemona del Friuli’s biomass district heating project

The Friuli Venezia Giulia Energy Agency (APE FVG) is supporting a biomass district heating plant in Gemona del Friuli. The…

2025

Driving Croatia’s District Heating Transformation – The LIFE D2Heat Success Story

By offering technical and financial expertise for district heating through the LIFE D2Heat project, REGEA is overcoming hurdles to decarbonise…

2024

HyMantoValley: green hydrogen ecosystem in the PO valley

AGIRE, the Energy Agency of the Province of Mantova (Italy) is the Coordinator of HYMANTOVALLEY, an EU co-financed project with…

Mass building renovation for all 2024

ClimAct CEE: Pioneering climate-neutral zones in the city of Plovdiv

Plovdiv Energy Agency strives to showcase the transformative impact of integrated decarbonised and low-emission policies in their journey towards climate…

Winter measures for now & 2050 2023

Plovdiv’s path toward more efficient, green, and energy-independent residential heating

The Energy Agency of Plovdiv supports the phase-out of firewood and coal use for domestic heating in the City of…

Fuel Switch in practice for heating and cooling 2022

Making heating for European consumers efficient, economically resilient, clean and climate-friendly

Through REPLACE, our members REGEA, EREN and ESCAN have conducted wide renovation campaigns in Spain and Croatia to motivate and…

2022

Reduced heating bills by using pellets

Read about the family house in the city of Zagreb using natural gas as the main source of energy, in…

Fuel Switch in practice for heating and cooling 2021

Citizen-owned firewood district heating in Varces

Discover how the municipality of Varces from the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region commissioned its wood heating network to supply its public buildings.

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