Best practices

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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MOVELETUR Sustainable Tourism and Electric Mobility in Natural Spaces

The project MOVELETUR, the Sustainable Tourism and Electric Mobility in Natural Spaces is a cross-border partnership between Portuguese and Spanish institutions covering the Ávila province of Castilla y Leòn region in Spain.

Energy self-sufficient street lamps in the Velenje municipality and beyond

The operation of energy self-sufficient street lamps, established by KSSENA in Savinjska, Šaleška and Carinthia, Slovenia has become, by 2017, economically viable and has been installed in many Municipalities across Europe.

District Heating with biomass in the Valencia region

Todolella, a small town in the Valencia region, Spain, has become a symbol of sustainable town thanks to a District Heating network with biomass that supplies heating and hot water (DHW) to several public and private buildings.

Supporting a booming development of the Danish biogas sector

The Danish Technology Centre for Biogas (DFFB) and the Energy Consulting Network (EC network) support the development of the Danish biogas sector via different types of interventions.

Small scale district heating facilities generate green electricity in southeast Sweden

The new technology for small-scale biomass-based district heating combines heat and power in South East Sweden, Sweden. This bio-based electricity generation could cover 2-7 % of total electricity demand in Sweden.

CIRCWASTE, promoting biogas production and usage in Keskisuomi

CIRCWASTE-project provides information for the potential users of biogas in the Central Finland Region, Finland. In this project, Central Finland is focusing on the promotion of biogas for transport use.

PASSIVE HOUSE Pilot Project in Calarasi district

The passive house pilot project is the most innovative project in Calarasi district in the Republic of Moldova so far. It allowed the construction of a kindergarten building based on the passive house concept.

Generating energy savings in General County Hospital Dr Tomislav Bardek

Hospitals are among best candidates for energy saving projects. Indeed, REA Sjever in Koprivnica, Croatia, started in 2014 this successful long-term energy retrofitting of the General County hospital Koprivnica into an energy efficient hospital.

Castilla y León Energy Efficiency Strategy will reduce 30% of energy consumption by 2020

79 measures will be implemented in the Castilla y León region (Spain) to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emission of the region by 2020. The Energy Efficiency Strategy – CyL sets the target of more than 30% reduction.

Boosting Energy Efficiency in the Zlín Region through Smart Energy Management

EAZK is boosting Energy Efficiency in the Zlín Region, Czech Republic, through Smart Energy Management via the Interreg Central Europe project BOOSTEE-CE.

EPC Streetlight Refurbishment in the Kilkenny County

The Kilkenny Streetlight LED Retrofit Pilot Project: an ambitious project to retrofit 1,300 street lights to LED across the city and county of Kilkenny, Ireland.

The Energy Saving Competition for Public Authorities, save@work

Save@work was an energy saving competition between 176 public office buildings over 9 participating European regions. It is about bringing employees together, helping them to take charge regarding how they use energy in their building.