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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Biogas Action – Change the Framework for biomethane development

The biogas action project created the opportunity to change the framework for biomethane production to produce biomethane in farms and sell it directly as bioGNC, or to collect this biomethane by trucks and deliver it to the gas grid, a few kilometers away.

Biogas Action – Guideline to managing biomethane production for bioCNG utilities in a local area

A 60 pages guideline with details on regulation, raising awareness on guaranty of origin mechanism and possibilities to use the biomethane as local fuel.

Biogas Action – Business model for Haderup Denmark

A local farmer in the northern part of Denmark was considering building a biogas farmer plant. In order to help him, BiogasAction made a number of different calculations based on different tools in order to give him an impression of the amount of financing needed.

Biogas Action – Network between biogas plants Denmark

The background for forming a network between biogas plants is that plants are not competitors, although they operate on a free market. Instead they want to make sure that they are operating their plants in the most efficient way possible; creating the need for a network.

Spreading the message of energy saving

The energy team of the Primary School of Athienou decided that they should do something to raise energy awareness among the local community. They decided to prepare a three-page brochure with simple energy saving tips and pieces of advice.

Energy Agents in Action

The students of the Primary School of Episkopi and the 2nd Primary School of Kaimakli decided to take the “law” into their hands!

Integrated Mobility Master Plan in Nicosia, Cyprus

The Integrated Mobility Master Plan (IMMP) is a Turning Point for Transport Policy. The Government of Cyprus and the Local Authorities have the ambition to ameliorate the traffic situation, by increasing the share of Public Transport, Cycling and Walking and at the same time upgrading and completing the road network. The share of Public Transport Trips must be above 10% by the year 2020. In order to achieve these ambitious goals, a sustained effort must be made to implement a series of measures.

Financing scheme for efficiency on street lighting, Madeira and Santo Porto, Portugal

Street lighting represents 10% of electricity demand in Madeira and 7% in Porto Santo and has a high potential for action to improve energy efficiency. Street lighting is managed by municipalities, which are organised in an association of municipalities. They are interested in reducing street lighting costs but do not have the financing capacity, because of high debt and crisis restrictions. The solution was to involve regional and municipal actors to discuss the problem.

The Tram of wider Lefkosia Region, Cyprus

Targeting the enhance of the public transportation in Lefkosia Region and the efficient management of the traffic congestion, 10 urban Municipalities and the Ministry of Communication and works, Department of Public works, cooperates for the designing and the implementation of the ambitious project “Tram of Lefkosia”. There are no rail tracks existing at the moment in Cyprus and the success of this pioneer project depends on the successful multilevel governance cooperation between local authorities and central government administrations.

Let’s recycle waste lamps in Cyprus!

The students of the Primary School of Lythrodontas decided to go one step further than other schools implementing the 50/50 concept – they decided to start recycling lamps.

Citizen Engagement Worskhop in Kythnos

The Citizen Engagement Workshop was organized by AEGEA on Kythnos Island and was supported by the Municipality of Kythnos and DAFNI Network, in the framework of the WiseGRID project. For Kythnos the WiseGRID foresees setting up a state-of-the-art integrated electricity system.

Photovoltaic-League Lower Austria

The Lower Austrian Photovoltaic-League awards a prize to communities that have the annual highest growth in photovoltaic (PV) capacity, in Lower Austria, Austria.