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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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.

Public procurement of buses with 100% renewables target

As part of the objective of becoming 100% fossil fuel free by 2030, Kalmar County, in Sweden, has purchased biogas fueled buses. Authorities chose to reuse biomethane to address over-fertilisation and fostering the shift towards a carbon neutral transport system.

Thermal Rehabilitation in Bucharest

Thousands of residents of Bucharest have benefitted from the Bucharest Sector 1 programme which aims to improve the energy efficiency of apartments and public buildings in the Romanian capital.

Energy Efficiency Improvement Program in Prahova County

The Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Agency “AE3R Ploiesti-Prahova” is supporting 10 municipalities in the Prahova County to elaborate the “Energy Efficiency Improvement Program” (PIEE). After completing the program for the Municipality of Magurele, the agency started collecting the energy consumption data for the Lipanesti Municipality in order to substantiate the analysis necessary for the elaboration of the Energy Efficiency Improvement Program.

Energy Academy Upper Austria

The OÖ Energiesparverband (OÖ ESV) offers over 30 seminars and training courses each year covering subjects in the fields of energy and buildings technologies, energy management, energy efficiency and renewable energy, thus supporting the market introduction of innovative technologies and solutions.

Promoting the Sustainable Use of Renewable Resources and Energy Efficiency

The main objective of the RURES project is to exploit the potential of renewable energy sources and increase energy efficiency in rural regions as they have a great potential for reaching energy autonomy.

The fight against fuel poverty in Reunion Island with the SLIME project

Energies-Réunion SPL (Reunion island, France)

Smart Islands Initiative in Greece

The Smart Initiative is a bottom-up effort of European island authorities and communities. It builds on years of collaboration between European islands and seeks to convey the significant potential of islands to function as laboratories for technological, social, environmental, economic and political innovation.

New Passive University Building in Upper Austria region

The Anton Bruckner Private University, was built according to passive house standards, meets high requirements in terms of acoustics and sound insulation, and also of energy efficiency.

Zagreb Smart City Strategy

The main purpose of the Strategy is to determine the vision and strategic goals of the future development of smart solutions, technologies and applications in the City of Zagreb.

SIMPLA Sustainable Integrated Multi-sector PLAnning: harmonising SEAPs and SUMPs

SIMPLA is the project for Sustainable Integrated Multi-sector PLAnning that aims at empowering public authorities to develop and implement sustainable energy policies and actions by creating the conditions for a smart integration between SEAPs (Sustainable Energy Action Plans) and SUMPs.

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 100% Renewables

The new goal of the French Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is to cover all its energy consumption with renewable production, including buildings, transports and industries.