Committee of the Regions seminar on climate change
On October 20th, 2009, at the invitation of the EU Committee of the Regions (CoR), our Association participated in a seminar, organized by the CoR Commission for Sustainable Development, in Toruń. The main topic of the seminar was: "Adaptation to climate change: local and regional policy in the European and national context".
Municipal Intelligent Energy Days in Bielawa and Dzierżoniów
Municipal Councils of Bielawa and Dzierżoniów decided to organize the second edition of Municipal Intelligent Energy Days together. The event was organized in Dzierżoniów on 26th and 27th of September 2009. It gathered about 15 000 people and was a part of XV Dzierżoniów Business Presentations (Dzierżoniowskie Prezentacje Gospodarcze) which aim at supporting the development of local enterprise. Employees of both Municipal Councils had their stand at the fair where they answered questions such as: how to save energy, what are the advantages of energy efficient behaviors, how much electricity do PV cells make or how to best insulate a house.
„COVENANT OF MAYORS” conference in Krakow
Over 100 participants took part in the international conference „COVENANT OF MAYORS - European Initiative for Climate Protection” which took place in the building of Cracow City Council on 28th and 29th of May 2009. The conference gathered people which are interested in fighting against climate change at the local level.
RES CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HAS BEEN OPENED. PLAY THE GAME!
The RES Champions League, renewable energy competition for European cities, towns and villages has officially been opened on 23th of April in Brussels. The event was part of the conference "3x20 PLAY THE GAME!" organized by Climate Alliance and Energie-Cités.
OPENING OF THE POLISH RES LEAGUE
POLISH RES LEAGUE was officially opened on the 5th of February 2009 during the workshop „Utilization of solar energy and biomass”. The workshop was organized within the framework of the annual ENEX fair in Kielce by the Association of Municipalities Polish Network „Energie Cités” and the GLOBEnergia magazine.
SUPPORT DHC: Supporting a fast implementation of low-grade renewable energy and waste heat for district heating and cooling
The aim of the project is to support owners and operators of the district heating and cooling (DHC) sector and all related stakeholders, such as local authorities, in the energy transition, and thus work towards the common goal of a carbon-neutral Europe by 2050.
The main challenges facing the DHC sector are:
- carrying out the necessary investments in DHC infrastructure and the associated huge implementation efforts,
- the upcoming definition for energy efficient DHC in Article 24 of the EED revision will define a clear roadmap until 2050 and thus requires a holistic transformation planning of DHC operators for decarbonizing their DHC systems in line with the EED,
- technologies such as low-grade renewable energies (RE) and waste heat (WH) are new to many operators and create the need of technical support to many subprocesses of DHC transformation and investment planning.