Campus Technical Meeting within the S3UNICA project
We would like to invite you to participate in Campus Technical Meeting, which is a part of the exchange of knowledge and experience program implemented within the S3UNICA project: Smart Specialization University Campuses. The event will be held in an online format on 21 October 2021 from 13:00 - 15:00 and is aimed at representatives of universities and research institutes interested in the topics of energy management, development of renewable energy sources and innovative energy technologies on university campuses. The meeting is organized and realized by LUT University and the Regional Council of South Karelia in Finland.
Visual workshop in Sztum - inspiring collaboration for climate neutrality
Active local leaders, representatives of schools, kindergarten, Municipal and Communal Social Assistance Centre (MGOPS), Polish Scouting and Guiding Association (ZHP), Sztum's Cultural Centre, Senior Citizens' Club and the Group of Rural Housewives in Czernin, as well as the Municipal Council of Sztum gathered on 7 October this year in the premises of the Senior Citizens' Club+ to better understand the concept of climate neutrality during a visual workshop and to co-create a common vision of Sztum in a climate-neutral future.
The aim of the BEACON workshop was to explain what climate neutrality means and demystify its concept while creating opportunity to engage with the citizens on the link between climate action and local development.
The city of Sztum has been implementing quite a number of such activities - starting with the use of wind and solar energy in the city and municipality, and support of the energy production from renewable sources in 125 households, through joining the new Covenant of Mayors, developing the Climate and Energy Action Plan and the city Low Emission Programme, to creation of a new position for the integrated city and municipality development and the implementation of the climate projects.
3rd meeting of the Polish Regional Stakeholder Advisory Group within the ENTRAIN project
On 9 September 2021 in the City Hall of Płońsk, after a break of more than a year due to the pandemic, the third personal meeting of the Regional Stakeholder Advisory Group established under the ENTRAIN project took place. The members of RSAG are the representatives of the city and municipality of Plonsk, municipal companies operating in the heating sector, as well as universities and local municipalities. The meeting was opened by Mrs. Anna Jaskuła - Director of the Association of Municipality Polish Network "Energie Cités".
At the beginning of the event there were reminded the objectives and realized activities and their results so far, as well as other activities planned for the near future. The representative of University of Ecology and Management in Warsaw reminded the participants of the most important principles of the prepared Regional Action Plan for development of heating networks based on RES in the target region of the project, which is Płońsk County and the area of the Płońsk Energy Cluster. The current political, legal and financial framework for the development of heating based on RES was also presented.
Multi-level dialogue on accelerating local climate actions in Poland
Accelerating the energy transition and climate actions on local level was the subject of a multi-faceted discussion during the national workshop on 27 and 28 April 2021 that gathered over 50 participants – representatives of the Ministry of Climate and Environment, the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy, the Ministry of Economic Development, Labour and Technology, the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFEP&WM), Voivodeship Funds for Environmental Protection and Water Management (WFOŚiGW), NGOs and local governments (including Bielsko-Biała, Cieszyn, Gdynia, Mińsk Mazowiecki, Piaseczno, Sztum and Zamość).
The online workshop organised as part of the BEACON project (Bridging European and Local Climate Action) enabled the continuation of the multi-level dialogue on supporting local authorities in the effective implementation and intensification of climate actions.
Summary of trainings organized within the REBUS project
A cycle of three training courses "Energy saving in buildings - education and activation of building users" organized within the REBUS project financed from Interreg Europe program is already behind us. The events were organized in on-line format and were addressed to representatives of local administration who are interested in improving energy efficiency of public buildings by changing behavior of their users and active involvement in energy management processes.
The first training in the cycle, took place on November 30, 2020. It concerned the impact of users on energy consumption, as well as their role in the energy management process. During the presentation, participants also had the opportunity to learn about the system of incentives for energy savings, as well as broaden their knowledge about the impact of microclimate on the comfort of people in the building. The event provided the base of knowledge necessary for effective management of all media in buildings.
Climate Change Challenge – A Comic Book by EUKI Project BEACON now available!
The comic book is a beautifully illustrated novel for young adults for whom issues of climate change and adapting its consequences really matter.
The Climate Change Challenge comic book is a result of two years of work by the team behind the EUKI project BEACON. The aim of the BEACON project (Bridging European and Local Climate Action) is to promote climate action and facilitate an exchange between national governments as well as municipalities and schools in Europe. It is financed by the European Climate Initiative (EUKI) and there are 7 European countries involved in its implementation.
The second local training organized within the ENTRAIN project
We have already behind us the second training organized within the international project ENTRAIN: Enhancing renewable heat planning for improving the air quality of communities, financed from the Interreg Central Europe program. The event took place on 19th March 2021 in online format and it is a part of the cycle of four trainings, where each training is dedicated to different aspect of district heating. This time the training concerned economic aspects and possibilities of financing investments related to the development of small district heating networks using renewable energy sources.
The participants of the event were welcomed by Patrycja Płonka - Project Manager in the Association of Municipalities Polish Network "Energie Cités". After the introduction, the floor was taken by Anna Lachowicz, also a project manager in PNEC. She presented the Association's activities to the participants and the detailed scope of the ENTRIAN project - its objectives, stages and activities that are planned for realisation.
New issue of the S3UNICA newsletter
We kindly invite you to read the latest newsletter of the S3UNICA project. The 3rd newsletter summarizes the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on university life, research and teaching work of universities. It also presents the project activities that have been undertaken in recent months. Such as the international exchange of experiences organized online by the Andalusian Energy Agency in collaboration with the University of Malaga, which was attended by more than 40 experts from different European countries. The article mentions the Government of Andalusia’s actions targeting university campuses and briefly discusses examples of good practices presented to increase energy efficiency on university campuses. You can download the bulletin here.
The second international workshop organized within the EnPover project
As part of the EnPover project, the second international workshop took place on 3 February 2021. During the workshop participants from Germany, Hungary and Poland had the opportunity to share their experience in tacking energy poverty. A valuable element of this event was presented by invited speakers from other countries practices bringing closer this problem both from the practical and theoretical side. In order to take full advantage of the knowledge and information gained during the prior presentations, the workshop ended with a common work on recommendations for an energy poverty awareness campaign based on the example of two hypothetical cities.
Final conference of the GRAD project: Green roofs as cities’ response to the progressing consequences of climate change
After over two years of the work on pilot green roof strategies, which foresee innovative approaches towards the achievement of local sustainable development and climate adaptation targets, the results were presented at the final conference of the GRAD project. The conference, held under the name „Green roofs as a tool for climate adaptation in urban areas”, took place on the 11th of December 2020 and gathered a significant pool of participants interested in comprehensive approaches towards green roof development in cities.
