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Cities
Six cities over six years: STARDUST smart city experience comp...
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The project’s best practice book draws on six years of endeavours in six smart cities and sets out some of the best practices, pitfalls and lessons learned.
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Smarter together: when cities join forces to go carbon neutral
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March 13, 2024
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A new thematic episode dedicated to NEUTRALPATH is available for streaming. Tune in to ICONSInnovation Stories podcast!
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Old concepts, new paradigms: the business model challenge in t...
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March 7, 2024
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How to monetise environmental benefits? What’s the value of reducing traffic and emissions? Economic savings and traditional methods are not enough: to calculate the profitability of smart and sustainable cities, we...
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Day 2 of the STARDUST final conference looks at the route from...
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March 1, 2024
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Day 2 of the STARDUST final conference looks at the route from R&D projects to the climate neutrality of cities
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Successes, challenges and lessons from a Smart City project: S...
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February 29, 2024
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The final conference of the STARDUST project has begun in Pamplona, Spain. It concludes six years of work in areas covering energy, mobility, ICT and citizen engagement.
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From natural resistance to change to a vital resistance to cli...
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February 27, 2024
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As many cities now seek to go climate neutral in the coming years, what role do people – as residents, consumers, children and businesses – play in this drive to preserve the environment?
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Together is better: when engaging citizens makes cities smarter
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February 13, 2024
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Engaging rather than imposing top-down solutions. Community empowerment and trust-building make European cities smarter: Insights and innovations from a grassroots approach to urban planning.
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Webinar Series | Public buildings and climate neutrality: real...
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February 8, 2024
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Join us on this webinar to discover how the Stardust Follower Cities are carrying out the energy efficiency interventions in public buildings in these two cities!
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Webinar Series | Sustainable Smart City Matrix: how to assess ...
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February 7, 2024
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Join us on this webinar to discover the Smart City Matrix developed by our partner Public University of Navarra!
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Listen up! Getting Smarter to Cut Emissions: The Transformativ...
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February 5, 2024
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The first episode of the ICONS Innovation Stories podcast dedicated to NEUTRALPATH is now available for streaming
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Stardust to share smart city insights and experience at the fi...
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January 31, 2024
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The 6-year project will share its insights on mobility, ICT, smart districts and energy at its final conference in Pamplona at the end of February. The Consortium partners will discuss the achievements in the Lighthou...
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New circular economy knowledge hub set to guide European citie...
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January 30, 2024
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A new EU-funded project – K-CCRI – is set to increase the impact of the Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI).
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Joint participatory webinar | Replication strategies compared:...
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January 26, 2024
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Joint participatory webinar | Replication strategies compared: Challenges and lesson learnt from projects Stardust and Pocityf
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Smart and for all: the city of the future is human and inclusive
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January 24, 2024
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Smart Cities: what’s in it for the citizens? Technology should empower people, but sometimes it becomes an end in itself rather than a means to an end. Cities must address problems like the digital divide, use techn...
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Join us for this webinar hosted by Eurac Research! You can dis...
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January 18, 2024
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Join us for this webinar hosted by Eurac Research! You can discover how to perform a technical and economic assessment of urban waste-heat sources for use in district heating with a focus on the case study of Madonna ...
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Meet TExTOUR: Laura Plugge
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January 8, 2024
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In our latest episode of the Meet TExTOUR series, we had the pleasure of speaking with Laura Plugge from Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutsche Fachwerkstadte.
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Tourism
Your sustainable tourism development strategy is only seven st...
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December 6, 2023
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TExTOUR is an EU-funded project that co-designs pioneering and sustainable cultural tourism strategies to improve deprived areas in Europe and beyond. Through the experience of its eight pilot sites, the project devel...
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Cities
Webinar Series | Urban city apps: experiences from Tampere, Tr...
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November 7, 2023
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Join us for a webinar on apps for smart cities and learn about some recent use cases from around Europe.
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Pioneering circular solutions for built environment through di...
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September 7, 2023
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A New European Project, RECONSTRUCT, has been launched to devise more sustainable alternatives to ordinary steel and cement.
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Regions & Cities
Cities for all: when inclusivity is key for tackling climate c...
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July 18, 2023
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From the retrofitting of social housing blocks to the set-up of a “biodistrict”, co-designed by school pupils. When urban regeneration faces climate change from a new perspective: “Inclusive and beautiful is bet...
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The four pillars of sustainability as foundation for cultural ...
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July 14, 2023
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A new scientific paper links sustainable cultural tourism with inclusive and sustainable development embracing the four pillars of sustainability.
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Tourism
Tourism in war torn Ukraine: when visiting help recover
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July 6, 2023
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Russians snubbing European destinations, and Ukrainians coping with zero leisure trips from abroad. Tourism is a collateral victim of the ongoing war. But thanks to a European project and an ancestor of the Commission...
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Cities
Being human to be Smart: the cities’ challenge in the AI era
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July 3, 2023
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Accounting for over 70% of global CO2 emissions, cities are key in reducing our carbon footprint. But technology is not enough, experts warn, to address the new challenges. To be really “smart”, a city must take i...
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Targeting Carbon Neutrality: shoot for the moon to land among ...
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June 15, 2023
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They might be shooting for the moon, but many European cities are making huge and concrete steps towards a greener future to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030. From the Greek plan for a green hydrogen valley to the Ro...
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TExTOUR Launches Social Media Campaign Celebrating Sustainable...
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June 7, 2023
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TExTOUR, a European research project focused on preserving and promoting cultural heritage through sustainable tourism experiences, is set to launch an engaging social media campaign in honour of Sustainable Gastronom...
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Cities
Exploring new smart building technologies with the BuildON pro...
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May 31, 2023
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The new European-funded project BuildON is set to help decarbonise and digitalise energy management systems
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Regions & Cities
GreeNexUS, an urban regeneration project to train 10 new speci...
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April 21, 2023
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“Green-health-safety Nexus for new Urban Spaces”: the project will be active until the end of 2026 and provides training-through-research of 10 doctoral candidates
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Sobreiro Rehabilitation receives Honourable Mention in the Nu...
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March 22, 2023
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The Sobreiro Social Neighbourhood, which includes the intervention area of the Lighthouse 4 Maia of the Eyes hearts Hands project, was recently distinguished with an Honourable Mention in the Nuno Teotónio Pereir...
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Webinar Series | Circularity within construction: diving into ...
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February 28, 2023
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The goal of this webinar, hosted by AIGUASOL, is to provide insightful content about the versatile applications that circularity can offer to one of today’s most environmentally impactful industries: construction.
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Co-creation ideas get validated at demo building “El Bloc de...
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February 28, 2023
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During the final co-creation workshop, the participants put their heads together to validate the implementation of the ideas in the Houseful demo building “El Bloc dels Mestres”
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Helping the housing sector to embrace the circular economy: a ...
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February 8, 2023
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Our partner Housing Europe has developed a set of 70 recommendations for mainstreaming and upscaling HOUSEFUL-type circular renovation solutions in the European building sector
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Regions & Cities
A taste of circularity: Meet Plug-N-Harvest Project
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February 1, 2023
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Learn about how the EU-funded project Plug-N-Harvest contributes to the green transition of buildings through circular smart solar façade solutions.
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Tourism
Meet TExTOUR: Marinos Ioannides
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January 16, 2023
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The series of Meet TExTOUR interviews has a new episode. Marinos Ioannides from Cyprus University of Technology explains the unique heritage of the village of Fikardou and the importance of developing a cultural touri...
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Cities
Invisible is better: when sustainable solutions blend into the...
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December 23, 2022
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Solar panels disguised as ancient Roman tiles or terracotta bricks to match the city skyline. The innovative solutions adopted by the archaeological park of Pompeii and the Portuguese city of Evora pave the way fo...
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When Houseful goes on the book “Architectures for EU Next Ge...
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December 23, 2022
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The book explores future design actions to address the challenges, factors, and trends influencing the liveability of tomorrow’s cities.
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POCITYF leads the way to a better use and distribution of ener...
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December 16, 2022
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Read our factsheets to find out which tools we are developing to help cultural heritage cities become smart cities!
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Validating the HOUSEFUL-ideas – co-creatively
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December 16, 2022
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During the final co-creation workshop, our stakeholders put their heads together to validate the strategies for implementing the co-creation-ideas
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Data is the new treasure for cities
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November 29, 2022
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Data is the essence of digital innovation. Its public availability is beneficial for residents, public and private sectors and academia. But it’s crucial also for government and administration, which have a key role...
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HOUSEFUL WORKSHOP SERIES | Digital Enablers for circularity in...
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November 18, 2022
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ITeC and Turntoo, two Houseful partners, will demonstrate how digital technology can serve as an enabler to improve the circularity of materials, the building, and the entire process. The event is free of charge.
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Houseful Webinar Series | N.1 – Material solutions for a cir...
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September 12, 2022
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The HOUSEFUL Webinars Series presents the circular solutions that are currently under development and will be demonstrated at building scale in each of four demo buildings. The 1st webinar will focus on material solut...
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Under broad daylight: the lost paradigm of Côa Valley Palaeol...
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September 12, 2022
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Where do we come from? This is one of the humankind oldest questions. Digging in the past of our species is not easy. Further back we go in time, deepest is the darkness that envelops our history. The Upper Palaeolith...
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When nature came back to the cities
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August 31, 2022
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The heatwaves we are going through this summer are just one of the extreme weather conditions caused by the climate challenges. The heavy urbanization worldwide causes pollution, floods, biodiversity loss and many oth...
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Meet TExTOUR: Dina Regalo
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August 23, 2022
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Through the “meet TExTOUR” interview series we are getting to know all the people that work hard to make this project a success. A virtual tour across countries and stories, understanding how a European project wo...
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Regions & Cities
Sustainable is beautiful
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August 5, 2022
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Beauty in architecture is often expensive, while sustainability should be affordable and widespread. Does this mean that aesthetics and sustainability are in conflict? Or can one integrate the other? Solutions exist. ...
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A link between past and future: TExTOUR's pilot forum in t...
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August 5, 2022
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Defying the flight service disruptions, lost luggages, heatwave and last-minute setbacks TExTOUR’s partners met in Foz Côa, in Portugal, on the 14th-15th of July for the pilot forum workshop. An intense two-day mee...
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Cities
A Taste of Circularity: Meet CityLoops
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June 9, 2022
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Learn about how the EU-funded project CityLoops contributes to the ecological transition by harnessing two of the most important waste streams in Europe: Construction and Demolition Waste, and Bio-waste.
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RURITAGE's modern troubadour
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June 9, 2022
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A book collecting stories, interviews and experiences from six different rural territories in Europe showing how natural and cultural heritages can help rural communities’ development.
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Chart the course: TExTOUR's steering committee meeting in ...
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May 25, 2022
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TExTOUR steering committee met in Turin, Italy, on April 27th-28th, for a hybrid meeting to take stock of the work done in the projects’ first 15 months and to trace the route for TExTOUR’s next steps.
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Transformation in Antalya for a smarter, low-carbon future
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May 23, 2022
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The renaissance of the Kepez Santral district in Antalya as a green, hi-tech neighbourhood with energy-efficient homes is symbolic of the Turkish city’s decision to embrace smart solutions for a sustainable future, ...
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Learning by watching, improving by replicating
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April 22, 2022
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Innovating in urban energy and transport is complex and risky, but the successes and failures of others can help cities navigate their own way to becoming smart and sustainable.
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Back to nature: how green solutions are reshaping city landscapes
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April 8, 2022
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Some cities in Europe are embracing nature-based solutions to make life for residents more pleasant and sustainable – and these innovative approaches serve as a model for urban environments elsewhere
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Becoming sustainable together with residents- participation an...
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April 6, 2022
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Successful energy transition is linked to the ability to engage different stakeholders in improving house sustainability.
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Life on the energy grid: the case of Dillenburgustraat in Alkm...
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April 4, 2022
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Sustainability is one of the main priority in Alkmaar city: let's follow Mascha, business vlogger, in her discovery of Dillenburgstraat houses energy sustainable solution.
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Why should a smart city invest in the agricultural sector?
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March 23, 2022
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The new video on the smart city of Antalya tells us about solar power plant for agricultural irrigation
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New advice to make your city green and resilient through Natur...
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February 22, 2022
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The EU project URBAN GreenUP has published a kit with good practices and recommendations to help city administrations, urbanists, city planners and architects implement Nature-based solutions (NBS) in their cities
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Meet TExTOUR: Justyna Gorgoń
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February 7, 2022
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Enjoy the second interview of the meet TExTOUR series and discover more about this project from the voices of the people that are directly involved in its realisation.
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Learning from experience: POCITYF’s cities share lessons lea...
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January 12, 2022
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On the 20th of December 2021, the POCITYF project organised an internal knowledge transfer workshop. During the event representatives of Alkmaar and Évora, the lighthouse cities, shared insights on the lessons they l...
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InVesta Foundation joins POCITYF
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December 14, 2021
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Investa's expertise centre will be one of the most sustainable in Alkmaar
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Framing heritage and linking it with heritage- based tourism
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December 6, 2021
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On the 24th of November an online expert’s workshop on cultural tourism took place. Organised by the research group of Planning and Regeneration from the University of Bologna, Italy, to gather experts worldwide to ...
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Two years of POCITYF: interview with Carlos Pinto de Sá, Évo...
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December 3, 2021
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Évora's Mayor, Carlos Pinto de Sá, reflects on the expectations, challenges and vision for Évora in its path towards the energy transition
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On the 17th and 18th of November the TExTOUR consortium gather...
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December 1, 2021
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Almost one year has passed since we kicked off TExTOUR in January 2021, and finally some of us had the chance to meet in person for the first general assembly which took place in Katowice (Poland).
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Fair and inclusive citizen engagement towards a new city visio...
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September 2, 2021
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The projects POCITYF, SPARCS, RESPONSE present the online workshop to be held on the 13th of October, 11:30-13:00, as a partner event of the European Week of Region and Cities
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The HOUSEFUL project forges ahead in the building sector
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September 1, 2021
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Despite the ongoing pandemic, the HOUSEFUL project pushes on towards the emergence of a circular economy in the building sector.
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Watch nature reshaping European cities
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September 1, 2021
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A set of short explainer videos has been released showing how Nature-Based Solutions can help cities tackle the effects of climate change – examples from the EU-funded URBAN GreenUP project.
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Discovering sustainable tourism and its opportunities in Europ...
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July 7, 2021
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There is a new way to explore Europe and its beauties while promoting social and economic developments of local communities. Find out how in the TExTOUR’s new video.
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Tampere’s IoT Platform Gaining Recognition as one of Finland...
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April 12, 2021
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The procurement of Tampere’s IoT platform has been nominated as a finalist for this year’s most skilful procurement competition in Finland
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Nature on the roof
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March 11, 2021
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A green roof has been installed on the El Campillo municipal market in Valladolid (Spain). The intervention is one of the nature-based solutions implemented by the EU project URBAN GreenUP
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Tampere keeps pursuing its 2030 carbon neutral dream
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February 8, 2021
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On January 2021, STARDUST partners from the Lighthouse city of Tampere participated and organised a handful of sessions during its virtual Tampere Smart City Week
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When Nature Goes Vertical
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February 4, 2021
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A green façade has been installed on an El Corte Inglés department store in Valladolid (Spain). The intervention is part of the EU project URBAN GreenUP and makes Valladolid the first Spanish city with a vertical ga...
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Rethinking cultural tourism in Europe
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February 2, 2021
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A new EU-funded project, TExTOUR, is set to design innovative and sustainable cultural tourism strategies to reinforce the socio-economic territorial development of less known areas in Europe and beyond.
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An Ecological Corridor to reunite the city and nature
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January 13, 2021
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The Turkish city of Izmir has inaugurated an Ecological Corridor and a natural area that implements Nature Based Solutions
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REMOURBAN contributes to new Smart City Guidance Package
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July 3, 2019
youris.com GEIE
The EIP-SCC has launched a guidance package to help towns and cities move towards a sustainable future. The toolbox is the fruit of many European projects, including REMOURBAN.
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Green remote energy for Finnish apartment buildings
Press Release
June 25, 2019
iCube Programme
The STARDUST’s Lighthouse city of Tampere will host the first residential area in Europe powered by a remote photovoltaic plant
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European Smart Projects Summit: San Sebastian faces the challe...
Press Release
April 19, 2019
youris.com GEIE
REPLICATE Project’s Lighthouse City of Donostia/San Sebastian organized last 26th and 27th of March the European Smart Projects Summit, where representatives and experts across 90 cities from 14 SCC01 (Smart Cities ...
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Dresden goes green and bids on sustainable mobility
Press Release
April 10, 2019
iCube Programme
On 21 March, the Smart City of Dresden has been awarded by the EU for its sustainable mobility plan
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Comparative analysis of standardized indicators for smart sust...
Press Release
April 9, 2019
iCube Programme
The choice of the most suitable indicator framework is crucial, but difficult, as it requires expert knowledge. To help cities in their choice, this paper compares seven recently published indicator standards for Smar...
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Dresden: a further step towards its Sustainable Urban Mobility...
Press Release
April 4, 2019
iCube Programme
The development of the urban mobility of Dresden is one of the cities' core assets. The plan does not only support political decision-makers but also the economy, traffic-related institutions, NGOs, and institutional ...
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Envisaging the Cities of Tomorrow across the Slopes of Trentino
Press Release
April 3, 2019
iCube Programme
On January 23, 2019, the story of STARDUST in Trento was featured at Klimahouse’s conference on “Smart Cities” in Bolzano.
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When circular buildings go on air
Press Release
March 8, 2019
iCube Programme
A podcast featuring the European project HOUSEFUL and its commitment to make buildings more sustainable has been released
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A City’s Mission to turn itself into an Urban Laboratory
Press Release
January 28, 2019
iCube Programme
On December 11, 2018, Smart Iruña Lab program selected 6 technological proposals that will be developed under the Smart City strategy of Pamplona
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On the road towards liveable cities
Press Release
January 10, 2019
iCube Programme
On November 29, 2018, the representatives of STARDUST’s Lighthouse City of Trento organised their 1st Stakeholder Workshop on how to tailor technical solutions electric mobility, according to the local needs
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REMOURBAN continues to be firmly among global smart city commu...
Press Release
December 27, 2018
youris.com GEIE
A REMOURBAN team joined other pioneering projects in Barcelona for this year's edition of Smart City Expo World Congress on 13-15 November.
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Useful Steam - Heat Recovery
Press Release
December 11, 2018
youris.com GEIE
While the United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) takes place from the 2nd to the 14th of December 2018 in Katowice, Poland, we have been investigating how district heating can contribute to the reduction of...
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Mix and Move in Trento
Press Release
December 6, 2018
iCube Programme
From the 16th to the 22nd of September, the local authorities from the city of Trento celebrated alongside other cities the European Mobility Week under the theme of multimodality.
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Closing the Gap between Projects and People
Press Release
November 15, 2018
youris.com GEIE
An immersive and interactive workshop at the Nordic Edge conference late September shone the spotlight on how European project teams can get their message across to citizens.
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Urban GreenUP at the World Forum on urban forests in Mantua
Press Release
November 14, 2018
iCube Programme
URBAN GreenUP will play an active role in the event taking place from the 28th of November to the 1st of December 2018 in Italy
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URBAN GreenUP in Cities Alive
Press Release
November 12, 2018
iCube Programme
A contribution from Mersey Forest, member of the URBAN GreenUP Consortium, has been included in the report Cities Alive: Water for People
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Putting citizens at the core of more liveable cities
Press Release
November 12, 2018
iCube Programme
People’s central role for developing sustainable cities was discussed at the BY&FORCITIZENS conference in Valladolid from the 20th to the 21st of September 2018
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Night at Museum with STARDUST
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November 12, 2018
iCube Programme
The STARDUST partners from Trento participated at the local Museum of Science for the 2018 European Researchers’ Night by demonstrating the science behind smart cities
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Introducing a more sustainable way of life through Gaming
Press Release
November 9, 2018
iCube Programme
The STARDUST’s Gaming Tool challenge was held during Pamplona a hackathon within “Navarra LAN Party”
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Regions & Cities
BY&FORCITIZENS Conference: Citizens to play key role in making...
Press Release
October 24, 2018
youris.com GEIE
Across Europe citizens are being put centre stage in efforts to move towards a more sustainable and liveable built environment. How are EU-funded projects embracing this citizen engagement as they innovate?
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STARDUST Meets the Dragon
Press Release
October 1, 2018
iCube Programme
STARDUST’s City of Tampere was acknowledged during the Smart City Expo China 2018 for its goal to build a smart and sustainable future for its citizens
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Tackling the barriers that keep nature off the cities
Press Release
October 1, 2018
iCube Programme
The URBAN GreenUP analysis on obstacles hampering the implementation of Nature-Based Solutions and the related countermeasures is now available
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Have your say on circular houses
Press Release
August 8, 2018
iCube Programme
An online survey collects inputs on how to best introduce circularity in the housing sector
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Regions & Cities
REMOURBAN at EIP SCC General Assembly in Sofia: Smart City Tec...
Press Release
July 30, 2018
youris.com GEIE
REMOURBAN project partner, Matthieu Grosjean from Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum (SEZ), delivered the latest project insights to the 100 delegates attending the first plenary session at the EIP SCC Marketplace General Assem...
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Transforming Academic Research into more tangible actions for ...
Press Release
July 16, 2018
iCube Programme
Three research institutions from the STARDUST consortium shared their insights with a network of Spanish universities as to how Smart Cities can act as exemplary figures for replication to their regions
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The URBAN GreenUP catalogue of Nature-Based solutions is now p...
Press Release
July 11, 2018
iCube Programme
The document provides a detailed description of the green urban interventions implemented by the project
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Hacking into the City’s Infrastructure for a Brighter Future
Press Release
July 10, 2018
iCube Programme
Disruptive ideas on Smart City Solutions were showcased in Tampere’s industrial Hackathon innovation challenge
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CITyFiED enters into its last year: it’s time to show the re...
Press Release
July 10, 2018
youris.com GEIE
At the end of May the consortium came together in Lund, Sweden, to catch up on the latest developments, align on the status of the project and pinpoint future actions.
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The dream smart city
Press Release
May 23, 2018
youris.com GEIE
A Smart City is a city where life has become very easy.
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The human factor in saving energy
Press Release
May 23, 2018
youris.com GEIE
Throughout Europe buildings are still responsible for 40% of energy consumption and 36% of CO2 emissions. More renovation of the existing stock is needed. This is where citizens come into play
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Stardust released its project video
Press Release
May 21, 2018
iCube Programme
The European Stardust project has released its project video. It provides an opportunity for viewers to be familiar with the project and its actions.
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Should we wait to live in the future or can we create it ourse...
Press Release
May 21, 2018
iCube Programme
The new MAtchUP video explains how the solutions developed within the project will improve the quality of urban life.
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Cities light the way with new manifesto
Press Release
May 18, 2018
youris.com GEIE
Representatives of the twelve smart city ‘lighthouse’ projects, recipients of a combined investment of €263.84 million euro from the European Commission, met to sign a manifesto of cooperation.
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How can the circular approach save our cities?
Press Release
April 10, 2018
iCube Programme
The state of the art findings on circular cities and their implementation at an urban level were highlighted in the conference on Circular Cities: Promoting Innovation in Urban Systems.
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Energy reduction in public buildings: learning to lead from th...
Press Release
March 26, 2018
youris.com GEIE
Buildings in EU27 Member States represent up to 24 billion m2 of floor space, responsible for 40% of Europe’s energy consumption and 36% of CO2 emissions – both key contributors to climate change. In response, a n...
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REMOURBAN and fellow projects in Brussels for a series of smar...
Press Release
February 26, 2018
youris.com GEIE
On 26 January 2018 representatives of 40 cities sat around the table at the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) with industry representatives and experts to ensure that the €263.84 million invested by th...
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Cities
Reflecting on a greener future - URBAN GreenUP holds its perio...
Press Release
February 23, 2018
iCube Programme
URBAN GreenUP consortium partners gathered together from the 16th to the 18th of January 2018 in Izmir for its 2nd Periodic Meeting, an occasion to share knowledge and progress on the implementation of urban renaturin...
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The City for Tomorrow
Press Release
February 19, 2018
youris.com GEIE
On February 16, 2005, the Kyoto Protocol entered into force. The first global agreement of history to reduce carbon dioxide emissions was based on the scientific consensus that climate change is occurring. Thirteen ye...
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Good governance: a key to Re-naturing Urban Plans’ success
Press Release
February 13, 2018
iCube Programme
Izmir organized its first International Green Infrastructure Workshop to highlight the governments’ role in moulding policies that support nature-based solutions and to announce its Green Infrastructure Strategy
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International praise for CITyFiED innovation and impact contin...
Press Release
February 13, 2018
youris.com GEIE
CITyFiED is honoured to be recognised as a leading international example of “innovative and influential” work in urban transformation by a panel of global city leaders. The awards are set to take place at the Smar...
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“Smart transformation of urban areas through integrated acti...
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December 22, 2017
youris.com GEIE
The Annual Symposium of Architectural Research 2017 (Atut 2017) was held on November 29th – December 2nd, 2017 in Oulu, Finland. This symposium is organised on an annual basis by the Finnish schools of architecture ...
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Lighthouses at Barcelona – Remourban and fellow Lighthouse p...
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December 13, 2017
youris.com GEIE
Empower cities. Empower people. That was the battle cry at this year’s Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) that took place between 13-15 November in Barcelona’s Gran Via.
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Accelerating sustainable urban renovation: a pathway for success
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December 4, 2017
youris.com GEIE
CITyFiED Methodology is an integrated approach divided into seven phases, ranging from initial citywide diagnosis to final evaluation of the renovation. It includes an indicators tool and guidelines to support decisio...
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Lighthouse Projects lead the way to a smarter Europe at Smart ...
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December 4, 2017
youris.com GEIE
Twelve smart city projects covering almost 60 cities across Europe came together at the 7th Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) in Barcelona from 14-16 November - the biggest edition to date –to show how cities a...
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The new Lighthouse Project MAtchUP kicks-off in Valencia
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December 4, 2017
iCube Programme
Three new Lighthouse cities and Four Follower cities enriching the European smart city landscape
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