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Leuven seeks expertise to develop a tender template for an Energy Service Company (ESCO)

2025-03-04T10:19:50+01:00March 4th, 2025|

Deadline: 24.03.2025 (23:59:59 CET) The City Expert Support Facility (CESF), through NZC / Climate-KIC, is requesting a quotation for developing a guideline template that can be used for public tendering for the services of an Energy Service Company (ESCO) to realise energy renovations in the City of Leuven and by its partners. The primary target group for ESCO projects is the care homes sector, schools, and municipal buildings. Public tendering procedures will need to be followed, based on well-defined specifications, that these target groups have limited expertise and knowledge about. About the request The energy performance contract functions as a contractual [...]

City Transformation Takes Centre Stage in Berlin

2025-03-05T14:43:51+01:00February 27th, 2025|

Berlin knows a thing or two about transformation – so where better for cities to discuss and collaborate on how they can deliver their ambitious climate plans at greater scale? With colleagues from Climate KIC, Nadim Choucair from Dark Matter Laboratories ran the meeting of 48 cities and writes here about the importance of their collaboration.  As a facilitator, one objective of any bootcamp is to subtract, take ourselves out of the equation, and give participants the space to connect and take advantage of their time together. In January in a city of constant transformation, the [...]

Counting more than emissions: Social innovation as a powerful – and measurable – climate action tool for cities

2025-03-05T14:45:47+01:00February 21st, 2025|

Activity across 112 Mission Cities is yielding new insights and data, supporting not only their own goals, but advancing the journey to climate neutrality for others to follow. Rohit Mondal and Sabrina Bresciani from Politecnico di Milano, NetZeroCities’ academic partners in Milan, write here about two scientific publications from the university that have analysed this information and how it can support cities to add important non-technical solutions to their climate toolkit.  All cities face the urgent need to reach climate neutrality and are gearing up to measure and learn from their climate actions by assessing their effectiveness [...]

Expert Support for Collaboration within Belgium

2025-02-19T11:18:34+01:00February 14th, 2025|

Deadline: 07 March 2025 Deadline to submit questions: 21 February 2025 In the context of the efforts of Belgian cities within the EU Mission for 100 Climate Neutral Cities by 2030, and specifically the opportunity identified to provide additional support to the community of cities working toward the Mission’s objectives within Belgium’s national ecosystem, the City Expert Support Facilit (CESF), through NZC / Climate-KIC, is requesting a quotation for services from an organisation or individual able to operate within this national context. The role involves supporting teams from NetZeroCities, as relevant, to take charge of and facilitate the process described [...]

Expert Support for Collaboration within Greece

2025-02-19T11:18:47+01:00February 14th, 2025|

Deadline: 07 March 2025 Deadline to submit questions: 21 February 2025 In the context of the efforts of Greek cities within the EU Mission for 100 Climate Neutral Cities by 2030, and specifically the opportunity identified to provide additional support to the community of cities working toward the Mission’s objectives within Greece’s national ecosystem, the City Expert Support Facilit (CESF), through NZC / Climate-KIC, is requesting a quotation for services from an organisation or individual able to operate within this national context. The role involves supporting teams from NetZeroCities, as relevant, to take charge of and facilitate the process described [...]

Expert Support for Collaboration within Türkiye

2025-02-19T11:19:05+01:00February 14th, 2025|

Deadline: 07 March 2025 Deadline to submit questions: 21 February 2025 In the context of the efforts of Turkish cities within the EU Mission for 100 Climate Neutral Cities by 2030, and specifically the opportunity identified to provide additional support to the community of cities working toward the Mission’s objectives within the Türkiye's national ecosystem, the City Expert Support Facility (CESF), through NZC / Climate-KIC, is requesting a quotation for services from an organisation or individual able to operate within this national context. The role involves supporting teams from NetZeroCities, as relevant, to take charge of and facilitate the process [...]

Expert Support for Collaboration within Republic of Slovenia

2025-02-19T11:19:21+01:00February 14th, 2025|

Deadline: 24 February 2025 Deadline to submit questions: 14 February 2025 In the context of the efforts of Slovenian cities within the EU Mission for 100 Climate Neutral Cities by 2030, and specifically the opportunity identified to provide additional support to the community of cities working toward the Mission’s objectives within the Republic of Slovenia's national ecosystem, through the NetZeroCities City Expert Support Facility, NetZeroCities / Climate-KIC are requesting quotation for services from an organization or individual able to operate within this national context. The role involves supporting teams from NetZeroCities, as relevant, to take charge of and facilitate the [...]

Leuven’s Lighthouse Districts: Illuminating Pathways to Green Heat

2025-05-21T09:52:04+02:00February 3rd, 2025|

Author: Elisa Abrantes Stories from Pilot Cities: Leuven is one of the 112 cities participating in the EU Mission to deliver 100 climate-neutral and smart cities, and the Pilot Cities Programme – a component of the Mission that focuses on exploring and testing pathways to rapid decarbonisation over a two-year period.   Leuven, a Belgian city of around 100,000 inhabitants, is no stranger to groundbreaking ideas. As home to the Big Bang Theory and KU Leuven, which celebrates its 600th this year and has been recognised as Europe's most innovative university, it’s no wonder its rich history of [...]

Together for a greener future: Cluj-Napoca’s citizen-centric climate strategy

2025-05-21T09:51:59+02:00February 3rd, 2025|

Author: Barbara Jarkiewicz Stories from Pilot Cities: Cluj-Napoca is a participant in the Pilot Cities Programme, an EU grant-funded programme that focuses on exploring and testing pathways to rapid decarbonisation over a two-year period. "We are doing it for them, so we need to do it together.” - says Liviu Purtator from Cluj-Napoca City Hall. Involving citizens is one of the key elements in successfully driving climate transition in cities and in Romania the city of Cluj-Napoca has implemented impactful activities to bring citizens on board to build a net-zero city together. [...]

Expert Support to the Community of Practice of Cities in Poland

2025-02-19T11:22:27+01:00January 29th, 2025|

Deadline: 12 February 2025 Deadline to submit clarifications/questions: 5 February 2025 In the context of the efforts of Polish cities within the EU Mission for 100 Climate Neutral Cities by 2030, and specifically the opportunity identified to provide additional support to the community of cities working toward the Mission’s objectives within the Polish national ecosystem, through the NetZeroCities City Expert Support Facility, NetZeroCities / Climate-KIC are requesting quotation for services from an organization or individual able to operate within this national context. The role involves supporting teams from NetZeroCities, as relevant, to take charge of and facilitate the process described [...]

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