Project description
Spreading positive energy in cities across Europe
Cities are major contributors to climate change (generating 70 % of the global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions). The EU-funded ATELIER project will demonstrate positive energy districts (PEDs) in eight European cities that will strive for sustainability and carbon neutrality. Amsterdam and Bilbao are two lighthouse cities that have committed to generate an energy surplus of 1340 MWh of primary energy, prevent 1.7 kt of CO2- and 23 t of NOx-emissions, and invest EUR 156 million to realise their PED goals. Bratislava, Budapest, Copenhagen, Krakow, Matosinhos, and Riga are the fellow cities that will replicate and adapt successful solutions. ATELIER’s ultimate aim is for more PEDs to spring up around Europe.
Objective
ATELIER is a smart city project that demonstrates Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) within 8 European cities with sustainability and carbon neutrality as guiding ambitions. Amsterdam and Bilbao are the Lighthouse cities that will generate an energy surplus of 1340 MWh of primary energy, prevent 1,7 kt of CO2- and 23 t of NOx-emissions, and invest 156 mln Euros to realise their PEDs. Together with district users, ATELIER will showcase innovative solutions that integrate buildings with smart mobility and energy technologies to create a surplus of energy and balance the local energy system. Bratislava, Budapest, Copenhagen, Krakow, Matosinhos, and Riga are the Fellow cities that will replicate and adapt successful solutions.
All cities will establish a local PED Innovation Atelier to co-produce locally embedded, smart urban solutions. In the ateliers, the local innovation ecosystem (authorities, industries, knowledge institutes, citizens) is strengthened, enhancing embeddedness and removing any obstacles (legal, financial, social, etc.) for implementation of the smart solutions. The Innovation Ateliers are designed to be self-sustaining and to live on after the project has ended. The ateliers are engines for upscaling solutions within the ATELIER-cities and replication to other EU-cities. ATELIER integrates a high degree of citizen engagement throughout the project, by actively involving local residents (>9000), local initiatives, and energy communities in activities to align technical solutions with citizens’ objectives and behaviour. Each of the cities will develop a City Vision 2050 that creates the roadmap for upscaling the solutions in the long term.
ATELIER has the ambition to pave the way for “energy positive cities” in Europe. All ATELIER activities will be monitored (socially and technically), and lessons learned are systematically drawn and disseminated to relevant SET-plan groups, city networks, and innovation forums.
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1011 PN Amsterdam
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Participants (38)
48007 Bilbao
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48001 Bilbao
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48000 Bilbao
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48001 Bilbao Bizkaia
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20009 DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIAN (GIPUZKOA)
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2595 DA Den Haag
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47151 Boecillo
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1012 CR Amsterdam
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1091 GH Amsterdam
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5232 Villigen Psi
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70599 Stuttgart
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1052 Budapest
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4450 510 Matosinhos
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4000 270 Porto
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1539 Riga
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2400 KOBENHAVN NV
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814 99 Bratislava
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31-004 Krakow
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48007 Bilbao
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48001 Bilbao
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48009 Bilbao
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48009 Bilbao
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48003 Bilbao
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48200 Durango Bizkaia
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48011 Bilbao
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1032 LA Amsterdam
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1021 KL AMSTERDAM
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1012 HR Amsterdam
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2421 LB Nieuwkoop
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1012HR Amsterdam
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1031 KC Amsterdam
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1018 JA Amsterdam
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1096 AC Amsterdam
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6812 AR Arnhem
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3014 DB Rotterdam
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33100 Udine
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31192 Mutilva Alta Navarra
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80686 Munchen
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