Webinar on 27 May: Citizen participation playbook
+CityxChange Citizen Participation Playbook helps local authorities to enable local communities on how they could become a Positive Energy Block (PEB) and lead the transformation towards Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) and Cities. Meaningful citizen engagement is a challenge in any city-making process led by public institutions, and a key element
+CityxChange at WUF2020
From 8 to 13 February, the Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF) took place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The WUF was established in 2001 by the United Nations to address one of the most pressing issues facing the world today: rapid urbanisation and its impact on communities, cities,
Urban Prototyping in Georgian Limerick
Limerick’s Georgian Neighbourhood is developing flexibly and through the use of prototyping and community participation, in close cooperation with stakeholders: citizens, companies, city administration and researchers. Supported by the European Horizon 2020 programme and as part of the +CityxChange Project, Limerick is employing smart city development by co-creation in a public-private-people
Public engagement: Do we really engage?
On the 12th of December 2019 at 2PM (CET), CityxChange, represented by Kieran Reeve (Limerick City and County Council), participated in the joint webinar hosted by Triangulum on “Citizen Engagement in Positive Energy Districts”. More than 30 participants, from all across Europe, joined the webinar to discuss and share experiences
Powerhouse Brattørkaia has been awarded project of the year by Project Norway
On Wednesday, the 19th of November 2019, Project Norway organized its annual Project Conference and named Powerhouse Brattørkaia (one of our demonstration areas in Trondheim) as project of the year. The jury has listed a couple of reasons that led to Powerhouse Brattørkaia’s success. As the jury stated, the building
Co-Creation of Positive Energy Blocks
From the 6th-7th of November 2019, +CityxChange joined the NORDICZEB+, 1st Nordic Conference on zero emission and plus energy, IOP conference series: earth and environmental science. The conference presents state-of-the-art research and practical solutions that pave the way towards a low carbon built environment, with a focus on Nordic countries.
+CityxChange Newsletter – November 2019
+CityxChange‘s second newsletter has been distributed in November 2019. Please feel welcome to read the newsletter online here and distribute in your networks. This month’s newsletter contains the most important news and updates of the last three months from our project and it also includes other news related to our
Trondheim and Limerick join the Climathon Wave 2019!
From the 25th – 26th of October, our lighthouse cities, Trondheim and Limerick, participated on the Global Climathon day. Such events aim at bringing together citizens, cities and local economies to develop local solutions to climate challenges. Both cities invited their citizens to join and cooperate with like-minded people who
Three new projects join the Smart Cities and Community Lighthouse projects
We welcome the three newest SCC-01 projects: ATELIER, POCITYF and SPARCS! Find out more by clicking on the project names and have a look at the press release of ATELIER below. ATELIER Smart City project to turn Amsterdam and Bilbao into citizen-driven Positive Energy Districts On 1 November 2019, the
+CityxChange Second Consortium Meeting, 23-25 October 2019, Limerick
From the 23rd-25th of October, 2019, 70 representatives of the project partners, and additional local stakeholders of +CityxChange project were gathered in Limerick, as part of our second consortium meeting. Taking advantage of this face-to-face interaction, we dived into key challenges that had arise during the first year of the
Exploring and sharing ways towards citizen-led energy transitions
During our second +CityxChange Consortium Meeting in Limerick, we organised a storytelling workshop with the objective to exchange knowledge and best practices internally and externally on how to involve citizens effectively. The workshop was facilitated by Limerick County and City Council and ISOCARP Institute and took place in the Fab
Limerick and Trondheim as front-runners in adopting innovative energy solutions for mid-sized cities
Limerick City and County Council Chief Executive Dr Pat Daly, and Trondheim Municipality Chief Executive Morten Wolden highlighted solutions and challenges that their cities are facing within the +CityxChange project, during the European Week of Regions and Cities in Brussels (7-10 October, 2019). Dr. Pat Daly talked about the importance
From dream to reality: sharing experiences from leading European Smart Cities
GrowSmarter, Remourban and Triangulum are hosting a joint session at this year’s European Week of Regions and Cities, which will be taking place in Brussels, on the 8th of October, from 14:30h-17:00h. The first three SCC1 projects GrowSmarter, Remourban and Triangulum are now coming to an end and will share
Tartu and Trondheim to share experiences as two Lighthouse Cities
Representatives from the City of Tartu visited Trondheim from 4th to 5th September. The first day was sharing experiences of the cities, while the second day focused on the experiences as being European Lighthouse Cities, together with the +CityxChange coordinator at NTNU. This part shared experiences from the two Smart City EU projects SmartenCity, Tartu, and +CityxChange, Trondheim and NTNU. Approaches
+CityxChange in the 55th ISOCARP World Planning Congress in Jakarta/Bogor, Indonesia
+CityxChange was present in the 55th World Planning Congress in Jakarta/Bogor, Indonesia which was held by one of our partner organisations, ISOCARP. The main topic of the World Planning Congress was ‘Beyond the Metropolis’. In five intensive days, from the 9th-13th of September 2019, topics related to a rapid urbanisation
Powerhouse Brattørkaia official opening
Powerhouse Brattørkaia, one of our demonstration areas which is also the biggest new energy-block in Norway, has officially been launched on the 30th of August, 2019. On the 30th of August, +CityxChange, celebrated the official opening of Powerhouse Brattørkaia (Trondhein) which is the biggest new positive energy block in Norway.
+CityxChange Newsletter – August 2019
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Futurum Exhibition on The City of the Future at the NTNU Big Challenge Science Festival
+CityxChange has participated with a booth on “Smart Energy Positive Cities” at the Futurum Science Exhibition. The project participated in a joint exhibition on the topic of Future Cities together with the FME ZEN project on Zero Emission City Districts, also coordinated by NTNU. The joint booth allowed us to
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