The Current
Holiday Edition
Special Issue
December 2021
This is the season of (positive) change!
+CityxChange would like to wish you a positive, joyful, and safe holiday! And, warm (energy positive) wishes for the New Year!
Amidst the difficulties we have faced over the year, +CityxChange is proud to say we have found ways to achieve great things! We would like to share a few highlights on recent project activities and results, as we wrap up the year.
PROJECT UPDATES
Climathon Smolyan 2021
The Climathon in Smolyan was facilitated fully virtually under the motto “For cleaner, greener and more sustainable Smolyan in the future”, focusing on generating ideas inspired by the SDF Goals 7,11,12,13,14,15 and 17, and their respective channels.
Limerick Innovation Lab
The +Limerick Citizen’s Innovation Lab is a new way Co- creating the future we want to live in.of engaging members of the public, groups and organisations in helping to create Limerick’s future.
Delegation visit of Polish city of Zdunska Wola to Sestao
Eight representatives (and interpreter) from the Polish city of Zdunska Wola, including the mayor, came to visit Northern Spain. The purpose of the visit is to familiarize the representatives with the Smart City solutions and the project “60+ Smart City: innovations as a result of intergenerational cooperation”.
Students help companies make more sustainable choices in Trondheim
The UN Sustainability Center in Trondheim municipality has now established a separate sustainability clinic. There, Norwegian and international students help companies become more sustainable.
PROJECT RESULTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
How important is energy citizenship in the success of PEDs across Europe?
The +CxC project is 1/6 case studies presenting impacts of applied citizen engagement in PEDs.
Read more on our knowledge base!
The Citizen Observatories are seen as a tool, platform, facilitator, enabler, and catalyst to secure and make citizen engagement and citizen involvement possible and easily achievable.
Interesting right? Full deliverable available here: http://bit.ly/3FFfQs3
This report discusses in detail how regulatory issues premise the development of a PEB/PED (Positive Energy Block/District) focused on the Trondheim, Norway case, but with application on the EU level.
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Happy Holidays and Season Greetings from +CityxChange!
