Links
INTERNATIONAL / EUROPEAN:
Energies Cites: Energy Cities is the European Association of local authorities inventing their energy future.
http://www.energie-cites.eu
RES Champions League :
The RES Champions League is a network of national RES leagues, which aims at creating a positive renewable energy competition between European cities, towns and villages.
www.res-league.eu
PV Upscale: Disseminsation project about Urban Scale Photovoltaic Systems:
www.pvupscale.org
SUDEN: Sustainable Urban Development European Network
www.suden.org
Solar thermal ordinance The web site offers information on municipal solar ordinances http://www.solarordinances.eu/Solar...
PV Legal The programs aim is to reduce bureaucratic barriers that hold back the development of photovoltaic energy installation in Europe http://www.pvlegal.eu/
MODEL - energy efficiency in local authorities The project encourages municipalities to become role models in the field of energy efficiency http://www.energymodel.eu/spip.php?...
Sustainable Settlements: http://www.sustainable-settlements.eu
European Urban Knowledge Network: http://www.eukn.org/eukn/
IEA: Global Renewable Energy , policies and measures http://www.iea.org/Textbase/pm/?mod...
Concerto - Renaissance: The project is all about rebirth, building for better quality of life, about demonstrating that good environmental practice makes political, economic and social sense: www.renaissance-project.eu
Concerto - SESAC: The European Sustainable Energy Systems in Advanced Cities (SESAC) project - Concerto Project
www.concerto-sesac.eu
URB ACT: European exchange and learning programme promoting sustainable urban development.
http://urbact.eu
GERMANY:
Lead scenario RES Germany Long term setting and strategies for disassembling renewable energy sources in Germany considering the European and Global Development http://www.erneuerbare-energien.de/...
Planning with the sun The website provides information on solar optimized urban planning (active and passive solar energy) http://www.planen-mit-der-sonne.de/...
Energy efficiency and utilization of solar energy in land use planning Legal opinion and expert report about the options of land use planning in Germany http://www.klimabuendnis.org/filead...
Municipal renewable energy sources Solar Energy: The internet portal has a lot of helpful information for decision maker http://www.kommunal-erneuerbar.de/d...
Municipal strategies to upgrade the utilization of renewable energy sources The SKEP-project deals with the development of a strategically municipal energy policy to support renewable energies http://www.izt.de/pdfs/SKEP/SKEP_AP...
Climate efficiency by urban land-use planning Regulation capabilities for the utilization of renewable energy systems http://www.baunatal.de/6005/downloa...
50 Solar housing estates The project “50 solar energy housing estates in North Rhine-Westphalia” aims at combining energy efficiency and the use of solar energies for new and existing buildings. http://www.nordrheinwestfalendirekt...
SUN-AREA The website provides an insight to the SUN-AREA method http://www.sun-area.net/index.php?id=103
Solarbundesliga The RES Champions League in Germany www.solarbundesliga.de
Solar district heat project Ackermannbogen - Munich Project description of the pilot area in Munich http://www.zae.uni-wuerzburg.de/fil...
Climate protection strategies for the building sector - Norderstedt Localization of relevant energy data (energy demand, energy supply, RES potential) by GIS based methods to provide a basis for mobilization strategies http://ecofys.de/de/referenzen/Nord...
Solar urban potential - Berlin Berlin’s solar (roofs/facades) potential in the Digital Environmental Atlas (Edition 2008) http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin....
Solar City - Gelsenkirchen The web site provides an insight into the development of solar energy and photovoltaic in Gelsenkirchen. http://www.solarstadt-gelsenkirchen.d
Solar roof cadastre - Osnabrueck A roof cadastre for photovoltaic in Osnabrueck http://geodaten.osnabrueck.de/websi...
Solar requirements - Baunatal The document refers to solar energy as a requirement for new buildings http://www.baunatal.de/6005/downloa...
Climate protection and urban town planning - Augsburg The guideline considers aspects of climate protection in the urban development planning http://www2.augsburg.de/fileadmin/w...
Energy efficiency in land-use planning - Erfurt Guideline for energy-efficient urban land-use planning in Erfurt http://www.erfurt.de/ef/de/leben/pl...
Sustainable Urban Infrastructure - Munich The study describes how Munich could pursue the path of achieving a nearly carbon-free future over the coming decades http://www.wupperinst.org/uploads/t...
FRANCE:
AMORCE: Network of professionals and representatives of local authorities treating about waste management, energy and heating networks.
www.amorce.asso.fr
Villes et Aménagement Durable VAD: French Association of professionals working in urban planning and building conception
www.ville-amenagement-durable.org
Blog des quartiers durables: http://quartierdurable.blogspot.com...
CLER: The "Comité de Liaison Énergies Renouvelables" (CLER) is a French association born in 1984. Its aim is to promote the development of renewable energies and the reduction of energy consumption. www.cler.org
Ministère de l’écologie, du développement durable, des transport et du logement: http://www.developpement-durable.go...
ADEME: French Environment and Energy Management Agency
http://www2.ademe.fr/servlet/getDoc...
LYON: Concerto-Renaissance: The project is all about rebirth, building for better quality of life, about demonstrating that good environmental practice makes political, economic and social sense: www.renaissance-project.eu
GRENOBLE SESAC: The European Sustainable Energy Systems in Advanced Cities (SESAC) project - Concerto Project
www.concerto-sesac.eu
Photovoltaic information: www.photovoltaique.info
Les Eco Maires: French association working with local authorities in order to develop environmental consciousness and set up concrete actions.
www.ecomaires.com
EUROPEAN COMMISSION INTERNET LINKS
European Commission: http://ec.europa.eu
Directorate General for Energy and Transport: http://ec.europa.eu/energy/index_en.html
Intelligent Energy Europe: http://ec.europa.eu/energy/intellig...
