On 5 November 2024, a pivotal moment unfolded at the Smart Cities World Expo Congress in Barcelona, Spain, as ASCEND and NetZeroCities formalised their collaboration, by signing a Memorandum of Understanding
Yesterday, the SPARCSeu Final Conference brought together leading voices from across Europe to discuss the future of urban energy and sustainability. In the afternoon sessions, ASCEND contributed to key discussions on scaling innovative solutions for climate-neutral cities.
The city of Porto hosted a workshop on "Business Model Innovation for Positive Energy Districts (PCEDs)" on 3 July 2024.
We are excited to announce our upcoming webinar on "๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ (๐ง๐๐ฆ)" on 5 September 2024, from 10.00 to 11.15 CET.
Donโt miss the opportunity to join this informative training session on 3 October from 9 to 12PM CEST, that will look at how to build an energy community through crowdfunding.
Cities interested in developing an energy community in Europe can apply for the Scalable Cities Roadshow on โHow to finance energy communities and make them viableโ, in Kladno, Czech Republic on 24 โ 25 October 2024.
LYON CONFLUENCE, a member of the ASCEND project, has recently published a report summarizing how the activities undertaken by a local public company are transforming and developing La Confluence area benefitting the Ville de Lyon and Mรฉtropole de Lyon communities.
What does it mean when two parking lots are transformed into an area with quality of stay, greenery and meeting places? On Friday 12 July, the residents of the Harthof district were able to see the results.
ASCEND participated in Valencia Climate Week, which took place 25 โ 28 June and featured several significant events including: Energy Cities Annual Forum "Grafting Citiesโ, European Urban Resilience Forum (EURESFO) and the Cities Mission Conference.
Today, at URBIS The Smart Cities Meetup Meetup in Brno, Czech Republic, we had an incredible session focusing on the @ASCEND cities, Lyon (LYON CONFLUENCE) and Munich, alongside Vienna, the former H2020 - Smarter Together Lighthouse city, presenting its WieNeu+ program.