The Smart City Expo World Congress reaffirmed the power of knowledge exchange and collaboration in driving positive change. With many solutions already tested, learning from other projects has become essential. Now, it's time to accelerate progress collectively. 

On 28 November 2023, the first information event was held in Harthof, Munich. This marked a crucial step in engaging homeowners and property managers in the journey towards creating an energy-positive district in Munich.

On 5 December 2023, ASCEND and NEUTRALPATH project co-organised a webinar titled “Business Models and Financing for PCEDs”. The webinar served as a platform for various projects to discuss challenges, share experiences and explore innovative solutions.

On 5 December 2023, from 10:30 - 12:00 CET, ASCEND will be hosting a webinar together with NEUTRALPATH project.

The schools of ASCEND’s Positive Clean Energy District in Porto, Portugal, are already producing renewable energy from photovoltaic solar panels.

Recently, the Municipality of Alba Iulia presented the objectives of the ASCEND project at three different events, with a strong emphasis on the importance of energetically positive neighbourhoods for the green and sustainable development of cities.

November brought a highlight as ASCEND proudly participated in the joint EC representation at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona.

ASCEND is set to join about 30 EC Initiatives on Climate-Neutral & Smart Cities at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona on 7- 9 November 2023.

On 14 September more than 70 people gathered at Lyon Confluence to embark on an exciting journey of innovation.

In Brussels, we have just reached the end of the "Mission in Progress", the Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Conference that brought together all NetZeroCitiesEU partners to achieve climate-neutral cities by 2030.