Sustainability

Los colegios y polideportivos públicos de Las Rozas ahorran un 30% de electricidad con paneles solares

This is Las Rozas Energy: the ambitious energy efficiency project of Las Rozas Smart City

The roofs of 30 public buildings will be covered with photovoltaic panels for self-consumption and Through a Data Platform is already monitoring in real-time the clean energy generated by the panels Las Rozas continues to take giant steps toward its zero-emissions commitment. The city, which has an ambitious strategy for innovation and sustainability, has completed…
EIB and EIAH boosting sustainable investments in Croatia

EIB and EIAH boosting sustainable investments in Croatia

  HBOR will identify a pipeline of projects in need of advisory support and help Croatia`s LRGUs to prepare and implement pilot projects, stimulating investments and growth in underdeveloped areas The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (HBOR) signed an agreement to support HBOR in setting up its own advisory services and enhance…
7 innovations are making circularity quicker

These 7 innovations are making circularity quicker and easier

Embracing circular economy practices is a complex challenge for industries that needs to involve the entire value chain of a product Fortunately, a range of technological solutions are available to offer solutions Robot sorting Sorting waste is a dirty, repetitive, and sometimes dangerous job. Workers searching for recyclable material in piles of waste must search…
Istanbul

Esenler distributes recycled materials as part of Zero Waste project

Turkey launched the ambitious project three years ago to introduce recycling to the masses and raise awareness about increasing pollution Istanbul's Esenler Municipality held an event Thursday to mark the distribution of 500,000 recycled notebooks as part of Turkey’s Zero Waste project. Environment and Urbanization Minister Murat Kurum also participated in the event, where several…
Brunnshög

Brunnshög – a smart city here and now

Brunnshög is the brand new district in the city of Lund, Sweden, which is now being built and shaped into a smart city with smart buildings and a focus on people and a sustainable lifestyle. This smart city will be full of innovations and future meeting places for people. Here you will also find a…
Malta

The pandemic tests the cities.

In the next decade there will be about 500 cities of more than one million people and several "mega-cities" with populations of more than 20 million COVID-19 has been a tough test for cities, as they have had to assess their ability to address the spread of the infection. In other words, checking whether the…
Carbon

Carbon Upcycling Technologies Becomes 2020 AcceliCITY Resiliency Track Champion

“Carbon Upcycling have demonstrated the upmost resourcefulness by transforming the threatening presence of carbon emissions into an environmentally positive resource for halting the spread of COVID-19” ( Mike Lake, President and CEO of Leading Cities) Leading Cities is excited to announce Carbon Upcycling Technologies as the $25,000 prize winner of the 2020 AcceliCITY Resiliency Track…
Toronto

Toronto invites applications for Women4Climate TO

Mentorship Programme to support next generation of women climate leaders The City of Toronto has launched the Toronto edition of C40’s international Women4Climate Mentorship Programme to encourage and inspire women’s leadership in responding to climate change. This program matches mentors from local government, the business sector, international organizations and social agencies with emerging women leaders.…
Seat

Seat invest in its future

Planned investment of 5 billion euros by 2025 will be allocated to R&D projects to develop new models and to equipment and facilities SEAT is going to invest 5 billion euros from 2020 to 2025. The investment will go towards new R&D projects for vehicle development at SEAT’s Technical Centre, specially to electrify the range,…
Resilence

Why Should Cities Aim For Heat Resilience?

To figure out what strategy works best, cities can decide to assess precisely the thermal situation in order to define target areas to take action Just a few days to pass and the summer will be here! If you live in a large city, then your feelings are probably mixed between excitement for holidays and…

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