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SmartEnCity Academy Update: 2nd lesson date & guest speaker
We have updated the second lesson of our SmartEnCity Academy towards Zero Carbon Transition with new information. The date for "Lesson 2: Mastering Governance & Political Barriers: Engage and Integrate" will be 14 April at 2 PM. And we are proud to announce that Baha Kuban from Demir Enerji, a smart city specialist from our sister SCC1 project Remourban, will join us as an external guest speaker!
SmartEnCity Networks: Estonian Smart Cities Club visited Elva
On March 12, the Estonian Smart Cities Club met for the fifth time in Elva, Estonia. Elva, a small city of only 5600 people, located in Tartu county, was one the first to join the Club and kindly offered to host the March meeting. Present were representatives from Rakvere, Valga, Tartu and Elva cities, and also project partners from Tartu Regional Energy Agency (TREA), Institute of Baltic Studies (IBS), the University of Tartu and Smart City Lab.
Lighthouse City Tartu: Housing associations meet for another technical meeting
On March 9, the housing association representatives of the Tartu pilot area met for another technical meeting. This time, the focus was on heating and ventilation systems, data collection and the smart home system.
SmartEnCity Academy has successfully started - recording now online!
The SmartEnCity Academy has already started on the 20 February with more than 50 attendees participating in lesson 1: "The SmartEnCity Way towards Zero Carbon City". The online training course was coming up in a new interactive format and was very well received.
SmartEnCity Project represented at Covenant of Mayors Investment Forum
“Smart Cities – What’s Next?” was the title of the EIP-SCC marketplace session on 18 February 2020 in Brussels. SmartEnCity was represented by project coordinator Francisco Rodriguez Perez-Curiel during a panel discussion which was focusing on opportunities for implementation, replication and scaling up for Smart City solutions from different perspectives.
Estonian students visiting Lighthouse City Tartu exploring the smart city of tomorrow.
On 4 March, thirty high school students from Kohtla-Järve visited Lighthouse City Tartu to learn about SmartEnCity project and smart solutions and developments in Tartu.
Follower City Lecce is part of the publication “EUROPE TOWARDS POSITIVE ENERGY DISTRICTS”
Do you want to know more about European Positive Energy Districts (PED) projects? Check out the updated version of the PED Booklet! It contains new and more cases, and provides an overview of different approaches, challenges and success factors. These PED projects contribute to sustainable urbanisation, climate action and the energy transition.
New Plans for future depot and charging unit for Vitoria-Gasteiz' Smart Electric Buses released
Big plans require big efforts: Inter-institutional collaboration fosters the construction of BEI's (Smart Electric Bus) Functional Charging Unit. The works to build the Functional Charging Unit will mean an investment of 5.6 million, which only could be afforded in collaboration by several institutions.
SmartEnCity Network Bulletin no.18 - February 2020 published
Read the new Network Bulletin and find out about the national based Italian SmartEnCity Network and its ambitious goals. Also, say hello to Gabrovo, Bulgaria, the youngest Network member and learn about the latest activities of our Lighthouse Cities.
July Revolution in the public transport of Tartu – opinion article by Raimond Tamm
Raimond Tamm, Project Coordinator of Lighthouse City Tartu is giving his point of view upon the current state of public transportation in Lighthouse City Tartu: "The Tartu bus transport network is not ideal and there are still many tasks and obstacles to be tackled by the city government."