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The City Council of Lighthouse City Sonderborg has approved its Masterplan2029
Lighthouse City Sonderborg must hit the CO2 zero in 2029, and therefore ProjectZero has, on behalf of the City Council, coordinated the preparation of the new Masterplan2029, which describes how the area will achieve its goals. The City Council has approved the master plan at a meeting on 22 December 2021.

One Tonne Saving of CO2 Emissions through Electric Bike Service for Municipal Staff in Lighthouse City Vitoria-Gasteiz
Big success for the smart service for municipal staff in Lighthouse City Vitoria-Gasteiz: From February 2020 til December 2021, a total of 8150 km was covered with the use of the electric bicycles of the Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council, which is equivalent to a saving of 1 tonne of CO2 emissions!

SAVE THE DATE: SmartEnCity Final Conference
After one year extension of the project duration, SmartEnCity is now coming to an end. The consortium would like to share its experiences and results and invites you to Lighthouse City Vitoria-Gasteiz to join the Final Conference on 14-15 June 2022.
A successful year ended with several awards for Lighthouse City Vitoria-Gasteiz and SmartEnCity
In the last months of 2021, SmartEnCity has been awarded with several prizes for the deployment of project activities in Vitoria-Gasteiz Lighthouse City. In particular Visesa was recognized with the Quality Innovation Award 2021, in the category of Public Bodies, for its role as Delegated Promoter in SmartEnCity deployment in Vitoria-Gasteiz.

New SmartEnCity Network Bulletin # 30 - December 2021 released
Get to know the latest activities of the Danish SmartEnCity Network and the proceedings of Vitoria-Gasteiz' new Smart Electric Bus. How does Lighthouse City Tartu engage housing associations leaders in the smart home systems and what was happening at the 1st Urban Stakeholders Workshop of Sapienza University of Follower City Lecce? Read our new Network Bulletin and find out.

Housing association leaders met to discuss smart homes
On 26 October, the housing association representatives of the Tartu pilot area met for a hybrid event to discuss the smart home system. In the meeting, a little over half of the pilot area buildings were represented.

Sonderborg Climate Neutrality Conference - Conference Archive
The Sonderborg Climate Neutrality Conference end of September was an important international online event, giving a good overview on the state of the art dicussions on city transition, on Integrated Energy Plans and smart solutions. Missed it? No problem. Find all sessions in the event archive.

SmartEnCity Network Bulletin #29 - November 2021 - released
Read Network Bulletin #29 and find out about the activities of Lighthouse City Sonderborg at the COP26 in Glasgow and where to find the presentations and videos of Sonderborg's Climate Neutrality Conference and infos on the award of the Danish Energibyerne Network. In addition you can read about the latest developments in connection with the Smart Electric Bus and the results of energyefficient retrofitting in Lighthouse City Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Smart Electric Bus information campaign kicks off at TUVISA bus stops in Vitoria-Gasteiz
From 1 October, Instructors provide information about the Smart Electric Bus to passengers on the bus lines of Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Vitoria-Gasteiz' Smart Electric Bus First had its first test drive with passengers
On 22 September 2021, the citizens of Vitoria-Gasteiz were able to test the Smart Electric Bus (SEB) for the first time on part of its route and explore its advantages along the way.