The European Power Systems Strategy, Design, Technology and Financing Summit
The well known BREEAM certificate for sustainable buildings was not yet available for logistic buildings, until PostNL initiated an assessment of its distribution centers in The Hague and Den Hoorn.
Secretly jealous of your neighbors PV panels? Fed up with your draughty and chilly home?
Already 500 homes in Amsterdam are being retrofitted in an energy efficient way. There's still funding available for approximately 130 dwellings. The owners of these homes or residential buildings can apply via www.amsterdamsmartcity.nl/subsidie. The funding is distributed according to the first come - first served principle.
So if your planning to retrofit your home or to increase the value of your rental property, apply today!
This European funding for the retrofit of approximately 600 homes in Amsterdam is available via City-zen.
The project City-Zen is going to create a ”Virtual Power Plant” of 50 home batteries. 50 households involved will collectively sell energy on specific moments while buying energy on the energy markets at other times. By using the storage capacity of 50 batteries, buying energy can be done at the most favourable time. The 50 participants will be able to use more sustainable energy and respond to the fluctuating prices. When there is a surplus of wind or solar energy, the batteries will be charged. When more energy is charged than the households are using, the batteries will be discharged. This will be done when the energy prices are high.
Does saving on your energy bill and being a front-runner sound good? Then we're looking for you! Join today!
To join and learn more go to http://www.greenspread.nl/nieuws/deelnemerscityzen (in Dutch)
This project by Alliander, Greenspread and Amsterdam Smart City is part of City-zen and funded by the European Commission. www.cityzen-smartcity.eu
The Amsterdam Economic Board has published a Roadmap for European Innovation Cooperation (in Dutch). Every step has an explanation with further links to EU-information, guidance on what you need to know (and what is unneccessary to know at that stage). Intended for cities and regions, but could also be useful for other EU-starters!
The Dutch event for bottom-up energy cooperations.
