The city of Rajkot, in the state of Gujarat, India, is the first pre-existing city in India to tender a district cooling system.
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Webinar: Cities & the Renovation Wave – Impactful District-Level Approaches
This webinar focuses on how the “Renovation Wave” will provide support to cities and regions when they decarbonise their building stock.
Riga, making a difference in the Baltic countries
The Joint Stock Company (JSC) “RĪGAS SILTUMS” is the biggest District Heating (DH) company in Latvia and in the Baltic countries. The…
The EU Renovation Wave, Reenergizing District Energy
As part of the EU Green Deal, the European Commission has announced a Renovation Wave initiative to boost the energy efficiency and the…
Webinar: Local leaders on the front lines
Five star cities presenting their best practices in efficient heating and cooling solutions for a sustainable future.
The European capital goes green with district heating
With a political commitment & the technological potential, Strasbourg aims to reach their energy transition targets with deep geothermal energy and waste heat from Germany.
Vienna shows the way towards a fossil free building stock with climate protection areas
Climate protection areas are showing to be an efficient tool to wean Vienna’s building stock from fossil fuel. From now on, any new buildings in these areas must be supplied with renewable energy or district heating.
Webinar: Financial instruments and success cases
This webinar provided a European perspective on financial investment, from EU’s Urban Agenda Energy Transition Partnership to success cases and transparent green bonds to minimize the risks.
Smart integrated energy project joins the Celsius Initiative
The Horizon 2020 project FlexiGrid joins the Celsius Initiative, benefiting from the great network of integrated energy stakeholders.
Looking at Financing – success stories, challenges and solutions
During the May 2020 Celsius Talk will discuss the barriers cities encounter when looking to finance sustainable energy efficient projects,…
Bankability of urban excess heat recovery investments
We summarize some key points from RINA’s analysis of the bankability of urban excess heat recovery investments (from the H2020 Reuseheat project).
Gothenburg, a pioneer in green bonds
This article provides a short introduction to green bonds, using the first city in the world to use green bonds (Gothenburg) as an example.











