As project coordinator, Rubén García from Fundación CARTIF, represented R2CITIES at the European Commission’s 4th EeB PPP impact workshop in Brussels on 1-2 April. Margherita Scotto from R2CITIES partner D’Appolonia was also present.

Three projects involving 15 municipalities have decided to join forces for greater leverage in sharing and promoting energy efficient renovation solutions for cities and communities EU-wide. 

Three projects, EU-GUGLE, R2CITIES and ZenN, involving 15 municipalities have decided to join forces for greater leverage in sharing and promoting energy efficient renovation solutions for cities and communities EU-wide. 

The R2CITIES Consortium met for three days at the premises of partner Acciona in Madrid to assess achievements to date and plan the coming project period. 

Welcome to the first R2CITIES Newsletter! This is the first issue of a series of newsletters that will keep you informed about our project, called R2CITIES. The project, which is co-financed through the FP7 programme, is ambitious – to develop replicable strategies that can be applied to large-scale district renovation initiatives for achieving nearly zero energy cities

Coordinating R2CITIES is Fundación CARTIF, a leading Spanish applied research centre set up in 1994. It possesses 9 technical divisions in which some 200 research staff are mobilised across energy, environment, food and chemicals, biomedical, and robotics.

As a demonstration project, R2CITIES is keen to engage in various communities relevant to its interests. The following is a selection of news from Energy Cities, Smart Cities and Communities, Buildup and Managenergy

Interesting upcoming events selected by the R2CITIES team

Renovations of entire districts, designed to reach near zero energy consumption, need to be replicable if they are to be widely adopted

One of Europe’s flagship initiatives for building and district energy efficiency innovation, CONCERTO, held its final conference on 22 and 23 October in Brussels. 

Three cases studies will constitute the basis for developing an easily replicable strategy for renovating districts so that they reach near zero energy consumption

The aim is to achieve a nearly zero energy city. Turkish stakeholders part of a project consortium at the cutting edge of energy efficiency