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Empowering local communities through partnership in Meath

energydemocracy — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 15:49:59 +0000

Sustainable Energy Communities (SEC), run through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), offer communities the opportunity to become more energy conscious and energy efficient. Once a steering group is established, the next step is to develop an Energy Master Plan (EMP) for the community. A grant is available to pay a consultant to do…

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Public-public partnerships and deep energy retrofits: The case of Porto Region

energydemocracy — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 08:50:07 +0000

Partnerships between municipalities and agencies Vila Nova de Gaia municipality is one of the 17 municipalities that form the Porto Metropolitan area. The local government of Vila Nova de Gaia joined the Covenant of Mayors as early as 2008 and is also member of the Energy Cities Alliance. The municipality among 6 others, works with…

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Bristol, United Kingdom

energydemocracy — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 08:34:27 +0000

Bristol is also a divided city, with tackling inequality at the top of the Mayor’s 2015 manifesto commitment. It is a port whose historic wealth is associated with the transatlantic slave trade, and a place of arrival for Afro-Caribbean people in the 1950s. In the 1980s, racial tension erupted into riots. Much of the environmental…

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Brandenburg, Germany

energydemocracy — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 07:17:14 +0000

Summary The example of Lieberoser Heide shows how the public sector can become economically active at the local level in renewable energy projects. The former GDR used large parts of the country as military training grounds. Much like the Western allies, the Red Army did not care too much about protecting the environment. Worse still, …

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Heating project to reduce energy poverty in Told, Hungary

energydemocracy — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 07:05:16 +0000

Summary The example of Told shows how ideas to reduce energy poverty imported from the Global South are also helpful on the European continent. The project integrates the three pillars of sustainability—social, economic and ecological—in a commendable fashion and, additionally and implicitly, tackles ethnic stigmatisation. It is an encouraging example, because minimal efforts have led…

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Zschadraß’ Ländliches Leben, Germany

energydemocracy — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 06:58:12 +0000

Summary In the midst of a seemingly rich Germany, numerous towns, villages and rural districts are broke. The pathway to insolvency typically includes the following steps. Over the course of ten to twenty years, a community heaps up debt because revenue is permanently too low. To raise funds, towns then sell assets and establish public-private…

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Community Energy Scotland and the reclaiming of Gigha, Scotland

energydemocracy — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 06:51:25 +0000

Summary The energy transition in Scotland profits from a land reform that has inverted historic property relations. Historically, Scotland is viewed as one of the most important examples for the enclosure of the commons.[1] Up until the 19th century, large estates in Scotland were still being commodified [2] and sold. More often than not, the…

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Cooperative Multicarte in Ungersheim, France

energydemocracy — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 06:39:48 +0000

Ungersheim, a former mining town in the Alsace region, has successfully implemented a local socio-ecological transition strategy. Their success was based on the town autonomously designing its transition pathway, instead of following French government guidelines.[1] As the mayor, François Mensch, tells us, there are three dimensions to Ungersheim’s autonomy. The first two obvious dimensions are…

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