In terms of energy, ecodistricts have seemed, in recent years, to be able to respond to many emerging challenges: the necessary development of renewable energies, better energy efficiency, greater commitment from local authorities and cities. With a great deal of communication and public subsidies, these […]
The energy transition is not a concept: it is a reality that requires changes in everyone’s behavior. This is an aspect understood by many political decision-makers, which some use in a quasi-moralistic way: “You must now take public transport! “ So, as far as I’m […]
Local authorities have been at the center of energy developments for a few years. Do they know it? I think so. The local dimension of some energy systems, district heating networks, geothermal energy, use of unavoidable energy, electricity generation from household waste, is now clearly […]
The summer allowed me, article by article, with texts longer than usual, to expose different aspects of the Smart Energy Cities: the reasons which make them unavoidable, the founding actions of any initiative wishing to be crowned of successes and accompanying actions that no city […]
I recently shared with you 7 actions that seem essential to me to create a Smart Energy City. These 7 actions are founding pillars of any energy policy of the city. These included the establishment of local energy governance, a public exemplary plan, a plan […]
It seems obvious that a city should, today, become Smart, ie a digital city. But are we clear on the reasons for this evolution? How to make it understood by all citizens? How to organize it to create value? To answer these questions, let’s start […]
Making a city smart in terms of energy, projecting it successfully into an energy transition, mainly today to reduce CO2 emissions, can be a complex issue. As a result, it may be difficult to associate it with specific actions. What must be done for this? […]
For decades, the world of energy has developed around fairly stable chains of actors within which the roles were clear and well distributed. In recent years, cities and local authorities have tried to invite themselves among the historical actors. Why this movement? What are cities […]
For decades, the cities’ mobility policy has been limited to a traffic plan for cars and to the development of public transport. This archaic vision, which still influences some of our reasoning, is undermined by developments observed in the majority of the world’s agglomerations: the […]
Smart Cities are an incredibly complex concept, combining the adoption of new technologies, the development of new governance, the establishment of a new link with citizens, the cross-functional operation of the city and the improvement of the experience of the users of the city. Can we […]
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