European cities join forces to plan their urban and energy future together

Large urban areas throughout Europe are trying to strike a balance between their rapid growth and the significant reduction of fossil energy consumption and CO2 emissions. Cities need efficient and effective planning practices to cope.

The EU-funded URBAN LEARNING project "started from the need for Vienna and other big cities to decarbonise their building stock and heat supply, while facing considerable population growth," says Coordinator Waltraud Schmid. "The second starting point was the observation that energy aspects aren't well integrated in urban planning processes — too little, too late, with suboptimal results."

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