City-zen EU

City-zen is an EU FP7 #SmartCity demonstration project with a key role for #citizens. #smartgrid #districtheatingandcooling #retrofit #seriousgames #energyplan

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The @CityzenEU project is coming to an #end. We'd like to thank you for your support and interest! You can find on our website a booklet that summarizes 5 years of intensive #work ➡️https://t.co/GfZYDbZB5G + all the #results ➡️https://t.co/tQY0QRIZoY Feel free to download/share!

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The final #Cityzen newsletter includes links to all reports and the overview of 5 years of #CO2reduction projects. We are looking forward to seeing the #learnings of the projects replicated, deployed or in any other way put into practice! https://t.co/p7DEqtxrm4

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The #Cityzen Closing Event offered #insights of FIVE years of #Sustainable projects aimed at #CO2reduction and served as a springboard for future #urbandevelopment projects https://t.co/B02juEddjt @SmartCitiesSCIS @DGEnergy @EU_H2020 @GazElecGrenoble @Northeastern @VITObelgium

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Professor Joan Fitzgerald of @Northeastern University offers attendees at the #Cityzen Closing Event a refreshing perspective on #sustainable #urbandevelopment and #policy https://t.co/OTXtrbs9Y3

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Useful insights into #sustainable #urbandevelopment from none other than the Deputy Mayor of #Grenoble, the Director of #Amsterdam Economic Board, and their two local Project Leads. https://t.co/EuASbPb5jy @AmEcBoard @VilledeGrenoble @VFristot @NinaTellegen

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Nous travaillons à lever les freins aux #Transitions sociales écologiques. Dépasser les silos administratifs, les limites financières, les règles rigides, l'incohérence des échelons politiques. #Amsterdam et #Grenoble prouvent que les solutions existent si la volonté est là

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What comes next? How about aiming for 100 climate neutral cities by 2030?!?! Policy Officer Eric Lecomte of the European Commission offers a glimpse of the nearby future and it’s very hopeful indeed! #cityzen #inspiring #co2reduction

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Did you know? When the @gatesfoundation moved to the inner city of #seattle they approached the city council on how to lower carbon emissions of employees. #inspiring #employerresponsibility #insight

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Barriers and solutions. Let’s discuss! #cityzen #inspiring #co2reduction

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Is local policy opposed to state/federal policy? Asks Damien Frésier of @GreenAlp. No, says Joan Fitzgerald of @Northeastern . Policy will change. Eventually. #cityzen #policy #barrierstotransition

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“Cities and states cannot do it alone. We need the government to step up. I am an optimist by nature but it is very hard to be optimistic in our current political environment.” Joan Fitzgerald of @Northeastern offers a healthy dose of realism. #cityzen #sustainability

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Talking about her upcoming book, professor Joan Fitzgerald of @Northeastern shows #inspiring examples of #urbandesign from a policies perspective. How can we shape a sustainable future for #Europe?

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“If your city is not set to zero emissions, you’re lacking” says Joan Fitzgerald of @Northeastern to a riveted audience at the #cityzen closing #event in Brussels

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“We’re going to have to electrify everything. And it’s going to be expensive.” Joan Fitzgerald of @Northeastern points out the necessity, the opportunity and the painful all at the same time. #cityzen #sustainability #co2reduction #thetransitionisnow

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Professor Joan Fitzgerald of @Northeastern kicks off Day 2 of #Cityzen Closing #event in Brussels #co2reduction #sustainability

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@CityzenEU #Roadshow visited @Gem_Amersfoort to research how the city can become #carbonneutral before 2030. Read the findings of the experts, students, citizens, and legislators here: https://t.co/VE4fnRocPb
#climateaction

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Goed dat je er was! Let’s shape the future 👍🏼

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“Using #storytelling in what is in essence a technical program, is pivotal to bringing the message home.” Says Marjolein Bot of @AmEcBoard #communicationiskey #cityzen #co2reduction

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Marjolein Bot of @amecboard: “We need an approach where it is easier to cater for innovation.” #energytransition #co2reduction

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“Working with the EU is a double edged sword - open to innovation on one hand, quite rigid on the other,” says Nathalie Moyon of the City of Grenoble to an audience that couldn’t agree more.