Vitoria-Gasteiz is the capital city of the province of Álava and of the autonomous community of the Basque Country in northern Spain with a population of 235,665 people. It will be the European Green Capital in 2012.
The main focus of the community is to avoid the need of cooling during the summer and reduce the need of energy for heating in winter. Solar technology and advanced energy distribution will be used to reach the goals of the Concerto 3 programme.
Cerdanyola del Vallès is a city located in the outskirts of Barcelona with an area of 32,000 m² for 57,830 inhabitants. Approximately 30% of the surface consist of a protected area named “Parc de Collserola”. It is of high ecological value and should therefore be classified as a protected area soon.
Zaragoza is together with Lyon one of the 2 cities involved in the RENAISSANCE project, part of the Concerto Initiative. The project involves El Picarral, an existing community in need of building refurbishment and urban re-generation, and Valdespartera, a new community. Both are linked by the integrated political commitment of all actors and a common set of performance criteria.
Viladecans with 64,277 inhabitants is part of the complex regional web that is the metropolitan area ov Barcelona. It is a coastal community, 12 km from Barcelona. It has seen fast population growth, with a number of inhabitants moving from other parts of Spain, and planning and development in the district has been unstructured. Households in the area have lower income and higher unemployment than the regional average.
Tudela is a community with around 35,000 inhabitants to the south of Pamplona in the region of Navarra, Spain. Tudela will put intelligent energy management at the centre of its sustainability plan. The community of Navarra occupies an important position in the field of renewable energies, and as such, has been since 2001 the official headquarters of the National Centre for Renewable Energies (CENER). A national training centre for renewable energy is also located in the region. Both of these institutions are lending their expertise to the community.
The city of Valladolid, located in central Spain with a Mediterranean continental climate, participated in the DIRECTION project that aimed at demonstrating how the use of very innovative and cost-effective energy-efficient technologies can lead to the achievement of very-low-energy new buildings. This objective, along with the effective adoption of low-energy buildings, was achieved by switching to a model whereby energy efficiency provided value to the market and represented an attractive asset across the whole of the value chain.
Valladolid is the capital of the autonomous region of Castile and Leon in the north-west part of Spain, and with a population of 307 052 people it is the biggest city in the region. The demonstration site of the REMOURBAN project in Valladolid covers the FASA district, which has a surface of 3.5 km2 and is part of the Delicias neighbourhood, located in the south-east of Valladolid. The district was designed and built at the beginning of the 1960s for workers of the FASA company.
Voted European Capital of Innovation 2014, Barcelona is a vast metropolitan hub with a long tradition of industry and entrepreneurship. Barcelona City Council encourages strategic initiatives aimed at generating international collaboration, and promoting a global and forward-looking vision to businesses and public bodies, as well as scientific and technological centres.
The Mogel neighbourhood in Eibar has been going through an integral renovation project since 2006. A lift installation and an energy-efficiency improvement to the residential buildings have been developed using diverse financing sources, including EU funding through the ZENN project.
A complete retrofit based on facade improvements, ICT and renewable energy systems is being implemented in the Cuatro de Marzo district, the demo site chosen for the R2CITIES project in Valladolid.
Located 11 km from Bilbao, Sestao is a municipality with a strong post-industrial character. It has an area of 3.5 km2 where only 0.9 km2 are devoted to residential use and the rest is used for industrial purposes.
The demonstration building is a three-block residential building located in the Portugalete municipality in Greater Bilbao and is developed by the Basque Government’s Department of Housing, Public Works and Transport. The implemented technologies had to be energy-efficient in order to achieve the target value but at the same time low-cost, because the developer couldn’t afford expensive technology. The social scope of the project is also important as it is oriented towards social housing.
Vitoria-Gasteiz is the capital of the Basque Country and one of the leading European cities investing in green economy. The city, which was the European Green Capital in 2012, has 240 000 inhabitants and a high proportion of green public areas, ensuring that the entire population lives within 300 metres of an open green space. Numerous tangible measures are in place to assist and increase biodiversity and ecosystem services. Vitoria-Gasteiz is committed to becoming smarter, using modern technologies to improve its citizens’ quality of life.
The Spanish city of San Sebastian has 186 062 inhabitants and was voted European Capital of Culture 2016. It is a touristic and commercial centre with strong emphasis on services and events. In recent years, San Sebastián has become one of the leading European cities in the context of smart and sustainable cities, largely because of its commitment to science, technology, economic development, sustainability and culture. The city is also an internationally recognized culinary destination.
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Santiago de Compostela, 100 000 inhabitants and capital of Galicia, is a UNESCO World Heritage City, pilgrimage destination, European capital of culture and example of historical, urban and environmental regeneration, attracting thousands of visitors. Since 2012, the City Council of Santiago de Compostela has been working on SMARTiAGO initiative, a strategy to address the smart city challenges, involving different agents of the local, regional and national innovation ecosystem.
Transferring successful big scale solutions to a smaller scale
The City of Palencia is located in the Autonomous Community of Castilla and León (Spain). Palencia has a population of 80,000 inhabitants. Local industry is mainly in the automotive sector and agricultural production, but the main activities are related to the service sector. Palencia is also proud of its historical and cultural background as being the settlement of the first University in Spain.
As a Triangulum Follower City Sabadell replicates solutions from the other Lighthouse Cities. Much effort has been made to encourage sustainable action.
Valencia is a coastal town located in the midst of a large metropolitan area. The current City Hall Government is decidedly committed to innovation and sustainability as the basis of a new model of global social development that respects both people and the environment. Under the MAtchUp program, Valencia will develop a total of 52 innovative actions in regard to energy, mobility and ICT in various neighbourhoods.
SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE COMPETITION 2010
The Solar Decathlon is a competition organized by the U.S. Department of Energy that first gathered teams from mainly American universities. Teams were asked to design and build self-sufficient, solar-powered houses equipped with technologies enabling maximum energy efficiency. Their houses were built and exhibited at the “Solar Village” of the National Mall, Washington D.C., where they were evaluated and competed within ten different categories (Decathlon).
Thanks to the Spanish Ministry of Housing and the Technical University Madrid, the Spanish people were the first in Europe to experience the excitement created by a competition among universities striving to design and build the most innovative home in Solar Decathlon Europe 2010.
The results were encouraging in every single aspect: both from a general point of view and judging the event strictly as a competition, from a technological point of view and from the social impact and publicity it generated.
Suptropical Mediterranean climate with very mild winters and long warm to hot summers. The annual average temperature is 17.8 °C. Building from 2001. Ground floor assigned to commercial use, and 4 other floors, which are dedicated to residential use. The building has a centralized natural gas boiler and there are no installed RES for heating or electricity. The annual final energy consumption is 61 kWh/m2, of which 54 kWh/m2 from natural gas and 7 kWh/m2 from electricity.
As part of ATELIER, Bilbao aims to replace its waste collection and cleaning vehicles with electric vehicles and to implement 3,500 electric vehicles in the city by 2020. Moreover, Bilbao plans to provide the municipality with a vehicle recharge infrastructure, as well as an online electric vehicle promotion platform.
