Flemish cities form Smart Energy network
Eight cities have formed the Flemish Smart Energy Cities network, with the goal to reduce their CO2 emissions by 20% over the next six years – and eventually become climate neutral
Eight cities pledge to lower CO2 emissions by 20%
Each of the eight cities will get extensive coaching on the projects it plans to realise – mostly in the field of smart energy distribution and local environment. Ghent wants to study what consequences a distribution system – for hot water, for example – would have for air quality and the city’s overall greenhouse emissions.
For Ostend, VITO and Energy Ville will assist the future urban development project Oosteroever, which will identify the best strategy to realise the coastal city’s climate and energy ambitions.
Every city want to lower its own CO2 emission by 20%. That goal is only a start: They want to become climate neutral by 2050. “Cities are responsible for a major portion of greenhouse gas emission,” said Tine Heyse, Ghent’s alderwoman of environment and climate. “But cities have also many ways of offering solutions.”
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