Dear Reader,
I hope you enjoyed the summer break and are now ready for what’s yet to come! While the world is slowly recovering, activities in our smart cities are proceeding and we are getting closer and closer to the long-awaited results.

In recent months we worked a lot on urban mobility, to make it more sustainable and accessible to all, and on energy to make its consumption more efficient for the municipality but also for schools and citizens.
Going step by step:

  • In Valencia, the municipality launched two campaigns in the Poblats Maritim district: the energy initiative “Del Maritim Al Mon” helps tenants to save energy and money and improve their energy behaviour, while the mobility campaign “De la cistella a casa” facilitates the delivery of shopping through e-bikes to incentivise local business and make it greener.
  • Dresden proceeds with the successful opening of MOBIpoints and improves them with new services, like fast-charging stations. Also, last June, the City launched the climate adaptation concept and improved its Sustainable Energy and Climate Adaptation Plan (SECAP). Lastly, the city is also investigating how to feed in renewable energies into the Dresden district heating network.
  • Antalya is renewing its district from scratch. In June, the city held a virtual study tour to present the many activities in process and solutions already available. 
Last April, MAtchUP started its webinar activity. The first webinar focused on energy transition, as a responsibility of each and every citizen, while the second explored strategies towards sustainability, to rethink our urban environments and meet the climate targets set by the EU. The third webinar “Replication and business models for sustainable cities” is about to come, mark your calendar on 22nd September, 11 am, and register here.

The project is also participating in the session “Digital for the people – It’s more than just tech” in the framework of the EU Week of Cities and Regions, in a policy conference of the EU Sustainable Energy Week, dedicated to building renovation for energy efficiency, and in a workshop of Sustainable Places 2021 about how to improve DHC networks. Join us!

At this point, I am sure you’d like to dive into the latest news from MAtchUP, visit our Twitter and LinkedIn pages to stay posted!


Ernesto Faubel
Ayuntamiento de València
MAtchUP coordinator
UPCOMING EVENTS: REGISTER & JOIN
CITIES CORNER
E-BIKES IN VALENCIA ARE GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, CONSUMERS AND LOCAL SHOPKEEPERS
The neighbours of Poblats Marítims, the city district included in MAtchUP project, will have a free initiative to take the purchase that they make in the neighbourhood shops to their home on electric bikes
ENVIRONMENT OFFICE MEASURES HEAT LOAD OF DAY-CARE CENTRES AND SCHOOLS
Kick-off for the development of the Dresden climate adaptation concept.
A CAMPAIGN TO SAVE ON HOUSEHOLDS ENERGY BILLS
The Valencia city council launches “Del Marítim al Món”, a local campaign to help tenants to save energy and money, and improve their energy behaviour.
SUCCESSFUL STRESS TEST OF THE E-CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE IN DRESDEN
SachsenEnergie subjected the charging infrastructure at the multimodal mobility hub (MOBIpunkt) at Fetscherplatz to a stress test, with success.
INTEGRATION OF RENEWABLES IN DHC
Eight EU-funded projects share their lessons learnt about the integration of renewable energy sources in district heating and cooling systems.
VIDEO CORNER
When it comes to energy-saving and energy rights, citizens often have the feeling they have no power to change the rules of the game or they're just not enough informed about the topic. 
Ways and strategies to rethink our urban environments to meet the climate targets set by the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal. 
A tour to discover the energy, mobility and ICT solutions developed and installed in our Turkish Smart City.
VIDEO GALLERY
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS
METHODOLOGY FOR INTEGRATED MODELLING AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF CITY ENERGY SYSTEM SCENARIOS
As the largest consumers of energy, cities are set to play a key role in the transition towards a greener and healthier future. And with the global population expected to become 70% urban in the future, the challenge is to design cities able to balance energy efficiency, socioeconomic structure and historical identity.
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"SMART" SNEAK PEEKS
SONDERBORG CLIMATE NEUTRALITY CONFERENCE
The 2-day online event will give an overview of the current state of the art measures to achieve climate neutrality.
SMART CITIES MARKETPLACE DIGITAL BROCHURE
The brochure sums up the work of the Smart Cities Marketplace while giving access to European cities' stories and the most important documents to help you with your project.
CARBON EGO MOBILE APPLICATION FOR A MORE CARBON-NEUTRAL LIFESTYLE
Carbon Ego is a mobile application, implemented by mySMARTLife partner Forum Virium Helsinki, that gives data by visualising how movement, housing, eating and consumption habits affect a consumer's CO2 emissions.
FAIR AND INCLUSIVE CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT FOR A NEW CITY VISION IN THE ENERGY TRANSITION
Bringing together 23 cities from EU-funded projects, the session will share insights, tools, and methods for citizen engagement and participation in building resilient and sustainable cities, ensuring fair and inclusive social change towards a clean energy transition.
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MAtchUP YouTube

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