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City of Antwerp
About Antwerpen
- Antwerp signed the Covenant of Mayors (2009) and wants to be fully carbon neutral by 2050.
- Through the expertise centre Ecohuis, Antwerp has experience with cocreating projects with:
- Citizens
- NGOs
- SMEs
- Branch organisations in the building sector
- Citizens
- Antwerp is known for its userfriendly public ict-tools and advice service to save energy or stimulate investments in green energy:
- E.g. zoominopuwdak.be
- E.g. zoominopuwdak.be
- The Energy Saving Fund Antwerp provides energy loans to citizens.
Role in Triple-A
The city of Antwerpen is leader of work package 3 "Developing and testing pop-up centre models to increase awareness of and easy access to low-carbon technologies. The focus is on pop-up consultancy centers in different neighbourhoods and coaching of homeowners to transform their house into an NZEB-house.
Antwerp believes that the Triple-A method, wich will be co-created with other local authorities and building sector stakeholders, will result in increased adoption of low-carbon technologies. This will help to reach its own climate goals.