Ideas for Europe — Europe of Cities

August has been a big month for the European Commission, with multiple green projects approved to contribute to their 2050 climate neutrality target. Among these projects is a €2.98 billion German scheme to promote green district heating based on renewable energy and waste heat.

August saw a few major projects approved by the European Commission, including a €149 million Romanian scheme that supports the production of renewable hydrogen. Is renewable hydrogen important and what does hydrogen actually do? Let’s find out!

Sustainable architecture is hopping on the timber train by embracing mass timber as an alternative to concrete and steel. Who wood have thought?

Why did the cars in cities like Oslo, Ghent, and Paris stop driving? They were tired! All jokes aside, more and more cities are giving cars the thumbs down, and it may just be something that we give the green light!

How do the song lyrics by Joni Mitchell go? “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.” Well, quite the opposite is true in many parts of the world, where cities are dedicating themselves to turning once unused or dilapidated parking lots into paradises of recreation for their people.