New video featuring first demo house renovations in Paddepoel, Groningen!

Since the launch of the MAKING-CITY project in December 2018, Groningen started converting two districts in PED areas. Joep de Boer, from WarmteStad, features the first achievements that have been…

Following the Nantes Innovation Forum, we have had the chance to interview Franzisca Beeken, policy officer energy transition at the municipality of Groningen. Your city is very engaged in energy…

As one of the projects part of the European Smart Cities Information System (SCIS), MAKING-CITY contributed to a solution booklet published a couple of days ago. In addition to define…

On June 12 and 13, the MAKING-CITY project held its Final Event in Groningen, marking the culmination of six years of groundbreaking work towards Positive Energy Districts (PEDs). The two-day event conisted of the last Conostrium meeting reuniting all the partners, a final Stakeholder workshop and the final “Power Up Your City” Innovation Camp in Groningen.

Julia Vicente, researcher at the CARTIF Technology Centre, presented MAKING-CITY at the ITE+3R Congress, organised in León (Spain), from 26-27 March. Watch the video (in Spanish) by clicking here!

Watch the video produced by GBCe (Green Building Council España), one of the MAKING-CITY partners, which presents the stakeholders’ maps representing all the actors involved in the Smart Cities and…

GRONINGEN –A fossil-free future is drawing closer in the city of Groningen (Netherlands). In Positive Energy District Paddepoel, the first of three sustainable demo houses was equipped with an innovative…

The first MAKING-CITY newsletter is now online! Learn about the Positive Energy District (PED) concept and urban energy efficiency by clicking here.

In Oulu, the second MAKING-CITY Lighthouse city, the district of Kaukovainio was selected to implement the PED concept. Located 3 km away from the city center, this urban area gathers nearly…

MAKING-CITY partners just published a new article in Sustainability about their work to develop a methodology for calculating the energy balance at the district level and energy performance of those…

MAKING-CITY is now 3 years-live! Click here to learn more about key guidelines for energy balance calculation of PEDs developed by partners, plus the first PEDs modifications achieved in the…