“ENERGY TRANSITION AND REGIONAL PLANNING” The Departemental Local Authority and the Council for Architecture Urbanism and Environment (CAUE 27) of Eure (Normandy) are jointly organizing a symposium in the city of Evreux on October 17. Lotus intellectual material will be presented in the morning: – Lotus content and partners, – Energy transition […]
Daily Archives: 26/09/2022
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The case study of Riga, the capital of Latvia, illustrates a planned approach to improving the energy efficiency of the existing building stock. The most significant part of the city’s building stock in terms of numbers is the large-scale housing estates, a legacy of the Soviet era. In contrast, the […]
Kuldiga municipality (in Latvian – Kuldīgas novads) is located in the middle of a vast and very sparsely populated (12.6 people/km2) traditional agricultural and forestry region of Courland (in Latvian – Kurzeme) of Republic of Latvia (hereinafter – Latvia, population -1.89 million). The middle-size (population – 10,710 people) historical regional […]
In this case study, we explore the structuring and implementation of sustainability projects in Malaunay, as an overall top-down strategy, with an initial focus on energy savings and the reduction of energy bills. The scope of actions was gradually expanded to include environmental issues more generally. Malaunay is small a […]
This case study follows the implementation of projects in favour of local energy autonomy in Le Mené, which began as a bottom-up initiative and gradually transformed into a municipal self-sufficiency strategy. Le Mené is a small municipality of 6500 inhabitants, which is located in the Côtes d’Armor department, halfway between […]