As early as 1990, the City of Frankfurt a.M. committed itself to significantly reducing energy consumption and thus carbon dioxide emissions by joining the Climate Alliance of European Cities. In order to achieve this goal in the area of its own properties, the Energy Management Department was set up in 1991, which is now part of the Office of Building and Real Estate (Amt für Bau und Immobilien). This department is tasked with minimizing electricity, heating energy and water costs for the approximately 1,000 city-owned properties with about 2 million m² of net floor space. These include such diverse types of buildings as schools, daycare centers, swimming pools, sports facilities, administrative buildings, museums, fire stations, municipal stages, the zoo and the Palmengarten.

In 2019, energy and water costs of around €40.2 million were incurred for these properties. Of this amount, approximately €18.9 million were spent on electricity, approximately €14.6 million on heating energy, and approximately €6.6 million on water and sewer discharge. Since 1990, specific electricity consumption has been reduced by an average of 7%, despite the rapid increase in technical equipment, particularly in the IT sector. Specific heating energy consumption fell by 44 % during this period, specific water consumption by as much as 53 % and specific carbon dioxide emissions by 52 %. In order to achieve the goals of the energy and climate protection concept of the city and the federal government (reduction by 10 % every 5 years, climate neutrality by 2050), significantly increased efforts will be necessary in the future.

Since 2007, all new buildings and renovations of municipal buildings have been carried out using “passive house” construction parts (i.e. NZEB compatible) and all roofs have been designed to accommodate photovoltaic systems.

Since 2018, all new buildings and roof renovations of municipal buildings have been equipped with the largest possible photovoltaic system. Since 2021, photovoltaics are combined with green roofs as a matter of principle.

For these reasons, the city of Frankfurt a.M. is very interested in supplying its buildings with 100% renewable energy.

Helpful links on Frankfurt Climate Strategy:

Masterplan for 100% Climate Protection up to 2050
Building Blocks for Climate Protection

The city of Antalya, one of the most beautiful cities of Turkey, where green meets with blue, is also known as “the paradise on earth”, “the pearl of Mediterranean” and “the Turkish Riviera”. With over 2.4 million population Antalya is also the capital city of Turkish tourism and the 5th biggest cities in Turkey. Antalya is an international showcase city that has committed itself to sustainable local development based on quality life, qualified employment, competitive service, agriculture and clean industry.

By following Turkey’s national vision on climate change, Antalya Metropolitan Municipality has integrated climate change policy in its strategic plan, prompted energy efficiency; increased the use of green and renewable energy sources. Furthermore, Antalya aims to become one of the cities that actively participate the combat against climate change within the context of its special conditions and can offer high quality of life and prosperity to all its citizens with low carbon intensity. In line with the city vision, Antalya Metropolitan Municipality is the first metropolitan municipality that has signed the “Sustainable Energy Action Plan” (SEAP) and Covenant of Mayors (CoM) in 2013. The preparation stage has already been started by Antalya Metropolitan Municipality and other relevant stakeholders to upgrade from SEAP to SECAP. With Sustainable Energy Action Plan of Antalya, a contribution has been made to combat climate change on a local, national and international scale. City of Antalya conducts projects regarding the environment and climate change projects funded by the European Union, national grant authorities and development agency.

In recent years, there has been growing concern regarding energy consumption in the residential, public and tertiary building. Hence, Antalya Metropolitan Municipality aims at conducting citizen-centric urban generation and high-performance districts projects which foster smart solutions and sustainable local development in Antalya.
Our municipality aims to reduce the carbon footprint of Antalya and to be a pioneer among other municipalities on renewable energy resources in buildings and agriculture, energy efficiency and solid waste management, sustainable urban transportation plan and implementations, particularly in bicycle systems.

In the context of renewable energy generation, Antalya Metropolitan Municipality has 9 solar power plants and 4 biomass energy production facilities. What is more, our municipality also possesses Power Plants with a total installed power of 6.42 MW and a Biomass Energy Production facility with an installed capacity of 40.09 MW.

As one of the lighthouse cities in MAtchUP funded by Horizon 2020, Antalya has committed to install solar power panels and storage cells on the top of the municipal building and municipal transportation company building in order to generate and store electricity. Thus, Antalya Metropolitan Municipality will be the first municipality that promotes self-consumption and electric storage systems in Turkey.

Helpful links on Antalya Climate Strategy:

Antalya MAtchUP

Sustainable Energy Action Plan (in Turkish)

Website of the Climate Change and Clean Energy Unit Directory of Anatalya

Izmit Municipality serves a population more than 370.000 which equals a larger population compare with the forty cities in Turkey. As an industrial city which is struggling with air and sea pollution due to high industrial emission rates and industrial wastes as a province, the municipality act to respond the problem effectively and efficiently for long years. It undertakes all local services effectively, efficiently and in harmony within its boundaries with its 1528 municipality personnel.

As a center City municipality, daily population of the municipality has reached one million people which put responsibilities to provide efficient services on the areas such as health, environment, technical affairs, cultural and social affairs. As a matter of fact, Izmit Municipality was founded in the year of 1923 which is the same year of the foundation of Turkish Republic. Specifically, due to its long history it has achieved to reach a corporate identity and until today it is able to prepare many projects on the area of its jurisdiction about the issues such as environment, education, culture, youth, disabled and disadvantaged people, and children as a target group to ensure realization of all kinds of developmental implementation. Specifically, the municipality facilitates many decision organs to chair their duties and services conferred with other civilian institutions as a center municipality.

As an important municipality it has different facilities as follows: 17 August Izmit Earthquake Memorial and Awareness Museum (www.izmitdepremmuzesi.org), Artificial Reality Sphere (360 degree presentation dome), 3D printer and design Center (www.yazicivetasarimmerkezi.com), Youth Entrepreneurs Center (www.gencgirisimcilermerkezi.com) Eco park (Ecological Park), Gölkaypark (Waterski Center), Child Rights Schools, Woman Social Life Center, History Hall, ,İzmek (Vocational Courses with 62 different branches.) Addition to those the municipality has 23 neighborhood mansions, 8 indoor bazaar, 15 thematic park, 7 sport center and 500 hundred parks. (www.izmit.bel.tr).

Furthermore the Izmit Municipality R&D and Project Development Department’s EU project experts continues to create cooperation ties with local and European partners through IPA and Horizon project applications parallel with municipality’s strategic plan.With the aim of strengthening the international cooperation ties for sustainable development the municipality’s membership to ICLEI has very recently to be fullfilled. We hope that the acceptance of our preferred partnership to the procure will be mutually beneficial and open the gates for new cooperations with the aim of implementing renewable energy applications to our main public buildings for the upcoming calls as well.

Logroño is a medium size city located in the north of Spain in the region of La Rioja with more than 150 thousand inhabitants. The city is located by the Ebro valley and has a mild weather, influenced by the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, a healthy natural environment. Logroño is strategically located between Madrid, Barcelona, and Bilbao, with easy access to the latter’s airport and maritime port, the most important in the north of Spain. It has historically been a crossroad and a welcoming city, connecting the Iberian Peninsula with the rest of Europe and also as a landmark in the Camino de Santiago pilgrim’s route.

The city of Logroño aims to become a European Green Capital working hard on energy efficiency, sustainable development, clean mobility, and urban naturalization. In line with it, Logroño’s Innovation Plan has as its main goal to improve the municipal services and promote the sustainable social and economic development of the city and its citizens.

Logroño has long been improving its energy efficiency and will contribute to reach the European target for Spain. The City Council has incorporated technology to reduce costs that impact on citizens.

The purchase of clean energy from the Spanish federation of municipalities, 100% from renewable sources, and cheaper than the price market, is an example of efficiency. The renovation of the main street Gran Via lighting is another clear example, which has achieved greater comfort and more homogeneous lighting, as well as reducing costs by being able to track the intensity of the light.

Along these lines, the national Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving (IDEA) awarded Logroño City Council for four projects based on photovoltaic solar energy, the aim of which is to reduce traditional electricity consumption and promote the self-consumption in municipal facilities. The projects will be allocated in the Municipal Sports Center -its roof will be completely covered by solar panels and will supply to other facilities-, in the Public Parking, in the Science’s House and in the Employment Institute.

Besides that, Logroño City Council has been providing aid for the energy refurbishment of buildings from 2021, and municipal taxes reductions for installations of renewables or energy efficiency. In addition, many projects funded by the European Union -NextGenerationEU- are including efficient lighting and energy refurbishment, as Market of San Blas, shopping street Cien Tiendas, historic centre, wine tourist attractions, old bus station and Town Hall building.

Furthermore, Logroño belongs to several organizations for collaboration and knowledge exchange to the benefit of all its members and partners, as example:

EUROCITIES: Through six thematic forums, it acts as a European platform for sharing knowledge and exchanging ideas through a wide range of working groups, projects, activities and events.

https://eurocities.eu/cities/logrono/

ERRIN (European Regions Research and Innovation Network): It is a platform of more than 125 regional stakeholder organisations from European countries, which is focused on research and innovation policy and funding programmes, as well as project development.

https://errin.eu/members/ayuntamiento-de-logrono

RECI (Spanish Network of Smart Cities): Logroño belongs to and currently chairs the Spanish Network of Smart Cities. The network has several working groups which meet to discuss about different topics affecting them: Social Innovation; Energy; Environment; Urban Mobility; and Government, Economy and Business.

https://reddeciudadesinteligentes.es/ (Spanish)

Spanish Cities for Climate: It is the section of the Spanish federation of municipalities made of the local administrations which are integrating mitigation and adaption to climate change in their political agendas. It provides technical support and tools to local authorities to help them reaching their goals.

https://redciudadesclima.es/ (Spanish)

Innpulso network: It is a meeting forum for innovative local policies that enhances the collaboration between Spanish municipalities, for sharing projects, good practices and communication, and outreaches initiatives for these projects to citizens. The city of Logroño was awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities as a City of Science and Innovation.

https://redinnpulso.es/ (Spanish)

City of Ardahan which is located in the east of Turkey with an altitude of 1800,  has a history of approximately 3000 years. The geopolitical position of our city is at a very important point with its land border of 276 km with Georgia and 13 km with Armenia. Our city, which has Türkgözü and Aktaş border gates with Georgia, also has the International Baku Tbilisi Kars Railway transportation line.

Energy transmission lines, which are especially important for European Union countries in the international arena, pass through the provincial borders. These Pipelines:

1. Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan Pipeline (BOTAŞ)

2. Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP).

The Kura River, one of the important rivers of our region, passes through the provincial borders of Ardahan and flows into the Caspian Sea after Georgia and Azerbaijan. For this reason, Kura basin has an important place in the geography of our province. At the same time, Aktaş Lake is located between Turkey and Georgia within the borders of In addition, studies are carried out by the project experts of the Ardahan Municipality Plan and Project Directorate in order to establish cooperation networks with local and international partners with IPA and Horizon project applications in parallel with the strategic plan of the Municipality. It is hoped that new collaborations will be formed in order to ensure the partnership we prefer and to bring renewable energy applications in our province in the future.our province. Çıldır Lake, which is a lake that freezes completely during the winter months of Turkey, is also located within our provincial borders.

As Ardahan Municipality, some of the projects that have been made or are being carried out in our city, which we have gained a livable city vision with the national and international projects developed by the Plan and Project Directorate within our body:

1. The Kura River Recreation Area project, which has international strategic importance, and the Kura River Life Project, with the support of Serhat Development Agency, was implemented in order to change the face of the city center

2. Contribution to economic development was made with the Textile Workshop project, which was carried out to prevent migration and contribute to women and youth employment.

3. The Local Products Bazaar Project, whose physical infrastructure was prepared in order to create the market network of local products, which is the biggest added value of our region, was completed with the support of Serhat Development Agency. 

4. Serhat Development Agency support. In order to reveal the tourism potential of our province and increase the recognition of the province, the “Bungalow Houses” project was prepared, and a mini holiday village was built under the Historic Ardahan Castle on the Kura Riverside. 

In addition, studies are carried out by the project experts of the Ardahan Municipality Plan and Project Directorate in order to establish cooperation networks with local and international partners with IPA and Horizon project applications in parallel with the strategic plan of the Municipality. It is hoped that new collaborations will be formed in order to ensure the partnership we prefer and to bring renewable energy applications in our city in the future.

The City of Maintal, with a population of around 40,000, can look back on years of commitment to climate protection. It has been a member of Climate Alliance since 1995 and has been part of the network “Hessen aktiv: Die Klima-Kommunen” since 2010. In 2013, the first climate protection concept with defined measures and targets was completed and was updated in 2020.

With two climate protection management positions, the city of Maintal is also active in numerous networks and working groups throughout Hesse and Germany. This results in synergy effects by implementing innovative projects and actions via cooperation and sharing knowledge with each other. Through close cooperation with neighboring municipalities and the Main-Kinzig district, citizens are extensively informed about opportunities for climate protection and climate adaptation.

The refurbishment of public buildings is an important component of the municipal climate protection measures. In 2017, an integrated climate protection sub-concept was drawn up for the city’s own properties. It consists of two components: the development of a climate protection management in all suitable properties as well as an energy analysis of all properties of the city of Maintal with regard to the condition of the buildings and the need for renovation. In 2020, the municipal council decided to develop an energy refurbishment roadmap for all city-owned buildings so that the goal of climate neutrality can be achieved by 2030.

Helpful links on Maintal Climate Strategy (only in German):

Klimamanagement in Maintal

Maintal – Klima-Förderrichtlinie