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Global District Energy in Cities Initiative

A multi-stakeholder partnership and pool of expertise that promotes the transfer of policy, finance and technical know-how

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Global District Energy in Cities Initiative

Recognizing that modern district energy helps cities meet energy efficiency, zero energy building and renewable energy objectives, the District Energy in Cities initiative supports local governments to build know-how and implement enabling policies that accelerate investment in low carbon and climate-resilient district energy systems.

As one of six accelerators of the Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform, the District Energy in Cities initiative aims to double the rate of energy efficiency improvements for heating and cooling in buildings by 2030. It addresses the urgent need to reduce energy demand and shift to efficient and low carbon sources consistent with global climate and energy ambitions.

The Global District Energy in Cities initiative provides capacity building and technical assistance to local governments and their partners to develop enabling policies, address barriers, unlock investment and scale-up modern district energy in cities. The initiative is working to raise awareness on the opportunities and multiple benefits of district energy.

 

Aims

Global District Energy in Cities partners aim to build know-how and implement enabling policies that accelerate investment in low carbon and climate-resilient district energy systems, raise awareness of how district energy generates multiple socio-economic and environmental benefits, demonstrate viability through pilot projects and create an enabling regulatory framework to unlock private sector investment and ensure sustainable implementation.

Activities

The initiative partners:

  • Replicate approaches in different cities in the same region to foster industry growth.
  • Facilitate the exchange experiences between city and country partners on district energy innovation and best practice through a cities-for-cities twinning process.
  • Provide capacity building and technical assistance to local governments and their partners to develop enabling policies, address barriers, unlock investment and scale-up modern district energy in cities.

Participating cities

The initiative currently provides technical support to cities in four pilot countries and ten replication countries.

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To learn more and engage in the initiative, contact ICLEI at carbonn@iclei.org or visit districtenergyinitiative.org.

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ICLEI World Secretariat
Europe
European Secretariat
Leopoldring 3
79098 Freiburg, Germany
iclei-europe.org
Brussels Office
Av. de Tervuren 35
1040 Bruxelles
Belgium
Berlin Office
St. Oberholz ROS Team Room 4.02
Rosenthaler Str. 72a
10119 Berlin
Germany
Africa
Physical address:
Unit 1, 2nd Floor,
South Tower
Sable Park, 14 Bridge
Boulevard
Century City
Cape Town
South Africa
Tyger Valley, South Africa
africa.iclei.org
ICLEI Africa Foundation
Ebène Junction, Quatre Bornes, Mauritius
North America
USA Office
536 Wynkoop St.
Suite 901
Denver, Colorado
USA 80202
www.icleiusa.org
Canada Office
401 Richmond St. W
Studio 204
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 3A8, Canada
www.icleicanada.org
British Columbia Office
Victoria City Hall
1 Centennial Square
Victoria,
BC V8W 1P6
www.icleicanada.org
Québec Office
Montréal City Hall
275 Notre-Dame St E
Montreal,
QC H2Y 1C6
www.icleicanada.org
Central America & the Caribbean
Mexico, Central American and Caribbean Secretariat
Eje Central Lazaro Cardenas 13
Building Miguel Abed, Floor 5 Of. 506 and 507,
Col. Centro, CP 06050 Del.
Cuauhtemoc, Mexico City, Mexico
www.iclei.org.mx
South America
South American Secretariat
Rua Marquês de Itu 70, 14° andar.
São Paulo, SP, Brasil
CEP 01223-000
americadosul.iclei.org
Colombia Office
Carrera 53 N° 40A - 31,
Medellín, Antioquia – Colombia
americadosul.iclei.org
Argentina Office
Boulevard Gálvez, 1150 Planta Alta.
Rosário, Santa Fé, Argentina
South Asia
South Asia Secretariat
c, 3, Green Park Extension Road, Block B, Green Park Extension, Green Park, New Delhi, Delhi, India
southasia.iclei.org
Southern Center
Door No. 6-3-596/47/2
Sri Venkata Ramana Colony
Hyderabad 500 004
Andhra Pradesh
East Asia
East Asia Secretariat
14/F, Seoul Global Center Building, 38 Jongno, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea (110-110)
eastasia.iclei.org
Japan Office
1-14-2 Nishi-Shimbashi,
Minato-ku
Tokyo, Japan 105-0003
japan.iclei.org
Kaohsiung Capacity Center
4F. No.436, Daye N. Rd.
Xiaogang Dist.
Kaohsiung City 812
Taiwan (R.O.C.)
icleikcc.org
Korea Office
217-59 Kintex-ro, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do 10390, Republic of Korea
www.icleikorea.org
Beijing Office
B1010 Xiaoyun Center, No. 15
Beijing 100125,
China
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia Secretariat
c/o The Manila Observatory Ateneo de Manila University Campus Loyola Heights, Quezon City 1101 Manila, Philippines
icleiseas.org
ICLEI Indonesia Project Office
Jl. Karbela Sel. No.46, RT.2/RW.4, Kuningan, Karet, South Jakarta City, Jakarta 12940, Indonesia
Oceania
Oceania Secretariat
l8/225 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
www.icleioceania.org