EU Green Capital Valencia will host 2024 edition of European Urban Resilience Forum
Crucial aspects of resilience, sustainable development and recovery will be under the thematic spotlight
A crucial step in the process has been taken earlier this week
Warsaw might soon start recovering heat from the technological processes accompanying wastewater treatment, as the city website informs. Said heat can then be used in the distribution network managed by the energy operator and for the needs of the water supply company.
This is possible as MPWiK - Water supply and sewerage company of Warsaw and Veolia Energia Warszawa, manager of the largest heating network in the European Union supplying over 80% of buildings in the Polish capital (based on company reports), signed a letter of intent on the matter on Thursday.
In the context of the energy crisis engulfing Europe, authorities are looking everywhere for opportunities to diversify the energy supply and ensure a warm winter. In this search, even waste might be an option, as it turns out.
As of yesterday, MPWiK and Veolia will study the possibilities of heat recovery in two wastewater treatment plants - Czajka and Południe - as well as in sewage collectors and other installations operated by MPWiK. The objective is to start using the heat for the city's needs, i.e. supplying it to district heating of Warsaw to residential and industrial buildings.
The cooperation will begin with the assessment of the potential of these sources and the technical possibilities of their exploitation, the release further informs. If the successful forecasts are confirmed, they may result in the conclusion of contracts for the design of heat recovery installations from the two wastewater treatment plants and sewage collectors, and the construction of a modern system for their successful use.
The project fits well into Warsaw’s ambitious goals, set out in the #Warszawa2030 strategy relating to the emission of pollutants and greenhouse gases. It thus falls within the concept of the circular economy and the idea of reducing the consumption of fossil fuels for the benefit of renewable energy sources.
Veolia Group has already successfully implemented such a solution in the village of Szlachęcin (near Poznan) and hopes that the current cooperation could have positive economic, environmental and social effects for the Polish capital as well.
The city was concerned about street noise and disturbances to residents
This, however, is likely to change soon
Crucial aspects of resilience, sustainable development and recovery will be under the thematic spotlight
This is city twinning for the 21st century
You can find it in the capital Sofia, where it was installed upon the initiative of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
People in both cities got to sit together both in person and virtually
The city was concerned about street noise and disturbances to residents
And the current administration plans to make Jardin del Turia Europe’s largest city green space by extending it to the sea
The aim is to have the public be able to admire the architectural design without distractions
The installation has been thought out with the concept of letting people “talk” to their dearly departed
It’s an urban space that has undergone several large-scale transformations throughout its existence
A US geologist claims to have solved the centuries-old mystery
Urban dwellers across the EU are having a say in making their surroundings friendlier to people and the environment.
Forests in the EU can help green the European construction industry and bolster a continent-wide push for architectural improvements.
Apply by 10 November and do your part for the transformation of European public spaces
Catch up with some recommendations for the 2024 European Capital of Culture programme from the mayor of Tartu
An interview with the ICLEI regional director for Europe аfter the close of COP28
An interview with a member of the No Hate Speech Network team