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The European Commission has committed unilaterally to recognising cities involved in the Covenant and promote their public visibility.

A typical meteorological year (TMY) is a set of meteorological data with data values for every hour in a year for a given geographical location. 

Despite considerable progress in the implementation of EU energy efficiency policies since 2011, more is needed if the EU is to reach its 2020 energy efficiency targets. This is the conclusion of an exhaustive set of reports on EU and national policy implementation released today

The Covenant of Mayors is an ambitious initiative of the European Commission that gives the lead to Europe’s pioneering cities to mitigate climate change through the implementation of intelligent local sustainable energy policies

Gdynia is the most energy-efficient city in Poland, improving its citizens’ quality of life on small municipal spending. How?

the city of Saragossa just delivered its “Estrella de Europa” (European Star) award to the Covenant of Mayors initiative in recognition of the movement’s contribution to the promotion of European values.

The main purpose of this scientific report is to provide an assessment of the Covenant of Mayors (CoM) Initiative 6 years after it has been initiated

Since 2010 the Covenant of Mayors (CoM) initiative has come to involve 11 Eastern Partnership and Central Asian countries in the implementation of local sustainable energy policies (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan).

The expert workshop "Spatial Data for Modeling Building Stock Energy Needs" took place on 24-26 November 2015 in Ispra, at the EC Joint Research Centre. 

This section is dedicated to news and activities within the pilot project on energy and location, jointly carried out by the EC DG JRC project on Energy and Location and the European Union Location Framework (EULF) action of the EC Programme Interoperability Solutions for Public Administration (ISA)