Gent in transitie?!

De stad Gent is o.a. via het Gents Klimaatverbond al een tijdje bezig om via transitie-initiatieven te komen tot een meer duurzame stedelijke omgeving. 'Gent in transitie?!' heeft deze initiatieven in kaart gebracht en heeft ze raadpleegbaar gemaakt volgens verschillende criteria (systeem, niveau, initiatiefnemer, periode, ligging en fase). Het gaat momenteel al om een 70-tal projecten. Gent in transitie?! maakt deel uit van het onderzoek van het Vlaams Steunpunt Transities voor Duurzame Ontwikkeling (TRADO).

Changing behaviour of energy users

Apart from technological innovations, also behavioural change can lead to reductions in energy consumption. However, the permanence of these changes remains questionable.
The EU-project Changing Behaviour tried to tackle this challenge and focused on the understanding of the role of actors, timing and context of behavioural change, especially in the domain of energy savings.
On their website case studies, best practices and publications can be found.

Sustainable social houses

The leader in sustainable social housing projects in Flanders is the social housing company Zonnige Kempen in Westerlo, in the north of Flanders. It is the youngest, but most active social housing company concerning sustainable social houses. They have both new building and renovation projects.

Basis for their approach is the Trias Energetica, but they added 3 more steps in order to develop their Six Steps Approach. Quite interesting is the last step: communicate both positive and negative findings

They participate in several European research projects and European research networks and developed several demonstration projects.