At the first National Best Practice Workshop in the framework of CapaCITIES on 29/30 April in Chennai (Tamil Nadu / India), Reto Dettli explained the methodology developed by econcept and ICLEI for the development of urban climate action plans. Case studies from 4 cities show concrete results from the definition of goals to the implementation of first measures.
Reto Dettli has been invited as key note speaker at the III International Conference of District Energy in Colombia.
Within the scope of the Energy Efficiency Zhytomyr Project by order of SECO, econcept supports the city administration in the development of its sustainability management. On 19 March, the award ceremony for the European Energy Award took place.
Reto Dettli was a speaker at the Best Practice Workshop in New Delhi as part of the CapaCITIES project (Capacity Building for Low Carbon and Climate Resilient City Development) at the end of January 2019. Representatives of various Indian cities discussed the topics of climate action planning and implementation, waste management, water and wastewater management, mobility and project financing.
Swiss climate protection projects must be reviewed by an independent body before they are registered with the Swiss government. econcept is accredited by the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) as an institution for the validation and verification of climate protection projects in Switzerland.
Within the framework of the National Programme against Poverty, possibilities for a nationwide monitoring of poverty were examined in depth. econcept drew up an inventory of existing domestic and foreign poverty reports and worked with the relevant actors to develop proposals for a possible form of national poverty monitoring.
In May 2018 we were happy to welcome Benjamin Buser and Jasmin Gisiger as two new members to the econcept team.
The Electricity Works of the City of Zurich (ewz) is broadly implementing the findings of the pilot project "Energiesparlotsen/innen in Zürcher Wohnsiedlungen" (Energy Saving Consultants in Zurich Residential Communities). The pilot project with non-professional energy consultants was carried out by econcept on behalf of the Foundation "Wohnungen für kinderreiche Familien" (apartments for large families) and in close cooperation with ewz. The project has now been transferred to the ewz product range.
In January 2018, the SERI published the final report on the preliminary examination of the practice-integrated Bachelor programme PiBS at universities of applied sciences. Therein, econcept recommends an extension of the PiBS pilot phase until its evaluation in 2019.
Barbara Haering held the final key note presentation at the Engagement Workshop of the EU research project on major research infrastructures InRoad on 16 January 2018 in Brussels.