PED

The ZEN Research Centre5 pilot projects serve as innovation hubs where researchers, together with building professionals, property developers, municipalities, energy companies, and building owners and users, test new solutions for the construction, operation, and use of neighbourhoods in order to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions to zero on a neighbourhood scale. In total, the ZEN pilot projects encompass more than 30,000 people, more than 1 million m2 built area, and more than 5.5 million m2 land area.

ATELIER Project: Transforming a Brownfield into a Sustainable Neighborhood

A new neighborhood is being developed on an industrial brownfield site, integrating several 19th-century private homes, newly built residential units, and repurposed old industrial buildings primarily used as training centers. The ATELIER project will focus on the energy aspects of this new neighborhood, conducting three pilot projects in different areas.

The ZEN Research Centre3 pilot projects serve as innovation hubs where researchers, together with building professionals, property developers, municipalities, energy companies, and building owners and users, test new solutions for the construction, operation, and use of neighbourhoods in order to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions to zero on a neighbourhood scale. In total, the ZEN pilot projects encompass more than 30,000 people, more than 1 million m2 built

area, and more than 5.5 million m2 land area.

ATELIER is an EU-funded Smart City project aiming to create and replicate Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) within two Lighthouse Cities and six Fellow Cities. The Positive Energy District in Amsterdam will be developed in six locations in Buiksloterham. The PED consists of a number of very ambitious building groups (in total being 28,500 m2 GFA). Two of those are new build in the project. These are Republica and Poppies (total of 22,000 m2). The third is Schoonschip, finished in 2019.

Smart cities shape their future by leading in technology adoption, resource efficiency and citizen/ stakeholder engagement.

La Fleuriaye District Development in Carquefou, Nantes Metropole

The La Fleuriaye district in the City of Carquefou, part of Nantes Metropole, has been developed in two phases:

 Phase I: District Composition
1. Fleuriaye East (65 Hectares, 1995-2010):
  - 120 tertiary companies over 55,000 m²
  - 1,000 dwellings
  - A theatre
  - A University Institute of Technology (IUT)
  - A music school
  - Various cultural activities

Energy Transition and the Åland Renewable Energy Initiative