Energy Cities

Energy Cities
Founded 1990, Besançon, France
Founder Gérard Magnin
Type Network of cities
Focus Building, Energy Efficiency, Energy, Renewables, Transport, Urbanism
Location
Region served
Europe
Method Lobbying, Research, Innovation
Membership
180 member cities
Official language
English, Français
Executive Director
 Claire Roumet
Staff
22
Website www.energy-cities.eu

Energy Cities is the European Association of local authorities in energy transition. It represents 1000 towns and cities in 30 countries. From 2017 to 2020, Energy Cities is under the Presidency of the City of Heidelberg (DE). Energy Cities was established as an association of European local authorities in 1990 to put all this into practice. The association premises are located in Brussels (BE) and Besançon (FR). A part of the team works in Budapest (HU), Offenburg (DE), Freiburg-im-Breisgau (DE) and Zürich (CH).[1]

Board of directors

The Board of Directors of the association is represented by the 11 European cities:[2]

Municipality Country
Heidelberg DE
Bornova TR
Cork IE
Delft NL
Liège BE
Milton Keynes GB
Modena IT
Paris FR
Riga LV
Trnava SK
Växjö SE

Presidency of Energy Cities

  • 2005-2020 City of Heidelberg (DE), represented by Eckart Würzner, Deputy Mayor of Heidelberg
  • 2000-2005 City of Odense (DK), represented by Søren Møller, Deputy Mayor of Odense
  • 1997-2000 City of Barcelona (ES), represented by Pep Puig, Municipal Councillor in Barcelona
  • 1994-1997 City of Besançon (FR), represented by Robert Schwint, Mayor of Besançon
  • 1990-1994 Robert Schwint, Mayor of Besançon

See also

References

  1. ↑ About Energy Cities. http://energy-cities.eu/-Association,8-
  2. ↑ Energy Cities Board of Directors. http://energy-cities.eu/-Board-of-Directors,455-
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