Aarhus has long been a front-runner in the local climate action. Back in 2009, the city hosted a conference that culminated in ‘7 Aarhus...

BIPED (Building Intelligent Positive Energy Districts) project emerges as a pivotal initiative to bolster urban energy resilience. Funded by the EU, BIPED focuses on developing Positive Energy Districts (PEDs), which are urban areas that produce more energy than they consume annually. By integrating renewable energy sources, energy-efficient buildings, and smart grid technologies, PEDs aim to achieve climate neutrality at the district level.

Pavel Kogut from the Digital Resilience Institute , which is a member of the BIPED consortium, spoke at the online conference Smart...

Aarhus' path to climate neutrality requires offsetting its current annual carbon footprint of 1.3M CO2e. Around half of these emissions...

Building a Local Digital Twin for a Positive Energy District (LDT4PED) requires more than a technical effort. An LDT4PED is also an...

Aarhus is one of the best cities to live and work. In 2024, it was ranked the happiest city in the world. And seven years previously,...

Local Digital Twins and Positive Energy Districts are fairly new concepts so it's not surprising they raise a lot of questions,...

The Brabrand district of Aarhus has set an ambition to become energy-positive, meaning that Brabrand will produce more energy than it...

Reaching climate neutrality in Aarhus will require an ambitious transformation of the urban system, one district at a time. The city has...

The second largest city in Denmark, Aarhus has set forth a vision to become climate-neutral by 2030. The city has made laudable progress...

BIPED’s coordinator Martin Brynskov of DTU gave an interview to Tagesspiegel Background, a digital hub for news and commentary on the...

This vision is the result of a brainstorming session organised at the kick-off meeting in Aarhus. It captures the wishes, ambitions and...