27 October 2016

Danish municipality applies innovative financing method for energy renovation

As part of its broader strategy to reduce CO2, the Danish municipality of Holbaek has developed a new system to finance the energy renovation of buildings. The system, designed in cooperation with energy utility SEAS-NVE, involves more significant...

26 October 2016

Municipalities encouraged to change street lights to reduce costs

Cities across Europe are being encouraged to use energy performance contracting (EPC) to install more efficient street-lighting, using the money saved through lower electricity bills to fund the conversion costs. Old street lighting systems account...

20 October 2016

PPI4Waste report aims to define common needs of public buyers

A new report produced by the EU-funded PPI4Waste project identifies and defines common public buyer needs in the field of municipal waste management. Titled “Agreeing on common needs”, the document has been written based on the consortium’s...

19 October 2016

French companies establish innovative partnership to build better trains

France's national railway company SNCF has come together with French rail transport company Alstom to form an innovation partnership that will see teams from both companies work together to design and produce the new generation of TGV trains. The...

17 October 2016

Procura+ Seminar focuses on collaboration in SPP

The Procura+ Seminar gathered over 100 procurement practitioners and policy makers in Rome last week to discuss how sustainable public procurement and innovation procurement can be used to meet strategic objectives in a cost effective way.Vito...

13 October 2016

Registration open for final Water PiPP event

The final event of the Water PiPP project "Empowering Public Procurement for Innovation in the EU Water Sector" will take place in Zaragoza (Spain) from 9 - 10 November 2016. Registration for the free event is available online. The two-day conference...