After a year marked by the pandemic and with periodic virtual meetings, this was the first time that the partner cities were able to share a meeting with all the advantages of being in person. The Representatives from Seraing (Belgium), Nagykanizsa (Hungary) and Trikala (Greece) were able to see first-hand the results of the energy refurbishment of the buildings, the success of the local currency and its consumer vouchers, the Vilawatt Office (the one-stop-shop for energy information) and Enxaneta and Josefina Castellví Schools, where the pilot Energy Community of Viladecans is initiating its first steps. The visit helped to go further into the five pillars on which Vilawatt is based (retrofitting, local currency, the Public Private Citizen Partnership model -PPCP-, energy pooling and citizen engagement) and to better understand what was done when Vilawatt was an UIA project, what and how it is being done now and what the future holds for the project in Viladecans.
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Vilawatt – UTM, which is part of the European URBACT program, is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.
