Success stories on sustainable and renewable energies in UNESCO Sites

The large number of UNESCO Sites around the world makes it possible to build and share a comprehensive knowledge base on good practices and policies on the use of environmentally sound renewable energy sources and their adaptation to local specific contexts and needs.

This collection of good practices are projects that demonstrate a positive contribution to energy efficiency and the use of renewable and are suitable for replication in other sites.

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EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES
Bro Dyfi Gemeinschaft Renewables Green power and local ownership in action
Photo Gallery Building an energy-secure and environment-friendly future
Luz en Casa – Light at Home project Providing energy access to remote rural communities
IBEKA experience in Gunung Leuser Photo Gallery
Fuerteventura Erneuerbare Wasser A model for islands and dry coastal areas
Equimeth Project the Abertis Foundation
Photo Gallery and the Spanish Network
UNESCO School in South East Europe represents a unique educational opportunity to enhance capacity-building in sustainable energy by conveying in a single venue a substantial capital of knowledge
Edinburgh Weltkulturerbe Green energy to light a World Heritage site Virunga National Park’s first hydropower plant has started to generate electricity
Clip (2010-2020) Die Stadt Wien Klimaschutzprogramm
Integrated Energy System in Ferrara Geothermal and waste energy sources
Most residents in the area currently rely on dirty and News Archives
Photo Gallery The largest Abbey of Europe goes to renewable energy
The Hanseatic Town of Visby Bio-fuelled district heating
BUILDING AN ENERGY SECURE AND ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY FUTURE
Photo Gallery Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership Project
Virunga National Park Green energies to preserve a World Heritage site
Green energy to light a World Heritage site Virunga National Park’s first hydropower plant has started to generate electricity Walderhaltung durch Holz sparende Öfen
Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve Um Energie für schwimmende Gemeinden umgewandelt Abfallaufkommen
Aldabra Atoll Verbesserung der nachhaltigen Betrieb der Weltkulturerbe
PAVING THE WAY TOWARDS 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY SUPPLY
Grosses Walsertal Gegenüber 100% power from renewable energy sources and Energy Region
El Hierro Biosphere Reserve Photo Gallery 100% Canada
Low Isles – A Model of Sustainability An island powered by the Sun
Ergal Projekt Zero fossil fuels on the Galapagos Islands
Photo Gallery 2030 Renewable energies and Smart Grid Test-Bed
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SUSTAINABLE TOURISM & RES
Feynan Ecolodge Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery Photo Gallery
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Photo Gallery the Abertis Foundation
Photo Gallery and the Spanish Network
UNESCO School in South East Europe represents a unique educational opportunity to enhance capacity-building in sustainable energy by conveying in a single venue a substantial capital of knowledge
Dubrovnik 2013 Photo Gallery
Green energy to light a World Heritage site Virunga National Park’s first hydropower plant has started to generate electricity – GUTE PRAXIS
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