International cooperation in urban topics via the IEA Cities Task 2

As one of the first initiatives of this newly established Cities TCP, the IEA Cities Task 2 “Data for Urban Energy Planning” will officially start on 1st January 2025. This task will support cities and municipalities in a field in which they are very familiar and have competencies, namely finance and decision-making capabilities: urban energy planning.

Task 2 will focus on urban energy planning covering many aspects such as data requirements, tools, methods, etc. Attention will be paid to how cities and municipalities can apply urban energy planning as an essential tool to enable the necessary change to ensure a high standard of living. The added value to cities and municipalities is that they will gain useful information and advice on how to shape the urban energy transition by collecting and analysing best practice examples worldwide. Urban energy planning includes all energy vectors (e.g., heating, cooling, electricity, mobility) with all their technical and non-technical (e.g., economic, legislative) aspects. In addition it also encompasses energy-related aspects such as energy poverty, education of citizens on energy and communication on energy-related issues.

International exchange between initiatives, research projects and frontrunners in this context will be highly important to leverage the effect of R&D resources, possible technology and skills transfer, training and capacity building. The participants from the Cities Task 2 want to extend their activities via the DUTP network, to provide input and to learn.

https://cities-tcp.org/tasks-tcp-cities/task-2-urban-energy-planning/