City of Kladno is one of the leaders in innovation, SMART city and climate protection in the Czech Republic. It enters the current
situation of unprecedented pressure (on the one hand, the ever deepening climate crisis, on the other hand, the energy crisis) with
comprehensive strategy (SECAP, 2021) and plans of the first positive energy district (PED) in the Czech Republic. Even in the design
and implementation of integrated services for Renovation Wave, it is a light house, and may become an ideal test-bed for the onestop-
shops proposed under the EPBD4 revision.
The project design aims to initiate a significant increase in the scale of energy retrofits in residential buildings in terms of increasing
the as well as the quality and the use of renewable energy sources through:
- setting up a one-stop-shop Energy HUB,
- development of fully integrated services,
- involvement of value chain actors, cooperation and exchange of experience
- capacity building for more than 870 members of the target groups and advisory support for more than 115 renovation projects (in
pilot testing phase)
- actively offering data and experience for replication at national and European level (including Ukraine).
The involvement and cooperation of partners is of invaluable importance - NSEV Čabárna as an experienced implementer of
environmental education in Kladno and its surroundings, CTU UCEEB as a holder of unique know-how in the field of energy
performance of buildings and also BABLE as a link and network of organizational innovation across Europe. Other cities in Europe
have expressed interest in potential replication, and renowned professional organizations at the Czech and EU level will join in
disseminating the findings.
The current EU situation shows that all available tools must be deployed to achieve Europe's climate goals, phase out fossil fuels and
turn the energy transition into a reality. This project is one of the pieces on the way of European countries to clean energy.