A structured benchmarking was made between different urban sustainable energy projects in order to gain knowledge on different important success factors. The experiences from earlier ecological transformation projects were used in order to create long-term sustainable energy action plans. The plans have been produced in co-operation with different stakeholders in the cities. A number of long-reaching concepts such as "passive houses" and "a carbon neutral city" have been assessed and implemented in the cities in order to achieve sustainable energy systems with an increased share of energy from renewable sources, reduced energy consumption and reduced environmental impact.  The results from the benchmark study with the description of the case studies analyzed can be downloaded by following the link Sustainable Construction.

SECURE is a so-called ‘horizontal' project, a project which concentrates on the 'Horizontal Key Actions' of the ‘Intelligent Energy -Europe´ (IEE) Programme. IEE is a main means of converting EU policy for smart energy use and more renewables into action on the ground, addressing today´s energy challenges and promoting business opportunities and new technologies.

To the left you have a number of links that will take you to the project activities with the documents for download. If you want to receive a regular update subscribe to the SECURE Newsletter by following the link Newsletter. News about various events that are organized with connection to project activities are regularly posted under the link: Events. There you can also find information about previous events.

By clicking the pictures of the cities to the right you will be taken to the pages presenting the work on Energy Action Plans for each participating city. There you can also download Energy Action Plans with accompanying documents for each city.