Synergies in the Porto region
CLMATEFIT
The CLIMATEFIT project aims to support EU territories in the process of transformation towards climate resilience, reducing the financial gap, providing knowledge, and strengthening capacities. To this end, the project acts on two fronts: 1) training public entities to identify, coordinate, and attract public and private funding, and 2) supporting financial entities in identifying and accessing investment opportunities. The project is coordinated by the Fonden World Climate Foundation (DK) and consists of 10 Technical Partners, 4 Financing Entities, 9 Public Authorities, including the Municipality of Porto, and 7 Facilitators. AdEPorto acts as a facilitator and is responsible for supporting the Municipality of Porto, among others, in its transformational journey towards climate resilience, liaising with technical partners to adapt and apply methodologies in case studies.
AdEPorto
POWER Youth
The POWERYOUTH project aims to empower young people aged 15 to 24 to play an active role in the energy transition. Although there are initiatives underway, there is still a lack of tools that systematically support young people’s participation in energy communities and their training in energy sustainability. AdEPorto is part of the consortium as leader of a pilot project to be developed at the Asprela Campus in the municipality of Porto, in addition to leading Work Package 3 – Building Young Energy Communities.
AdEPorto
PEH – Powering Energy Hub
The Powering Energy Hub (PEH) aims to accelerate investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy production in public buildings, as well as in private entities. The project builds on the tools and knowledge of the PEER project consortium and will extend the scope of the previous project. As such, in addition to providing technical and legal support for the implementation of measures related to improving energy efficiency and renewable energy production, it will focus on developing new financial solutions and business models that attract and facilitate private investment, through a new national virtual counter and the strengthening and expansion of the skills of the Energy Hubs already existing in the municipalities associated with AdEPorto.
AdEPorto
Re-Energize
The RE-ENERGIZE project aims to encourage the promotion of energy efficiency, the adoption of renewable energy sources, and the increased deployment of heat pumps, namely through the development of comprehensive capacity-building frameworks to improve training and skills in the application of heat pump technology as one of the renewable heating/cooling technologies and an integrated digital tool to improve the adoption of energy-efficient solutions, benefiting both professionals and consumers. The initiative will strengthen the capacities of at least 385 professionals in the construction sector and 115 trainers in 7 countries over the duration of the project.
AdEPorto
COSMIC
The COSMIC project – Combined AI and Data Solutions for Large Scale Resource Optimization with Green Deal Impact – is a European project that brings together industry leaders and technological innovators with the aim of developing solutions based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) that contribute to the objectives set out in the European Green Deal. The consortium is composed of highly qualified and experienced entities in the field of research and technology, and also has the support of industrial partners, public entities, and NGOs from eight European countries. AdEPorto is responsible for three of the pilots mentioned, which will be implemented in the Agra do Amial Renewable Energy Community (REC). The main objective of these pilots is to test mobile applications based on artificial intelligence, designed to manage and monitor the energy behavior of community members. At the same time, the aim is to promote the development of more resilient and efficient RECs through the use of AI tools to support predictive maintenance and fault mitigation. The last pilot aims to encourage CER members to reduce household waste production and improve the separation of organic and recyclable waste through a reward system, in which more sustainable habits result in a higher energy quota being allocated to the member.
AdEPorto
City4Climate
CITY4CLIMATE is committed to creating an Urban Digital Twin, aiming to create virtual replicas of urban environments that integrate real-time data, climate indicators, and governance workflows. The project will be implemented in the cities of Porto, Lisbon, and Guimarães, with the goal of accelerating carbon neutrality through advanced technological tools, integrating data from multiple sources to inform more effective local decisions. This project is intended to enable interactive virtual simulation and scenario forecasting to support climate planning. This project is coordinated by NOVA IMS and co-financed by the DigitalTwins4SmartTerritories (DT4ST) program, under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), in which AdEPorto plays a technical and strategic role in identifying needs, supporting the development and application of the Digital Twin in Porto, contributing to smarter, more inclusive, and data-driven climate governance.
AdEPorto
Porto Digital
ASCEND
ASCEND – Accelerate positive Clean Energy Districts – has as its main objective to accelerate the implementation of positive energy urban areas (PCED – Positive, Clean Energy Districts), contributing to the transition of cities and the achievement of carbon neutrality. The international consortium is led by SPL Lyon Confluence and comprises a total of 39 partners from 14 European countries. This project aims to contribute to the health of cities, inclusion, and climate neutrality, as well as accelerate the scalability of developing cost-effective PCED solutions. Porto is one of the six multiplier partner cities and is working to create a PCED in the municipality of Porto, whose area of intervention is based in Lordelo do Ouro and includes seven municipal housing complexes, four schools, and several municipal facilities, as well as the Serralves Foundation.
AdEPorto
Porto Digital
BeNeutral
Be.Neutral aims to position Portugal as an exporter of zero-carbon cyber-physical mobility products to cities around the world. It was designed based on the opportunity to develop, industrialize, and operate new mobility products and services (physical devices, connectivity, and data science platforms), with the ability to quantify avoided emissions in real time to accelerate carbon neutrality by 2030.
This project has the active participation of Porto Digital as co-promoter, representing the Municipality of Porto, with extensive experience in co-creation and training activities, having developed this type of activity in other projects financed in the past, such as CityCatalyst and SynchroniCity. Within the scope of the Be.Neutral agenda, this experience will be shared with other partner cities.
This agenda encompasses a group of cities that will serve as living laboratories, testing and demonstrating the best practices, products, and services developed. This includes Porto, represented by Porto Digital, but also Matosinhos, Vila Nova de Gaia, Braga, Guimarães, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Viana do Castelo, Oliveira de Azeméis, and Vila do Conde.
This collaboration aims to accelerate the transition to carbon neutrality in these cities by promoting behavioral change among citizens and developing new climate policy instruments.
Porto Digital
Wake up!
WAKE UP! is a project led by the Municipality of Porto and funded by the European Union, under Cohort 2 of the NetZeroCities Pilot Cities Program. It brings together a local consortium also comprising Porto Ambiente, Águas e Energia do Porto, Agência de Energia do Porto, Porto Digital, and CEiiA, with the aim of mobilizing citizens for climate action through the integration of technology and information.
The initiative aims to test innovative solutions that accelerate the city’s climate and energy transition, acting on five strategic axes—water, energy, mobility, waste, and consumption habits. The project focuses on active community involvement and changing behaviors towards more sustainable practices, with a direct impact on reducing CO₂ emissions and improving urban quality of life.
Porto City Council
Porto Ambiente
AdEPorto
Porto Digital