City of Leuven is on the eve of implementing their neighbourhood energy strategy. Transition Stories offers targeted support to shape the ambitious heat policy. The focus of the support is on building a structural partnership fabric for the realisation of collective heat projects.
The support is both process-based and policy/legal content-based. Various questions are addressed here: how investment-ready is the heat programme? What is the most appropriate legal form of cooperation? How should the relationship with Fluvius and public investment in heat be shaped, etc.?
The project is being implemented under the Pilot Cities Project for which the city of Leuven received two-year funding through the Net Zero Cities consortium. The Pilot Cities Call contributes to the broader realisation of the Leuven Climate Contract under the Mission-100 cities to become climate neutral at an accelerated pace by 2030.