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VEFRESH gives comprehensive help to adopting smart-city and climate innovations. We lead the MCL and EIT Urban Mobility Hub in Latvia.
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URBAN MOBILITY ACCELERATION
5G MOBILITY - LMT AUTO
URBAN LOGISTICS
EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE
INNOVATIVE PROCUREMENT
INNOVATION GOVERNANCE
Test your product and service
Policy and social innovation
Startup acceleration
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Nearly 70 000 people call Liepaja their place of home, work or study, ranking it in the top 10
largest cities in the Baltics.
Surrounded by lakes and the sea, it's a modern city with global ambition and small-town convenience.
The urban environment is ideal for living, leisure and business.
SMART HOUSING SPACE BY THE SEA
ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN MULTI-APARTMENT BUILDINGS
ENERGY COMMUNITIES
SMART CITY
CITY MOBILITY
LIEPAJA DIGITAL SEZ HUB (FOR ENERGY AND MOBILITY START-UPS AND INNOVATIONS)
DIGITAL INNOVATION PARK (FOR IT INNOVATIONS)
LIEPAJA TECHNOLOGY CLUSTER (FOR IT COOPERATION AND IT EDUCATION PROGRAMS)
Climate-neutral smart city – a place for new housing
Opportunities for IT start-ups
Liepaja Digital Innovation Park
Liepaja’s new ambition – an eco-friendly industrial park
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Set to become one of the 100 climate-neutral smart cities by 2030, Riga has built a strong
foundation towards its goal and reached a 61,8% CO2 emission reduction in 2020. To proceed toward
its climate targets, the capital of Latvia takes its new challenges seriously.
As the largest city in the Baltics, Riga is ready to show an example and move forward. Are you ready
to get involved?
GREENING AND MODERNIZING DISTRICT HEATING AND HEAT PRODUCTION
FOSTER THE DIGITIZATION OF THE HEAT SUPPLY SYSTEM
PROMOTE THE USE OF RENEWABLES IN DECENTRALIZED HEAT SUPPLY
PROMOTE THE USE OF RENEWABLES IN THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICITY FOR THE NEEDS OF RIGA
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RIGA ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND
SEARCHING FOR NEW STANDARDIZED SOLUTIONS FOR BUILDING RENOVATION, REDUCING BUILDING RENOVATION COSTS
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY MEASURES
IMPLEMENTATION OZ ZERO EMISSION ZONE AND SOLUTIONS
MODELLING TOOLS FOR PREDICTING FUTURE TRENDS IN THE TRANSPORT SECTOR
FLOOD MITIGATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES
SUPPORT THE INTEGRATION OF DECENTRALIZED RAINWATER SOLUTIONS INTO A CENTRALIZED RAINWATER SYSTEM
Form joint projects and collaborations
Invest in Riga
Helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by implementing sustainable solutions in Riga
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160K* in funding Going Live November 25 Apply for the first 6 month acceleration program devoted entirely to urban mobility and water innovation. Hosted by Latvian Investment and Development Agency and organized by Riga Technical University and VEFRESH, the program provides tailored mentoring, ample funding for prototype development as well as upport to test and deploy products and services in city environment.
More info: citytosea.eu
On November 10, the second stakeholder workshop “Yesterday’s solutions to today’s problems. Creating a road map for implementing innovative procurement in practice” was held in Riga. The event’s focus was to bring together representatives from the private and public sectors to highlight the main challenges and seek potential solutions for implementing innovative procurement in Latvia.
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Meet Mission Cities Latvia partners – VEFRESH, Liepāja, Rīga – at the Nordic+ pavilion.
Two cities from Latvia – Rīga and Liepāja – have been selected to participate in the EU Mission for 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030.
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On September 14, the first stakeholder workshop on urban mobility governance towards climate neutrality took place. The focus of this workshop was to identify and address the Latvian Mission cities – Rīga and Liepāja urban mobility challenges in a Mission lead approach and emphasize the multi-level stakeholder cooperation in the cities path toward climate neutrality.
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