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In 2000, the Armenian capital’s water utility, the Yerevan Water and Sewerage Enterprise (YWSE), entered into a five-year, performance-based management contract with private operator Acea Spa Utility (Acea). Over the contract period (2000-…

Between 2000 and 2008, the City of Campinas, in the Brazilian State of Sao Paolo, developed a successful energy management program, increasing tap water connections by 22 percent without additional energy requirements.  These new…

By mandating low-energy building standards in sales contracts of city-owned land, the City of Münster (Germany) caused a market transformation that led to 80 percent of all new buildings constructed in 2010, even those not built on city-…

This report presents an overview of how the energy sector might be impacted by climate change and what options exist for their management.   The report focuses on energy sector adaptation, rather than mitigation that has been a…

The book 'Climate Impacts on Energy Systems, Key Issues for Energy Sector Adaptation' presents an overview of how the energy sector might be impacted by climate change.

ESMAP is helping cities improve energy use and cut costs through its newly designed Tool for Rapid Assessment of City Energy (TRACE), formally known as the Rapid Assessment Framework (RAF).