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She’s gone from art college drop-out to apprentice electrician, to energy engineer, to CEO in just 15 years… and now, as head of Dublin’s Energy Agency Codema, Donna Gartland has driven Ireland’s transition to low-carbon heat.

The RE-LEAF: Affordable Renovation project brings together the social lender Onesto with local renovation consultants in the Energiehuis Limburg, allowing buyers to assess energy renovations before they take out a mortgage.

For the past four years, the counties of Osona and Lluçanès in northern Catalonia have been developing a public-community energy project, ‘Nova Energia Osona’, based on an alliance between local authorities and energy communities.

An Italian crowdfunding platform is raising millions of euros in investments from citizens for energy efficiency projects in buildings and industry. Through Ener2Crowd, anyone can participate in the clean energy transition.

A project in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv is one of just three finalists shortlisted for a European Sustainable Energy Award for the Local Energy Action category. The MultiHome project promotes integrated home renovation services that make sure that dwellings are warmer and with lower energy bills.

The ‘100 Projects Phasing Out Gas’ initiative feeds a virtuous loop, turning ideas into concrete action and back again, by showcasing replicable examples of individual building conversions that are then packaged into transferable knowledge.

Dr. Nadia Horstmann, a lawyer and head of the International Coordination Energy unit at the German energy regulatory authority Bundesnetzagentur, is shaping the energy transition at national and European level, while championing gender equality.

Water Horizon proposes a Cooling-as-a-Service offer where customers are able to reduce energy consumption and emissions without needing to invest in equipment.

Discover the nine finalists driving Europe’s clean energy transition and cast your vote.