The Holistic project

Is a consortium made of 3 municipalities: Dundalk (Ireland), Modling (Austria) and Neuchatel (Switzerland). They strive to:

  • Take efficient energy saving measures
  • Increase their ratio of sustainable energy consumption
  • Increase their local sustainable energy production
  • Create wealth and local jobs

The network of partners is completed by so called “observants”: Aachen (Germany), Ministry of the environment (Italy), Newry and Mourne district council (Northern Irland).

In Neuchatel, within a 1.5 km2 area, the objective is to save 22 GWh of non-renewable energy per year. This is the equivalent of the total energy consumption of 700 housholds:

  • Retrofit old buildings and build new efficient ones
  • Produce electricity through sustainable energies
  • Optimize energy management for both buildings and distance heating networks

 

The Mail/Maladiere/Station area is made of a number of non energy efficient buildings such as the municipal swimming pool, university buldings, business, shops and residential buildings. The area represents over 20% of the built area of the city  and is home to 3200 inhabitants.


Holistic is one of the 18 projects gathered within the CONCERTO EC program.