The podcast looks at why renovation rates remain too low, what’s holding back households, businesses and cities, and how investment and public support can help unlock action. We also examine the role of digital tools and artificial intelligence in planning renovations and operating buildings more efficiently.

The episode explains how energy efficiency supports the rollout of renewable energy, improves comfort for citizens and delivers more predictable energy costs — and how the European Investment Bank helps scale up investment through financing and technical assistance.

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Listen to Climate Solutions’ award-winning first season for a checklist of things you can do to stop climate change, our second season to find out what 30 000 people across Europe, the US and China say they would give up to solve the climate crisis, and our third season to find out how we will finance the fight against climate change.

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·        How the Tallin airport is becoming more eco-friendly

·        How the La Mure line in France is reshaping the economy of a whole community in a sustainable way

·        … and why Londoners (and not only) are so enthusiast about Crossrail, a new high-speed network in London and surrounding areas 

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-         how Ilunion improves the lives of disabled people and gives them jobs across Spain

-         how food waste factory Verspillingsfabriek is changing food production and making a social impact

-         …and why prunes that are 3 milimetres too small will no longer be a problem.

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·        how renovating and improving educational institutions, museums, entertainment centers and concert halls inspires teachers and students and makes citizens feel better about the future

·        how future culture investments revitalize city centers and regenerate old architecture

·        the recipe for chocolate chip cookies

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·        how tomorrow’s doctors and nurses are being trained (you had better listen, because you may need them to save your life one day…)

·        how nurses practice for births with a doll and a recording of a woman yelling at them in pain, so they’ll learn how to deal with stress—and how to deliver the baby, of course

·        how a pre-school sets up its toys and materials within reach, so that children can play with the things that spark their imagination—not just the things the teacher gives them

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·        How a Swedish company expanded small business electronic payments for shops and cafés to sell their products

·        How cash-free is Sweden? Very. Hear how that happened

·        How the European Investment Bank gave early support to the small business electronic payments infrastructure company

·        … and which film deserved the 1973 Best Picture Oscar

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Listen to this episode if you want to know:

·        how alternative sources of energy can boost energy security

·        how saving money motives people to save energy

·        how climate action can be triggered by a combination of supply-side and demand-side incentives.

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·        how schools and universities will develop to attract innovation and funding

·        how one company is making toys designed to attract children—and girls, in particular—to science

·        what makes the perfect environment for learning at kindergarten level

·        and of course if you just like cute kids.

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·        how synthetic fertilizers can cut energy consumption

·        the weight of one sunflower seed

·        the social impact of a project to cut food waste by 50%

·        and what happens to the rest of the tomato, after the restaurant puts a single slice on your burger.

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·        How companies test new electronic and automated vehicles

·        How an “open-tolling” highway saves fuel consumption and makes driving safer

·        What the world’s fastest electric car sounds like

·        And how an Italian company works to eliminate “range anxiety” for e-drivers.

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• Upstream plans to give billions of people around world mobile internet access
• Company also offers safe online surfing and transactions 

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•            Businesses in the Czech Republic can receive loans at good rates to lower energy use

•            Lending facility helps small and medium firms in a range of sectors

•            A Czech Bank uses its contacts and local knowledge to lead the project

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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•        Automated, electric cars are solutions for a zero-emission future in our cities. Here’s how they’re being developed in Austria

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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•  Without fertilizer world could feed only 4 billion of its current 7 billion people

•  Innovative technology cuts energy consumption for the production of ammonia (for fertilizers) by 3%

•  Energy efficient ammonia means less greenhouse gas produced in making the fertilizers needed for a growing population

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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•      The number of students studying at the University of Cyprus has grown from 486 to over 10,000 in the last 15 years

•      Eight major building projects are underway, with 75% of the costs covered by EIB funding

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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•     Constructing over 58 new premises across the country as it faces an ever-increasing demand for care facilities both for young and old

•     Designing and constructing bright, clean and modern buildings tailor-made to the requirements of the users, from kindergarten onwards

•     Providing further support and care for the elderly – in a country with the most rapidly ageing population in Europe!

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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•     New stations and a restaurant with a terrace and a panoramic view to serve expected increased numbers of visitors

•     Boosting local businesses, including a museum, restaurants and shops

•     Increased capacity on the train line will bring an anticipated 100 000 tourists to the site every year

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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•      New infrastructure allows the river to become a haven for leisure and wildlife

•      Wastewater pumps move 20,000 litres per second

•      Land returns to nature after decades of heavy industrial pollution

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·        An iconic new parliament building designed by renowned architect Renzo Piano has brought the democratic process closer to the people.

·        The new city gate has revived the city’s economic prospects.

·        The old opera house, bombed during WW2, has been restored as a state-of-the-art open air theatre

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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·        Connecting Heathrow Airport in west to the centre of the city and on into the East

·        Increasing rail transport capacity by 10%

·        Introducing lighter, more eco-friendly trains that offer amenities including free WiFi, air conditioning and live travel information

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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•      Katowice’s “cultural quarter,” built on the area of an old coal mine, now contains a concert hall, conference center, sports arena and museum

•      Katowice is now a UNESCO “City of Music”

•      The city’s International Conference Center, with a capacity for 12,000 visitors, will host the COP 24 climate conference in December 2018

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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•      Accessible hotels serve the different needs of all guests

•      Funding research in new technology to help those with visual, auditory or cognitive impairment

•      With 42% of its workers disabled

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·        Introducing 20 new accessible tram units to operate on their network

·        Trying out trolley buses with hydrogen fuel cells

·        Upgrading tram tracks and overhauling a tram depot to maintain the new rolling stock

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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•     Previously behind other EU nations, Italy will now be at the forefront of developments in e-mobility

•     Infrastructure will now be in place ready for anticipated greater adoption of electric vehicles

•     Sales of electric cars more than double in a year

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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•      Old toll plazas are being demolished to allow for uninterrupted travel on Slovenia’s motorways

•      Open motorways mean savings for transport companies in time and fuel

•      The absence of barriers is better for safety, with an immediate and direct reduction in accidents

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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•      New factory doubles Oliva’s productivity

•      Sunflower seeds can be consumed by humans and animals—and also can occasionally be sold as biofuel

•      Oliva creates new jobs for local workers who might otherwise have to seek employment abroad

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•     Providing constructive learning through fun scientific experiences.

•     Helping children learn as individuals and transmit their scientific knowledge to others.

•     Introducing science to girls who often used to feel excluded from the subject.

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•     Providing previously unimaginable training through ‘real life’ simulations using special mannequins

•     Helping students record and evaluate their performance with support from peers and colleagues—without risk to patients

•     Hospitals feel the benefits already as visiting medical students are “much calmer”

•     When do patients “have a good cry”?

For more information visit eib.org/future-europe.

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·        Visit the offshore jetty and hear technicians describe the sometimes dangerous work they do

·        Learn how the European Investment Bank’s Lithuania gas investment makes the country’s energy supply more independent

·        Learn about the contribution to Lithuania’s economy

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·        Fast population growth put Luxembourg education under pressure until the investment from the European Investment Bank

·        How to make a school energy efficient

·        How a renovated school builds student motivation

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•      Transforming waste and surplus ingredients into delicious new products

•      Providing a new facility for experts and entrepreneurs to learn, plan and discuss food recycling

•      Pioneering a new system to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030

•      70% of the factory’s workers are disabled

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·        How did he make an electric car with a 360 km per hour top speed

·        Listen to an electric car as it goes from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 2.5 seconds

·        Learn how this electric car can be used in other vehicles, including wheelchairs

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·        On Europe’s periphery, Tallin is winning the fight against bigger airports, with passenger traffic up 20% a year

·        Learn about the smart infrastructure upgrade by the Tallinn Airport investment from the European Investment Bank

·        How does Estonia’s northerly position help Tallinn win the fight for flights against bigger European airports

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·        iZettle expands the tools small businesses can use to sell their products

·        How cash-free is Sweden? Very. Hear how that happened

·        The European Investment Bank gave early support to the electronic payments infrastructure company

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·        20% of Romanians can’t afford to heat their homes. After these renovations, heating bills are cut 50% to 60%

·        Some of the residents didn’t like the idea of moving their pigeon coops from their roofs—until they found out how much money they’d save

·        The European Investment Bank finances a bigger portion of the deal than usual, because it represents action against climate change

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·        Smart Cities infrastructure tailored to new needs of citizens

·        How to create a Smart Cities programme for any city or town

·        Programme revitalises town centres across Belgium

·        One third of Belgian citizens have benefited from Belfius/European Investment Bank project

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·        From “very ugly” to “beautiful,” a school renovation that inspires the artists who train there

·        Modernising a landmark high school improves students’ results

·        Inspiration for young people leads to greater national artists

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·       How this advanced technology works

·       What “attoscience” is

·       What it could do for the future of medical science, chemistry, climate science, nanotechnology and developing new materials

·       How the EU bank financed the project

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