Supporting the delivery of actionable, integrated, and comprehensive local heating and cooling plans
LIFE Clean Energy Transition · LIFE-PJG · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds projects that help cities and regions actually create and roll out local heating and cooling plans, not just study them. It supports building technical skills, collecting local energy data, running public engagement, identifying financing options, and setting up lasting local governance structures so towns can decarbonise how they heat and cool buildings. The goal is real, adopted plans in multiple municipalities, with know-how spreading to other towns too.
energy efficiency · renewable energy · smart grids · regional development · climate adaptation · circular economy
Who wins this
A consortium of local/regional public authorities, energy agencies, or similar bodies from at least 3 EU countries that wants to deliver concrete, adopted heating and cooling plans across multiple municipalities, including smaller towns.
Could you win this call?
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The call in detail
- Funding model
- LIFE-AG
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- LIFE Project Grants
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium — at least 3 partners, from 3 countries.
- Eligible applicants
- public body, local and regional authorities
- Funding rate
- 95% (Other Action Grants)
- Also required
- Proposals must be submitted by at least 3 beneficiaries from 3 different eligible countries; indicative EU contribution around EUR 2 million per project, though other amounts are not precluded; proposals focused mainly on new digital tools or only on district heating investment plans are out of scope.
- Sectors
- CleanTech · Energy · Circular Economy
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
Conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in section 5 of the call document. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible countries described in section 6 of the call document. 3. Other eligibility conditions described in section 6 of the call document. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in section 7 of the call document. 5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual. 5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds described in section 9 of the call document. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in section 4 of the call document. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants described in section 10 of the call document. Call document and annexes: Call document
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