This resource provides information on the City of Amsterdam’s approach to addressing the urgent need to make its monumental buildings and sites more sustainable in compliance with the 2015 Paris Agreement. The city’s innovative approach aims to promote sustainability in combination with heritage values by creating a digital platform to provide accessible information and support for sustainable initiatives on cultural heritage, regardless of ownership, income, or ties to the city.
The city conducted a comprehensive consultation process, involving heritage professionals, local organizations, and residents to gather needs and initiatives. Through this collaborative effort, the city received over 300 responses, enabling them to map protected heritage areas and monuments and provide this information to the public via the online platform. The platform allows users to access personalized advice and explore opportunities for sustainable interventions, such as installing solar panels, while also guiding the financing of these initiatives.
This good practice example addresses the challenges related to participatory governance, adaptive reuse of built heritage, and the quality of interventions on cultural heritage, and also outlines information on the initiative’s financing, management, transferability and impact.
