The City of Ljubljana continues to successfully draw on European funds. At the end of last month, the Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development approved co-financing for the development of the Savsko naselje Sports Park and the renovation of Bloudek Park in Tivoli, and our EffiComfort project was also selected for co-financing as part of the call for proposals for the most innovative projects in cities.

We will build the Savsko naselje Sports Park

As part of the construction of the Savsko naselje Sports Park, we will remove worn-out elements, fences and urban equipment, and then build a multi-purpose sports field, two padel courts, a children's playground and a skate park. In the park area, we will design paved circular paths with cross-connections, along which paved areas with urban equipment and outdoor exercise equipment will be installed. We will also plant trees and shrubs.

This project will revitalize unused areas in the neighbourhood and create a public centre for leisure activities with modern sports facilities, a children's playground, fitness equipment and landscaped green areas. The new sports park will significantly contribute to the quality of the living and natural environment in the city.
For the project to renovate the Savsko naselje Sports Park, we have received a grant of 632,481.62 euros (half of the amount comes from the EU, the other half from the Republic of Slovenia).

We will renovate Bloudek Park in Tivoli

The Bloudek Park in Tivoli includes a children's playground, a roller-skating rink and a park landscape with pedestrian paths.

The Bloudek playground in Tivoli Park was built in 1960 according to the plans of designer, engineer and architect Marijan Božič, and the renovation will be based on the original layout or plans for the playground. A combination of new standard playground equipment and the placement of natural elements intended for classic play – swinging, sliding and spinning. The entire playground is essentially intended for pre-school children, so most of the playground equipment will be adapted to the age group of 3 years and older. Elements from the original design will be retained, and we will also take into account the design of the paths and the programme division within the playground. We will retain the three hills with tunnels, the pond with bridge, the dragon sculpture on a pole, the sandbox and the fish sculpture. If necessary, all of the above elements will be upgraded with modern materials that are also safer and more comfortable. New trees and shrubs will be planted in the playground.
We have received 819,372.58 euros in grants for the Bloudek Park renovation project (half of this is EU funding, the other half comes from the Republic of Slovenia).

EffiComfort project

The EffiComfort project has been selected for co-financing under the EUI programme. It is a call for the most innovative projects in cities, the topics of which were energy transition and technology in cities. We received 4.7 million euros in grants for the mentioned project. The project partners are the City of Ljubljana, the Public Housing Fund of the City of Ljubljana, the Regional Development Agency of the Ljubljana Urban Region, the Institute for Spatial Policy, the Innovation and Development Institute of the University of Ljubljana, the National Institute of Public Health and the energy services management company Resalta.
The project represents a new, innovative model of energy renovation and improvement of energy efficiency in public and residential buildings, with which we want to overcome the limitations of traditional energy renovation methods. As part of the project, we will introduce the "comfort as a service" (CaaS) model, which includes advanced real-time energy management and financing based on the efficiency and adaptive thermal comfort achieved, tailored to the needs of users. The aim of the project is to reduce energy consumption in the pilot buildings by up to 25%, improve indoor environmental quality and train energy experts to continue the model after the end of the project.