You may be a customer of a local shop, a member of an association, or an employee of an organisation based in Brussels. Either way, you contribute in your own way to the local economy. And that economy needs energy: energy whose origin and impact we often do not know, and whose price is now just as uncertain.
A bookshop powered by its neighbourhood's rooftops
Quartier Libre, the first cooperative bookshop in Brussels, is a member of CityWatt, the energy community in the heart of Brussels, managed by RaYSun. In practical terms: the electricity that powers the bookshop comes from solar panels installed on the rooftops of its neighbourhood. Produced locally, shared fairly, consumed intelligently.
To show what this looks like in practice, the adventure has been captured on film: a video retracing Quartier Libre's involvement in the community will be shown as a preview screening during the evening.
On the evening's programme
Quartier Libre invites you to explore a simple question: what if our shops, our associations and our local businesses could produce and share their energy with one another?
- The preview screening of the video on Quartier Libre's involvement in the energy community.
- An introduction to the energy community model, which the bookshop is already part of.
- Testimonials from members of CityWatt, including Maxime from Savonneries Bruxelloises, who will come and share their experience.
- Then time for questions and conversation, over a drink.
An evening to understand how the local economy we already know (that of our shops, our associations, our jobs) can also become an energy economy.
Practical information
- When? Thursday 24 September 2026, from 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm.
- Where? Quartier Libre bookshop, Chaussée d'Alsemberg 374, 1180 Uccle.
- Who for? Residents, shopkeepers, associations and curious minds from the neighbourhood and beyond: the evening is open to everyone.
- Language? The event is held in French.
- How much? Free, but strictly booking required.
Book your place
To go further: the book selection
Because understanding the energy transition also happens through words, images and stories, Quartier Libre and RaYSun have selected books for all ages: novels and essays to decode the issues, children's books, and comics that make complex subjects accessible to all.
C. Blain, J.-M. Jancovici · Dargaud
J.-M. Jancovici · Odile Jacob
M. Auzanneau · La Découverte
P. Bihouix · Casterman
É. Scotto, A. Leroy · Pour les Nuls
E. Figueras · Milan
M. Grousson · Gulf Stream
M. ter Horst · Milan
Each cover links to Quartier Libre's online shop, where all these titles are available (collection in the bookshop or bicycle delivery throughout the Brussels Region).
Keen to understand what energy sharing could change for your organisation before the evening? Discover the energy community in Brussels page or the 2,355 MWh already shared by the members of Energilia Brussels.