Positive EneRgy diStrIctS driven by ciTizens

MAIN OBJECTIVES

  • analyses processes which are internal to relevant social groups with a focus on empowerment and activation of citizens not yet engaged including the impact of digitization of the energy system and the proliferation of social media.
  • assesses existing / emerging participation models for renewables (in electricity, heating & cooling, energy efficiency and flexibility) with regard to approach, offer and take-up; external environmental (e.g., openness of institutional or corporate environments, availability of sympathetic interlocutors, access to financial or other sources of support, legal or other obstacles), and internal variables describing the social groups and other demographic variables.
  • accelerates decarbonization strategies, through local energy management and promotion of local distributed energy resources (DERs) in PEDs.
  • improves assets energy efficiency and cost-efficiency and tests new business models for PEDs

  • Time

    March 2024 - December 2026

  • Coordinator

    Hochschule Luzern – Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU)

  • Local Coordinator

    ASSOC. PROF. ȘTEFAN CÎRSTEA, PHD

Relevant results

  • Evaluation of existing schemes that directly or indirectly support consumer-level investment in assets that contribute to long-term change.
  • The approach and objectives of the energy transition
  • Analysis of the context of each living lab
  • Design of a common protocol for the development of impact assessment
  • Demonstrating and evaluating the data-driven PED and Energy community
  • Multiple benefits methodology for PED
  • Virtual power plants
  • The collective approach in achieving the energy transition
  • Energy culture maturity assessment
  • Indicator monitoring
  • Context analysis of each LL, indicating for each one the baseline scenario and pursued one.
  • Transfer of solutions to demonstrators
  • Setting-up a replicability framework for PEDs

Project outputs

  • Assessment of existing schemes to directly or indirectly support consumer-level investment in assets that contribute to long-term changes in electricity production
  • Energy Transition Action Plan for Developing Countries
  • Socio-eco-technological specifications for ULL
  • Impact monitoring and evaluation protocol and framework
  • Recommendations for demonstrating PED in different environments
  • Data-driven PED models for scale-up and replication in ULL
  • Roadmap for excellence in energy culture
  • Evaluation of the impact in the urban context of ULL
  • Tools and methods for scaling up and reproducing PED

EnTReC main contribution

Based on the experience gained in previous research projects, EnTReC will contribute mainly at: (a) design and testing of the multiple benefits frameworks for PEDs; (b) creation of the collective approach and business models for PEDs; (c) assessment of the energy culture maturity for PEDs and (d) design of energy flexibility solutions. The demo site proposed is the university’s student dormitories that host 2,700 students all year long. The total floor area of the campus is 17,376 m2.

UTCN will lead WP4 which aims to develop a holistic and comprehensive framework for energy transition of PEDs in Europe, from the socio-cultural and business perspective. It will contribute to the development of all other project WPs.

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