Essays and Viewpoint
Energy citizenship. Tools and technologies to enable transition in districts
Danila Longo- Saveria Olga Murielle Boulanger
- Martina Massari
- Giulia Turci
Published 2023-05-30
Keywords
- Energy citizenship,
- Positive Energy Districts (PEDs),
- Climate neutrality,
- Energy transition,
- Community
How to Cite
Longo, D., Boulanger, S. O. M., Massari, M., & Turci, G. (2023). Energy citizenship. Tools and technologies to enable transition in districts. TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, (25), 84–92. https://doi.org/10.36253/techne-13721
Copyright (c) 2023 Saveria Boulanger, Danila Longo, Giulia Turci, Martina Massari
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Funding data
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H2020 Energy
Grant numbers GA101022317
Abstract
Responses to the current energy crisis and to action against climate change have produced a wide variety of experimentations. Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) and Energy Communities (EC) are spreading as aggregators of enabling technologies, but the knowledge and skills required to plan, implement and monitor them still need to be developed. Technology alone is not enough to facilitate knowledge sharing and the experimentation and co-creation of solutions. The paper focuses on methods and tools that allow to support the creation of “energy citizens” through considerations developed in project H2020 GRETA (Green Energy Transition Actions) and in COST Action ‘PED-EU-NET’.
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