Energy Communities Coming of Age: Developing a Tool to Monitor Maturity and Scaling

This report presents Deliverables 2.1 and 2.2 of the Horizon 2020 SCCALE 203050 project (Sustainable Collective Citizen Action for a Local Europe). The aim of this project is to scale the growth of energy communities - or “Renewable Energy Communities'' according to the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) - across Europe in the areas of...

Can co-creation support local heat decarbonisation strategies? Insights from pilot projects in Bruges and Mechelen

Co-creation is often presented as a solution to challenges of achieving energy transitions. However, there is currently little known about how coordinating stakeholders, such as city administrations, interpret co-creation and the extent to which this influences co-creation processes. We draw on a recent project, which embedded co-creation in...

How to accelerate the heat transition: a guide for local government and actors: Module 4- Technology choices, data, and mapping for sustainable heating

This document is one of a four-part guide on how to accelerate the heat<br/>transition in cities. In this module the technical and physical aspects of the transition from fossil to renewable heating are emphasised. In the first section the reader is informed about the reasons why we need to transition our heating systems in the built environment...

How to accelerate the heat transition: a guide for local government and actors: Module 3 - Non-financial policy tools for sustainable heating: city strategies, regulation and support

How to accelerate the heat transition: a guide for local government and actors: Module 2 - Financial policy, instruments for sustainable heating

How to accelerate the heat transition: a guide for local government and actors: Module 1 - Co-creation and stakeholder engagement for sustainable heating

A structured approach for governing sustainable heat transitions in building renovation of towns and cities

Pioneer cities have demonstrated a willingness and capability to decarbonise local heat systems, but support is needed to scale up action. Heat decarbonisation is not simply a technical challenge, but also a political and social one; stakeholders must inform decisions about appropriate technological and policy solutions and will, in turn, be...

A common approach for sustainable heating strategies for partner cities

SHIFFT is an Interreg 2 Seas project, running from 2019-2022, promoting cross-border cooperation between 4 European countries: The Netherlands, France, Belgium and The United Kingdom. It has been approved under the priority ‘Low Carbon Technologies’.