TRANS-PED
Status
In Progress (Jan.2021- Dec.2022)
Topic: Contributing to the climate-neutral city: Holistic approaches for PED implementation
Summary
Positive energy districts and neighbourhoods are an attractive approach to change the ways that energy is produced, distributed and consumed, and can help to achieve decarbonisation goals. Effective changes to energy systems require technical and economic knowledge as well as input from the energy system stakeholders who are part of these systems.
The TRANS-PED project will develop a collaborative approach for public, private, and third sector organisations to engage with the general public in Sweden, Belgium, and Austria to identify challenges and develop solutions to realise significant changes in urban energy systems, and by extension, cities and regions.
The project will provide a set of tools to connect positive energy districts and neighbourhoods to broader urban sustainability aims of economic prosperity, environmental protection, and social equity.
Abstract
Positive energy districts and neighbourhoods (PEDs) are a promising approach to rapidly achieve decarbonisation goals while creating more resilient and liveable cities. However, PEDs are challenging to implement because they require fundamental changes in the ways that cities are planned, designed, and operated in the long term.
The aim of TRANS-PED is to develop a novel governance approach that can be adopted by PED stakeholders to realise deep and holistic changes to cities. This two-year pilot project will engage a learning network of PED stakeholders in Sweden, Belgium, and Austria to develop a shared set of tools and approaches to frame, embed, assess, and upscale urban energy innovations. The project partners will engage in a series of online and in-person activities to co-produce a range of practical tools to build a community of practice and position Europe as a global role model for urban energy transformations.
Projektbeteiligte
- Linköping University
- ElectriCITY Innovation
- City of Lund
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- DUSS-explorers
- Austrian Academic of Sciences, Institute of Technology Assessment
- FH Teknikum Wien
- Urban Future Global Conference
- Kleboth und Dollnig ZT GmbH
- StadtLABOR - Innovationen für urbane Lebensqualität GmbH
Projektleitung
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Andrew Karvonen
Kontakt SBC
Simon Schneider
simon.schneider@technikum-wien.at
www.technikum-wien.at