D2.7 Benchmarking of selected solutions

Summary:

The present deliverable provides a comprehensive approach to analyse the goals and actions that shape the carbon neutral city vision of the eight ATELIER cities.

WP2 aims at the development of a City Vision for every city in the project. The objective of the whole WP is structure under the Cities4ZERO methodology (Urrutia et al, 20201 ) to guide the cities to develop the urban transformation strategy for decarbonisation. D2.7 is the last of the eight deliverables expected in WP2, meaning that seven deliverables have been submitted previously. Considering that they present the city vision and master scenarios and the action plans of the cities, crucial information to support D2.7, the latest two deliverables must be highlighted: D2.6 City Vision 2050 for LHs and FCs (submitted in December 2023) and D2.8 Updated SEAP/SECAP for LHs and FCs (submitted in May 2024).

Starting from the City Vision and the Action Plan, D2.7 focuses on evaluating the proposed pathway to achieve the city’s decarbonization objectives. It outlines the method for benchmarking of selected solutions, including the impact assessment of the master scenario; provides a practical application example for the lighthouse city of Bilbao; and includes the material needed to perform the analysis in the eight ATELIER cities. Moreover, this deliverable address “Design Thinking” as a method useful to deal with city’s systemic problems that may rise from the benchmarking process. The latter was addressed through a common workshop aimed at capacitating the cities on how to implement Design Thinking within the municipalities.

Furthermore, D2.7 intends to go in deep into the benchmarking of the social considerations and proposes an innovative method to address energy citizenship at city level. Beyond the social acceptance, energy citizenship pretends to convert citizens in active agents of the energy transition. The method proposes starting from understanding current situation by collecting the point of view of the citizens through a survey. Recommendations can be given to foster the energy transition by facilitating citizens implementations.