D3.2 2 Highlights and results Track 1: Integrated Energy Systems and Electro-mobility

Summary:

One of the main challenges for implementing Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) is the involvement of stakeholders and citizens in the process. This is a complex system with different property owners, tenants and users as well as different energy service providers (involved in generation, energy efficiency and management) and private companies with different interests. Also, it should not be forgotten the role of public administration and research organizations providing innovative solutions. In sum up, a very complex eco-system converging in the pursue of an optimization of the availability of resources in the local context.

ATELIER project placed an innovative solution for the management of this complexity. Thinking not only in solving problems related to the implementation of the project but also considering benefits that PEDs can provide to any city’s energy transition. The development of the Innovation Atelier concept has pursued the co-creation of new solutions building up the capacity to learn and innovate across the city and with other cities.

Although with a common purpose the specific structure and activities developed have been adapted to the specific goals in each city. This report shows how the understanding of a common track structure has been interpreted in different ways in the two demonstrators (Amsterdam and Bilbao) and the results have also been tailored to the different needs. For the case of Amsterdam to deep dive in the PED development and find other potential technology solutions to complement the demonstrator and a potential scalability, and in the case of Bilbao to study and analyse technology solutions for the development of other PEDs and for developing the city’s energy transition vision and strategy.