Key facts „Planning for energy efficient cities“ PLEEC European Union Seventh Framework Programme Funded by 18 partners from 13 European countries 6 mid-sized cities, 9 universities, 3 industry partners Partnership 36 months April March 2016 Duration
Background EU´s goals Aim: Improving energy efficiency by 20% in 2020
Background Current problems: Deficit of holistic knowledge about energy efficiency potentials in cities Variety of inidividual strategies tackling separate city key aspects No strategic energy efficiency planning in European cities
PLEEC project uses integrative approach Aim: To develop a general model for energy efficiency and sustainable city planning PLEEC approach Coordinating strategies Combining best practices Sharing energy efficiency recommendations
Specific objectives To assess the energy- saving solutions and potentials for a comprehensive city planning To identify the future research agenda on the issue of energy-smart cities To develop a synergized model for energy efficiency planning considering city key aspects To create Action Plans to be presented to decision-makers in the cities To demonstrate how integrative planning is more efficient than separate measures
Work Packages
Methodology (1) Six mid-sized PLEEC cities:
Methodology (2) Month : Work Package 2 Analysis of performance of participating cities within city key aspects Month : Three parallel Work Packages 3, 4, 5: Elaboration of energy efficiency recommendations from three key perspectives WP 2: Elaboration of energy smart city profiles WP 3: Technology- driven energy efficiency WP 4: Structure- driven energy efficiency WP 5: Behaviour- driven energy efficiency
Methodology (3) Month : Work Package 6 Integration of results from WP 2, 3, 4 and 5 in Action Plan for Energy Smart City Model of sustainable city planning Summary of best matching recommendations
Methodology (4) Dissemination of the project´s results at local, national and EU levels Project website Events, conferences Promotion material Social media Press relations Month : Work Package 7
Partnership
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