The eceee 2024 Summer Study on energy efficiency will take place 10–15 June at the new venue Center Parcs Lac d’Ailette, France.
BPIE, Europe’s leading independent think tank on the energy performance of buildings, and oPEN Lab partner, will represent the project.
Emily Blakert, from BPIE, Europe’s leading independent think tank on the energy performance of buildings, and oPEN Lab partner, will give an exciting talk about “Positive Energy Neighbourhoods as drivers of local energy transitions”.
Positive Energy Neighbourhoods (PENs) are an innovative policy concept to reimaging traditionally supply-side focused local energy initiatives. They integrate sufficiency design principles and deep renovation to reduce demand alongside collective production and storage of renewable energy adjusted to the local context. Municipalities can achieve renovation and climate targets by engaging key stakeholders to adjust technical, social and financial solutions to each neighbourhood. However, demo projects from the oPEN Lab Horizon 2020 project show that PEN projects’ potential is limited by regulatory and financial barriers.
In its study, BPIE employed a combination of policy analysis, desk research and focus groups with key enablers of oPEN Living Labs located in Belgium, Spain and Estonia, such as public authorities, business developers, architects and social housing associations. Key regulatory gaps and barriers, as well as best practices, were identified in national, regional and local policies.
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