A substantial preliminary work package was 'mapping' the energy system. This involved producing a descriptive analysis of the energy system, detailing key actors, summarising their key roles, and identifying critical strategic points of interaction. Three public reports (available from the project website) were produced as a result of this work, namely: D2.1 "Energy System Stakeholder Characterisation", D2.2 "Energy Technological Review" and D2.3 "Novel business models and main barriers in the EU energy system".
Understanding the public policy context of the energy system was also a very important preparatory work package within the project. The work involved reviewing the policies impacting on the energy system in six countries (FR, DE, IE, IT, ES, UK) and assessing the potential “Europeanisation” of the energy policy landscape. Five public reports (available from the project website) were produced as a result of this work, namely: D4.1 "Report on policy & regulation landscape"; D4.2 "Europeanisation of national policy dialogues on energy pathways"; D4.3 "Review of market-driven approaches in sustainable energy policies"; D4.4 "Identification and Characterisation of Energy Behaviour Change Initiatives"; D4.5 “Policy toolkit”. An additional output developed as a means of further exploiting this work is the We-Actum policy platform
http://www.weactum.eu(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie)Central to the project's design was the community-based research approach adopted. Following a selection process, six communities in five European countries (FR, IE, IT, ES, UK) were selected and a bespoke engagement plan prepared for each. A significant programme of engagement was conducted including: public awareness events, interviews, focus groups, citizen juries, etc. For the first stage of this engagement, the emphasis was very much capturing the participants’ energy-related understandings, perceptions, attitudes, practices and behaviours. The latter part of the engagement was focus on enabling the citizens to collectively envision their desired energy future through informed deliberation using a form of mini-public – the citizen. Three public reports (available from the project website) were produced as a result of this work, namely: D5.1 “Report on Community Dialogues”, D5.2 “Report on Expert Feedback on Community Dialogue Outcomes”, D5.3 “Energy Management Approaches for Sustainable Communities”.
A core part of the project was the in-depth analyses of the information gathered in each of the communities. The objective of this work was to provide a deep understanding of human behaviour and practices in relation to energy, and their attitude towards energy technologies and how they are shaped by a variety of attributes, including in particular: gender, age and socio-economic privilege. Four public reports (available from the project website) were produced as a result of this work, namely: D3.1 "Survey of socio-demographic data on energy practices", D3.2 “Intersectional analysis of energy practices”, D3.3 “Intersectional analysis of perceptions and attitudes towards energy technologies”, D3.4 “Synthesis report on socio-economic, technical, market and policy analyses”. The data collected in this work package represents a valuable data set for future analysis and research and offer much scope for future exploitation.
Specific work was conducted identifying and evaluating potential energy transition pathways i.e. determining means through which the newly developed understandings of technology, behaviour and integrated socio-technical interventions can best support a transition to a low carbon energy system. four public reports (available from the project website) were produced as a result of this work, namely: D6.1 “Report on Low-Carbon Configurations”, D6.2 “Report on Practices and Technology Deployment for Efficiency”, D6.3 “Report on Innovation Pathways to Transition”, D6.4 “Innovative Business Models to Foster Transition”.
A knowledge and communication platform
https://energy-communities.net(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie) was developed as a legacy of the project as a means to disseminate and share knowledge and to facilitate and promote dialogue on energy efficiency and transitioning to a low carbon system. The platform, which is considered an exploitable output of the project
Outputs of the project were dissemination widely in open-access journal articles, at academic conferences, trade fairs, and at joint event with other H2020 funded projects – details of which are available from the project website
http://www.entrust-h2020.eu(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie)
