Project description
Finding eco-solutions to power the cities of the future
It is ambitious but not impossible: Europe has set its sights on becoming the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. European cities have embarked on a 100 % renewable energy path. The EU-funded RESPONSE project will support two Lighthouse Cities and six Fellow Cities across Europe in delivering positive energy blocks and districts. Specifically, it will aim to achieve a local renewable energy systems penetration of 11.2 GWh/y, energy savings of 3 090 MWh/y and an emission reduction of 9 799 tons CO2 eq/y within the districts of the two Lighthouse Cities. The focus will be on heating and cooling systems, optimising energy flows with novel storage systems and linking with existing applications and other digital infrastructure.
Objective
"RESPONSE supports the Lighthouse cities of Dijon (FR) and Turku (FI) and their Fellow cities Brussels (BE), Zaragoza (ES), Botosani (RO), Ptolemaida (GR), Gabrovo (BU) and Severodonetsk (UA) to facilitate them deliver positive energy blocks and districts. Through RESPONSE ,the two LHs will achieve a local RES penetration of 11.2 GWh/y, energy savings of 3,090 MWh/y and an emission reduction of 9, 799 tons CO2eq/y within their districts. To achieve this goal, RESPONSE demonstrates 10 Integrated Solutions (ISs), comprising of 86 innovative elements (technologies, tools, methods), that are being monitored with specific impact metrics (KPIs). It attracts the interest of various stakeholders by generating innovative business models enabling the upscale and replication of the solutions forming a validated roadmap for sustainable cities across Europe and beyond. RESPONSE adopts an energy transition strategy, which includes 5 Transformation Axes (TAs), encompassing the 10 ISs. TA#1 focuses on transforming existing and new building stock into Energy Positive and Smart-ready. TA#2 focuses on the decarbonization of the electricity grid and the district heating/cooling systems, supporting fossil-based regions in transition and the development of energy communities. TA#3 proposes grid flexibility strategies and novel storage systems for optimizing energy flows, maximize self-consumption and reduce grid stress. TA#4 links existing CIPs with apps and other digital infrastructure to enable digitalisation of services and connected city ecosystems, integrating also smart e-Mobility to promote the decarbonisation of the mobility sector. TA#5 offers interdisciplinary citizen engagement and co-creation practices putting citizen at the forefront of shaping the cities they live in and towards the development of each city’s 2050 own bold city-vision. Special focus is given to creating resilient and safe cities increasing quality of life and lowering the impacts of climate change."
Fields of science
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringthermodynamic engineering
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
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76131 Karlsruhe
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21000 Dijon
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21033 Dijon
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75008 Paris
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92419 COURBEVOIE CEDEX
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92200 Neuilly Sur Seine
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25000 BESANCON
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21078 Dijon Cedex
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92079 Paris
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21000 Dijon
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21001 Dijon
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78280 Guyancourt
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21800 Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur
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25000 Besancon
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05004 Avila
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93160 Noisy Le Grand
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69003 Lyon
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182 33 Danderyd
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69004 Lyon
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92100 Boulogne
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21000 Dijon
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17000 La Rochelle
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20100 Turku
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02150 Espoo
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20520 Turku
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Turku
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20100 Turku
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00560 Helsinki
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79100 Leppavirta
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00520 Helsinki
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20760 Piispanristi
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24240 Salo
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EH33 1RY Macmerry
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434 37 Kungsbacka
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20014 Turku
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15800 Lahti
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20100 Turku
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29600 NOORMAARKU
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85140 TYNKA
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163 53 Spanga
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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1030 Bruxelles / Brussel
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50071 Zaragoza
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50003 Zaragoza
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710236 BOTOSANI
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030138 Bucuresti
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502 00 PTOLEMAIDA
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5300 Gabrovo
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1784 Sofia
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49000 Dnipro
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57001 Thermi Thessaloniki
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57001 THERMI THESSALONIKI
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50018 Zaragoza
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16129 Genova
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4150 356 Porto
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28015 Madrid
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03148 Kyiv
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157 80 ATHINA
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35708 Rennes
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81100 Castres
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94300 Vincennes
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