The DECIDE project pilots sites will deliver the necessary cases for a sound outreach built on an extensive social science basis. They cover complementary and geographically well-spread cases covering social housing as well as middle class and upper-class neighbourhoods in Austria, Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece and the Netherlands.
OurPower
OurPower is an emerging energy cooperative in Austria operating a peer-to-peer marketplace for RES electricity generated by its members. OurPower handles the online matching services as well as the whole process of electricity supply and billing.
ThermoVault
ThermoVault is a company based in Belgium that offers a software and hardware solution of electric energy services of residential thermal appliances, unlocking the most cost-effective form of energy storage, while allowing for the integration of more renewables through aggregation.
ENBRO
ENBRO provides energy brokerage, guidance, advice, development and structuring of solutions that reduce the energy bill to residential, commercial, industrial and public consumers. The energy community pilots include mostly social housing in 4 cities in Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands.
TREA
TREA is energy agency located in Tartu, Estonia, providing services to citizens, SMEs and municipalities. TREA consists experts on energy efficiency, energy planning, sustainable transport, energy renovation and energy communities.
Elektrizitätswerke Hindelang e.G. (EWH)
The cooperative EWH was founded in the 1920’s by the citizens of Hindelang, a German village in the Allgäu region. Since then 330 citizens and SMEs (plus municipality) are members of the cooperative, an “energy community” that puts a strong emphasis on sustainable energy production and service towards its clients.
HERON
HERON is the largest independent electricity retailer, and a rapidly developing natural gas supplier in Greece owning a customer portfolio, consisting of more than 150000 subscribers. The target initial clients for DECIDE include 200 electricity consumers and 15 electricity prosumers.
DomX
DomX offers a unique retrofit solution for the automation of legacy gas-based heating systems in Greece. The system brings several advantages to end-consumers, including: improved heating efficiency (up to 40%), smart and remote control, improved comfort and direct participation in flexibility aggregation services.