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Yearly policy briefs on regulation 2022
This is the second of a series of regulatory reviews in DECIDE. It provides insights on how the EU Member States' frameworks have led to a development of energy communities and collective actions. It focus is on the DECIDE pilot countries (Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Germany and Greece), but also information from other EU countries that were retrieved via interviews or via communication with DECIDE...
Publication Date: 30 May 2022
Author: Andreas Tuerk (JR), Camilla Neumann (JR), Malgorzata Mątowska (THNK), Lucija Rakocevic (THNK), Elise van Dijk (THNK), Phillipp Hartmann (BAUM), Ludwig Karg (BAUM), Silvia Assalini (ICLEI), Claudia Winkler (JR)
Guidelines to optimize energy- efficiency information campaigns and citizen participation for collective action and energy communities with practical views and methods
The Guidelines to optimize energy-efficiency information campaigns and citizen participation for collective action and energy communities intend to provide a coherent summary of
approaches to communication, information, and intervention campaigns for establishing and shaping Energy Communities (ECs) and Collective Energy Actions (CEAs), with a strong focus on the behavioural science perspective....
Publication Date: 31 May 2022
Author: Mona Bielig, Celina Kacperski, Sonja Klingert, Florian Kutzner (Mannheim University)
Structured overview on optimized energy-efficiency interventions for EC and CA
This document serves as an overview for the recommendations to optimize energy-efficiency intervention and information campaigns for energy communities and collective energy actions in the framework of DECIDE and beyond. For this purpose, first a general overview of potential tools for information and intervention campaigns within engagement and communication strategies is given. This serves as a "toolbox" to give the broadest possible impression of potential tools.
Publication Date: 31 May 2022
Author: Mona Bielig, Celina Kacperski, Sonja Klingert, Florian Kutzner (Mannheim University)
Intergenerational learning: material and trajectories
The goal of the Intergeneration learning task has been to understand how much can intergenerational learning be used to increase awareness and foster behavioural change.
To this end, the Power of Community game has been developed, aimed at kids of age 6 to 12, to explain nature and use of renewable energy, such as PV and wind and to bring closer the concept of renewable energy community.
The game is...
Publication Date: 10 Jun 2022
Author: Agata Smok, Lucija Rakocevic, Arnor Van Leemputten, Małgorzata Mątowska (Th!nk E)
Evidence behind the narrative: Critically reviewing the social impact of energy communities in Europe
Energy Communities are playing an ever greater role in the European renewable energy transition. As an in- strument for citizen-led transformation, they are associated not only with economic and environmental, but also with social benefits. However, it is unclear whether Energy Communities in Europe deliver on the positive social impact they promise. In this paper, we analyze the conceptual background...
Publication Date: 22 Nov 2022
Author: Bielig, M., Kacperski, C., Kutzner, F., & Klingert, S. (2022). Evidence behind the narrative: Critically reviewing the social impact of energy communities in Europe. Energy Research & Social Science, 94, 102859
