Energy Citizenship in Positive Energy Districts—Towards a Transdisciplinary Approach to Impact Assessment
It is commonly assumed by the projects demonstrating concepts for positive energy districts in cities across Europe that citizens want and need to be involved in the development of these concepts as an essential condition for positive energy districts to be deployed successfully and to achieve the e...
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| author | Mark van Wees Beatriz Pineda Revilla Helena Fitzgerald Dirk Ahlers Natalia Romero Beril Alpagut Joke Kort Cyril Tjahja Gabi Kaiser Viktoria Blessing Lia Patricio Sander Smit |
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| description | It is commonly assumed by the projects demonstrating concepts for positive energy districts in cities across Europe that citizens want and need to be involved in the development of these concepts as an essential condition for positive energy districts to be deployed successfully and to achieve the expected societal goals. Six different research and innovation projects are investigating the different forms of energy citizenship in positive energy districts and their impacts. They aim to apply a transdisciplinary approach to collaborative research and to impact assessment. The interim results are described, and preliminary conclusions on impact are drawn. The projects each used different approaches to engaging citizens, while differentiating between different groups. Progress is monitored but only fragmentary evidence on the impact has been gathered. Transdisciplinary approaches are being developed but are still immature. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4fd37bd3efb54bde9f4c5fe807305a3b2023-11-23T19:06:17ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092022-02-0112218610.3390/buildings12020186Energy Citizenship in Positive Energy Districts—Towards a Transdisciplinary Approach to Impact AssessmentMark van Wees0Beatriz Pineda Revilla1Helena Fitzgerald2Dirk Ahlers3Natalia Romero4Beril Alpagut5Joke Kort6Cyril Tjahja7Gabi Kaiser8Viktoria Blessing9Lia Patricio10Sander Smit11Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Law, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, 1012 AM Amsterdam, The NetherlandsFaculty of Applied Social Sciences and Law, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, 1012 AM Amsterdam, The NetherlandsDepartment of Economics, University of Limerick, V94 T9PX Limerick, IrelandDepartment of Architecture and Planning, NTNU—Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, NorwayIndustrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CE Delft, The NetherlandsDemir Energy, Smart Cities Department, 34728 Istanbul, TurkeyTNO Energy Transition, 1043 NT Amsterdam, The NetherlandsDepartment of Environment & Civil Engineering, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, 9747 AS Groningen, The NetherlandsSteinbeis Europa-Zentrum, 70176 Stuttgart, GermanySteinbeis Europa-Zentrum, 70176 Stuttgart, GermanyINESC TEC, 4200-465 Porto, PortugalR2M Solution, London W11 3SL, UKIt is commonly assumed by the projects demonstrating concepts for positive energy districts in cities across Europe that citizens want and need to be involved in the development of these concepts as an essential condition for positive energy districts to be deployed successfully and to achieve the expected societal goals. Six different research and innovation projects are investigating the different forms of energy citizenship in positive energy districts and their impacts. They aim to apply a transdisciplinary approach to collaborative research and to impact assessment. The interim results are described, and preliminary conclusions on impact are drawn. The projects each used different approaches to engaging citizens, while differentiating between different groups. Progress is monitored but only fragmentary evidence on the impact has been gathered. Transdisciplinary approaches are being developed but are still immature.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/12/2/186energy citizenshipcitizen engagementenergy transitionpositive energy districtsPEDimpact assessment |
| spellingShingle | Mark van Wees Beatriz Pineda Revilla Helena Fitzgerald Dirk Ahlers Natalia Romero Beril Alpagut Joke Kort Cyril Tjahja Gabi Kaiser Viktoria Blessing Lia Patricio Sander Smit Energy Citizenship in Positive Energy Districts—Towards a Transdisciplinary Approach to Impact Assessment Buildings energy citizenship citizen engagement energy transition positive energy districts PED impact assessment |
| title | Energy Citizenship in Positive Energy Districts—Towards a Transdisciplinary Approach to Impact Assessment |
| title_full | Energy Citizenship in Positive Energy Districts—Towards a Transdisciplinary Approach to Impact Assessment |
| title_fullStr | Energy Citizenship in Positive Energy Districts—Towards a Transdisciplinary Approach to Impact Assessment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Energy Citizenship in Positive Energy Districts—Towards a Transdisciplinary Approach to Impact Assessment |
| title_short | Energy Citizenship in Positive Energy Districts—Towards a Transdisciplinary Approach to Impact Assessment |
| title_sort | energy citizenship in positive energy districts towards a transdisciplinary approach to impact assessment |
| topic | energy citizenship citizen engagement energy transition positive energy districts PED impact assessment |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/12/2/186 |
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