Institute for European Energy and Climate Policy Foundation (IEECP)

Are you ready to revolutionise how energy planning is done in your region? 🎬 This video helps you unlock the power of the Regio1st Planning Framework. Watch it out to discover: ✅ The structured 8-stage process that guides you from stakeholder engagement to implementation. ✅ Practical tools, templates, and strategies for impactful, data-driven decision-making. ✅ How to reduce costs, cut emissions, and build resilient, sustainable communities. Whether it’s enhancing building efficiency, optimising energy systems, or adopting the latest innovations, Regio1st supports every step and empowers regional planners to prioritise energy efficiency before investing in costly infrastructure. 🌟 Let’s create impactful change together. Lead the transformation to a sustainable energy future today! 👉 Learn more and get started here: https://lnkd.in/eBd9Ji6Q #Regio1st #EnergyPlanning #BuildingEfficiency #EnergyEfficiency #EE1 #EnergyEfficiencyFirst #Energy #EnergySystems #PlanningFramework #JustTransition #ClimateAction #LIFEAmplifiers FEDARENE Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI South East Energy Agency DSS Lab, EPU-NTUA CluBE-Cluster of Bioeconomy and Environment of Western Macedonia IRE SpA Local Energy Agency Spodnje Podravje Medjimurje Energy Agency Ltd. Fundación Asturiana de la Energía, FAEN ICCS - NTUA LIFE Programme CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency

🚀 [RE-WITCH Explains] What is the SIL Approach? 🔧 To achieve innovation, testing and optimization are key steps in ensuring RE-WITCH’s technologies are efficient and reliable. That’s where the Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) approach comes in! 📊 What is SIL? The #SIL Approach creates a virtual testing environment where control systems for RE-WITCH’s technologies are simulated. This allows us to fine-tune control logics, test configurations, and optimize processes before deployment, ensuring maximum efficiency. ⚙️ How does SIL power RE-WITCH? 📌 Simulation & Validation: SIL allows us to simulate sequences like start-up, shutdown, and production, ensuring systems respond optimally to real-world conditions. 📌 Optimization: By testing plant configurations virtually, we identify the best strategies to enhance energy efficiency and performance. 📌Energy Savings: Optimized SIL controls can increase overall energy efficiency by 5-10%, supporting RE-WITCH’s mission for sustainable industrial cooling and heating. 💡 With SIL, RE-WITCH brings its technologies closer to real-world application, ensuring every system is optimized for sustainability and performance. 🤝 This method guarantees that our control systems, developed in collaboration with Gruppo Sigla, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pragma-IoT, Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences, Technische Universität Berlin and IDP Ingeniería, Medio ambiente y Arquitectura ready to reduce energy consumption and CO₂ emissions. 🎅🎄 As the year ends, we thank you for joining us on this journey through #innovation. Stay tuned in 2025 for more exciting updates on how RE-WITCH is revolutionizing energy systems. Until then, happy holidays and warm wishes from all of us! #SoftwareInTheLoop #EnergyEfficiency #Sustainability #REWITCH

🎄 For the last post of the season, the SEED MICAT team would like to wish all of you a wonderful Christmas season and ending of 2024, and a great start for 2025. 🎄 In order to do so, we have thought of a little poem which explains (in terms of multiple impacts, of course) what would happen if the Grinch had achieved his mission and managed to turn off all the Christmas lights in Europe.    Maybe it would not be so bad, after all?? 😊     Have a wonderful Christmas and happy new year.   The SEED MICAT team ✨✨✨ In a universe parallel to ours,  With the same bees and flowers,  The same people in each town,  Virtually no difference but one,  No matter where in Europe you would visit,  Nowhere to see was Christmas spirit.     Not a soul sang them jingle bells,  The air void of any magical spells,  Not a single Christmas light,  Striving to illuminate the night. (270 ktoe electricity savings)     Now that might sound quite sad,  To any simpleton and fool,  That still has not seen and read,  The results from the MICATool.     In those nights of usualness,  Void of any festive happiness,  More than a dozen Petajoules, (12.5 PJ of coal, gas, and oil avoided)  Of "unchristmassy" fossil fuels,  Never left for Western Europe,  For Russia quite the wallop.     Santa was just a man with a beard,  Everyone assumed was a bit weird,  Working day shifts at Burger King’s,  No presents, only burger wrappings.  Yet, good news about his mission,  His changed job didn’t just coincide,  With more than a million,  Avoided tons of carbon dioxide. (1.05 MtCO2)     There was no Christmas flair,  In the winterly atmosphere,  But also to be more than fair,  Way fewer pollutants in the air, (0.6t SO2, 0.9t NOX, 0.05t PM2.5)  Going easy on everyone breaths,  Avoiding 17 premature deaths. (As well as 2500 avoided lost working days)     With this little Christmas story,  Uplifting and without worry,  We wish you a very happy festivity,  That those 17 aren’t in your family!  ✨✨✨ * Assumptions underlying our analysis, specifically related to electricity savings: our estimates indicate that turning off all Christmas lights in the EU could lead to potential savings of 202 kilotons of oil equivalent (ktoe) in the residential sector and 67 ktoe in the tertiary sector. These figures correspond to approximately 3.5 billion kWh of electricity consumption in the U.S., adjusted for population and accounting for a 1.5 multiplier (reflecting the heightened enthusiasm for holiday lighting of the "Christmassiness" in the average US American household).    #MICATCommunity #MICATool #ChristmasLights #EnergySaving #EnergyEfficiency

🎄 Season's greetings from IEECP! 🎄   As we wrap up 2024, we look back on a year of profound challenges but also incredible progress. Despite record-breaking temperatures, climate challenges, and social crises, we’ve witnessed something extraordinary: the growing determination of people, organisations, and policymakers to turn ambition into action. 🌍   This year highlighted the critical importance of leaving no one behind, transforming it from a guiding principle into a shared necessity. From revising climate strategies to fostering equity in the face of housing and energy challenges, we’ve seen remarkable efforts to build a more inclusive, sustainable future.   💡 At IEECP, we are deeply inspired by the collective drive for solutions. As we step into 2025, let’s carry this forward. With optimism, collaboration, and shared purpose, we are confident that we can tackle any challenge and seize the opportunities ahead to create a brighter, more sustainable world for all.   🎁 From all of us at IEECP, thank you for being there with us, pushing for a cleaner economy and a human-friendly future! We wish you a joyful holiday season and a New Year filled with hope, success, and impactful change.

🎄 Season's greetings from IEECP! 🎄   As we wrap up 2024, we look back on a year of profound challenges but also incredible progress. Despite record-breaking temperatures, climate challenges, and social crises, we’ve witnessed something extraordinary: the growing determination of people, organisations, and policymakers to turn ambition into action. 🌍   This year highlighted the critical importance of leaving no one behind, transforming it from a guiding principle into a shared necessity. From revising climate strategies to fostering equity in the face of housing and energy challenges, we’ve seen remarkable efforts to build a more inclusive, sustainable future.   💡 At IEECP, we are deeply inspired by the collective drive for solutions. As we step into 2025, let’s carry this forward. With optimism, collaboration, and shared purpose, we are confident that we can tackle any challenge and seize the opportunities ahead to create a brighter, more sustainable world for all.   🎁 From all of us at IEECP, thank you for being there with us, pushing for a cleaner economy and a human-friendly future! We wish you a joyful holiday season and a New Year filled with hope, success, and impactful change.

🔋 Interested in tools and resources to boost the delivery of energy savings? Our newest report tackles the key stages of the policy cycle, diving deep into policy design and implementation, monitoring and verification, and policy evaluation. The chapter on Policy evaluation focuses on pivotal topics such as: ✅ Impact evaluations about actual energy savings ✅ Impact evaluations about other energy or environmental impacts ✅ Ex-ante assessment of energy efficiency measures ✅ Cost-effectiveness assessments. Whether you’re shaping or refining energy policies, this chapter offers key insights and resources to guide impactful decisions. 🔍 Discover more here: https://lnkd.in/ecx-qRqc ENSMOV Plus partners: Institute for European Energy and Climate Policy Foundation (IEECP) Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving (CRES) The Polish National Energy Conservation Agency (KAPE) FIRE Federazione Italiana per l'uso Razionale dell'Energia TEESlab - Technoeconomics of Energy Systems laboratory Association ATEE Magyar Energetikai és Közmű-szabályozási Hivatal Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI Jožef Stefan Institute, Energy Efficiency Centre Lietuvos Energetikos Agentūra / Lithuanian Energy Agency Austrian Energy Agency LIFE Programme CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency European Commission #lifeprogramme #LIFEamplifier #energypolicy #energysavings #eed

We recently spoke with our experienced mentors about innovative #financing for the energy transition. Here’s what they recommend for public authorities: 👍 “Energy Performance Contracting isn’t just a contract—it’s a long-term partnership.” Megan Gignac 👍 Miguel Ángel García Fuentes: trust-building, transparent communication, and a tailored financing model are crucial for convincing residents to participate. 👍 Marco Costa: Renewable Energy Communities offer more than environmental benefits—they also strengthen social cohesion and stimulate local economies. Don’t miss out on the wealth of practical knowledge in #H2020PROSPECT+. Read the summary article here: https://lnkd.in/enPyVS-W

🌟Exciting News! We’re proud to share that ENERGATE Project has been featured by Enlit Europe, an article prepared with the help of our Project Manager, Katerina Papapostolou, for our work in transforming energy efficiency investments across Europe’s building sector. Our platform is making it easier for building owners, implementors, and financiers to connect and collaborate on sustainable building renovations. 💡 Curious to learn more? Check out the full article on Enlit Europe’s website: https://lnkd.in/dAZqmMJu #EnergyEfficiency #Sustainability #NetZero #GreenBuildings #Enlit #EnlitEurope #Enlit2024 #energate_eu #LIFEAmplifier #LIFEProgramme

At #SRI2Market, we believe the buildings of tomorrow start with the actions of today. As 2024 comes to an end, we’re proud to be paving the way for smarter, more energy-efficient spaces across Europe. 💡 Thank you for being part of our journey. Let’s make 2025 a year of innovation, collaboration, and measurable change! ✨ Let’s keep building smarter together: https://lnkd.in/dkkrCiNQ 🎆 Happy New Year from all of us at SRI2Market! SRI2MARKET CYPRUS & GREECE  SRI2MARKET CROATIA  SRI2MARKET PORTUGAL Comunidad SRI en España SRI Community AUSTRIA  Communauté du SRI en FRANCE #SmartBuildings #Innovation #EnergyEfficiency 

🌟 Athens Unveils New Plan to Help Energy-Poor Households 🌟 Athens is setting a new standard for cities across Europe by eliminating municipal fees for energy-poor households, including vulnerable groups such as those with disabilities and single-parent families. This initiative, introduced by Athens mayor, Mr. Haris Doukas, represents a major step toward equitable energy solutions, aligning with the Climate City Contract (CCC) of Athens, namely a Green Social Contract to create a more humane city, strengthen its social cohesion, improve its neighbourhoods, and reduce spatial inequalities. In this framework, the ASSERT Project, aims to equip local policymakers and intermediaries with the tools they need to effectively address energy poverty, and enable vulnerable families to manage their energy needs more efficiently. 🌍🏙️ Learn more about the project and similar initiatives here: https://lnkd.in/dPFA348C Aisfor srl Rete Assist National Technical University of Athens Institute for European Energy and Climate Policy Foundation (IEECP) Ecoserveis Cultura Energètica Banco dell'energia European Network on Independent Living Cyprus Energy Agency Climate Alliance Eurac Research Enercoop LIFE Programme CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency #Sustainability #EnergyTransition #EuropeanProjects #EnergyVulnerability #LIFECET