About Us

Smart-BEEjS is a consortium of 8 universities and research centres under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions, Innovative Training Networks (ITN). The core consortium is supported by 16 non-academic entities, in the United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal, Austria, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain and Switzerland.
The project trains 15 PhD students using an innovative doctoral training programme. The training programme incorporates three dimensions: (i) deep training in their individual subjects; (ii) systemic thinking and engagement with the needs of citizens and communities as well as experts from different disciplines promoting the development of Positive Energy Districts (PEDs); and, (iii) reflection of the impact of our research and realisation of opportunities from outcomes for supporting a Human-Centric energy transition.

Smart-BEEjS Consortium

What we do

A significant policy report for the transition of our cities to sustainable urban mobility has been produced as a result of our secondment activity.

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The project promotes the development of Positive Energy Districts (PEDs). PEDs are local developments and networks of homes, workplaces and mobility systems which, together, generate more energy than is consumed. This is achieved through a combination of lower energy usage, the local generation of renewable energy and new business models across the energy marketplaces. Our work is demonstrated on the project deliverables.

WP1 – Management, Ethics, Coordination, Dissemination and Exploitation

Dr Rob Ackrill and Dr Kostas Galanakis | Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University

WP3 – Socio‐economic factors & Citizens’ practices, enabling Positive Energy Districts (view pdf)

Coordinators: Minh Thu Nguyen, Luca Lamonaca, Han Kyul Yoo | Collaborators: Adam Hearn, Darja Mihailova, Nicolas Caballero  | Editors: Dr. Kostas Galanakis, Dr. Susana Batel, Prof. Dr. Robert Ackrill | ISCTE-IUL; WUR; Basel University; Eurac; NTU

WP4 – Techno-economic aspects and pathways towards positive energy districts (view pdf)

Axel, Luca, Ardak, Botakoz | WP Leader: Lukas Kranzl | Energy Economics Group, TU Wien

WP5 – Evidence-based policy propositions to tackle energy poverty through PEDs (view pdf)

Nicolas Caballero, Luigi Bottecchia, Clemens Magraff, Adam Hearn, Lavan Burra | Eurac Research, RWI, University of Basel

WP6 – Business models and consumers’ value proposition for PEDs (view pdf)

WP Leader: Eleni Stathopoulou | Core WP ESRs: Erkinai, Dasha, Helen

Deliverables

WP4 – Techno-economic aspects and pathways towards positive energy districts (view pdf)

D4.2 - Status quo and framework conditions as a basis for developing techno-economic pathways in selected case studies.

WP5 – Evidence-based policy propositions to tackle energy poverty through PEDs (view pdf)

D5.3 – Report on “must-read” factors in policy design to tackle energy poverty through PED creation.

WP6 – Business models and consumers’ value proposition for PEDs (view pdf)

D6.2 – Value generation by PEDs: Best practices case study book.