Smart-BEEjS €4m Innovative Training Network, utilises the work of 15 PhD researchers across the continent, exploring Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) from different perspectives and in different localities. It complements the EU’s Strategic Energy Technology Plan which aims to establish “100 positive energy districts by 2025 (baseline 2015) and 80% of electricity consumption to be managed by consumers in 4 out of 5 households”. Through a systems thinking approach, Smart-BEEjS researchers develop strategies, methodologies, policies and practical tools that can be recommended in order cities, businesses or communities to identify their pathway of transition towards a PED.