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PED-ID – Holistic Assessment and Innovative Stakeholder Involvement process for Identification of Positive-Energy-Districts
The project PED-ID is a research and innovation project aiming to accelerate the urban environment’s decarbonisation by promoting the implementation of Positive-Energy-Districts (PED). PEDs are districts in urban areas that manage their resources to achieve a positive energy balance (more energy is produced than consumed on an annual basis) and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Project period
January 2021
December 2023
The project “PED-ID: Holistic assessment and innovative stakeholder involvement pro-
cess for identification of Positive-Energy-Districts” was supported by JPI Urban Europe,
and in Sweden by Energimyndigheten and Viable Cities. The aim of the project was to
develop innovative assessment and stakeholder engagement methods for the develop-
ment of Positive Energy Districts (PEDs).
Positive Energy Districts are energy-efficient and energy-flexible urban areas or groups of connected buildings which produce net zero greenhouse gas emissions and actively manage an annual local or regional surplus production of renewable energy. They require integration of different systems and infrastructures and interaction between buildings, the users and the regional energy, mobility and ICT systems, while securing the energy supply and a good life for all in line with social, economic and environmental sustainability.
JPI Urban Europe
The project provides decision-makers and practitioners with improved information about methods, tools and guidance for PEDs at an early stage of development, proposing a knowledge-based participation process. Stakeholders can actively use these methods in a data-driven participation process to consolidate their options and make decisions based on data. This process was tested using real Living Labs of potential PED projects. With the help of this method, it is hoped that the decision on more PED sites will be accelerated to reach the goal of 100 PED sites in Europe.
“PED-ID: Holistic assessment and innovative stakeholder involvement process for identification of Positive-Energy-Districts” is an ARQ-report from White Arkitekter. The work presented has been conducted with support from ARQ and White Research Lab, our organisation for practical research, environmental monitoring and knowledge transfer. The project involved partners from across Europe with the living labs located in Uppsala (Sweden), Vienna (Austria) and Rožnov (Czech Republic).
Learn more about the research project on ARQ’s* website
*ARQ is the collective name for two foundations – the Foundation for Architectural Research and the Research Foundation for Urban Planning, Building Design, and Project Planning, both established by White Arkitekter AB.
Lise-Lott Larsson Kolessar
Sustainability strategist, Sustainability specialist
Stockholm
