What is Citizen-led renovation?
Citizen-led renovation is an EU funded support service to empower communities and to put citizens in the driver's seat for energy renovations. The service will strengthen your community building and assists in replicating programmes for energy renovations of the buildings of your members and others, including insulation, new technical systems and installing renewables.
What does the support service for Citizen-led renovation offer?
The Citizen-led renovation project aims to assist energy communities to deliver citizen-led energy renovations and renewable energy installations, whether you have already one-stop shops for project developers in place or not. Depending on your needs, expectations and commitment, the project will give you the opportunity to access tailored support in terms of administrative, technical, and communicative assistance and co-implement citizen-led renovation projects in your community. The support service will help your community to overcome financial, legal, technical, and informational barriers to deliver future-proof residential buildings.
Who are we?
Under the leadership of Th!nk E, we have brought together all expertise needed to deliver this project with high quality and impact. Therefore, our consortium is composed of organisations that know what it means to provide a service — it is what we do daily. Responsiveness, helpfulness, openness, transparency, accessibility: these are the guiding principles for the consortium. In addition, the consortium brings together high-level expertise on energy efficiency policies, technical building related know-how, social sciences, as well as an in-depth understanding of energy communities, their possible value propositions, and the national/regional implementations. It is our belief that, by combining the experiences and networks of the team, we are able to bring an effective, result-oriented approach. Collectively, the consortium has performed and is performing several coordination office roles for the EU and is a credible partner in supporting practitioners, policy makers and communities.
Our initial consortium includes:
- Th!nk E
- Steinbeis Europa Zentrum
- IEECP
- Eworx
- GoParity
- Stefan Scheuer Consulting
- Joanneum Research
- Th!nk Europe
- VITO
- RICARDO
Following the strong foundation laid by the initial consortium, the Phase III of the Support service is now expanding and will be delivered by:
- Modena Energy and Sustainable Development Agency (AESS)
- European Network of Regional and Local Energy Agencies and Regions (FEDARENE)
- Energy Cities
- REScoop.eu
- North West Croatia Energy and Climate Agency (REGEA)
- City of Dublin Energy Management Agency (CODEMA)
- Valencia Climate and Energy Foundation (VCE)
- Auvergne Rhone-Alpes Energie Environnement/Alter Alsace Energies (AURA-EE/ALTER)
- Energent
- Creating cOmmunity-Led Opportunities for Upscaling Renovation (COLOUR)
- Supporting PEople Towards Efficiency (SPETE)
- Energy Communities Tipperary Cooperative (EcoVision)
- Energie Samen
This expanded network is designed to foster citizen-led renovations on a broader scale. With enhanced infrastructure and wider support, CLR aims to empower more individuals and communities to lead the transition toward energy-efficient, climate-resilient buildings across Europe.
