The 4th Capacity Building Workshop (CBWS) of the ProLight project (www.prolight-project.eu) is scheduled for June 24, 2025. The event will take place in person at Greenovate! Europe EEIG, located at 231 Avenue Louise, 1050 Brussels, starting at 13:00, and will also be available online, coordinated by CluBE (Cluster of Bioeconomy and Environment of Western Macedonia). The hybrid format of the workshop will allow participation from intermediaries in the six ProLight demonstration districts and their associated stakeholder networks.

Attendees – from citizens, stakeholders, to energy communities and SMEs – will have the opportunity to engage actively with speakers through interactive sessions.

Session A:

From Demonstration to Replication: Lessons from ProLight’s Six Districts

The first session will introduce the ProLight project and its six demo districts, with a spotlight on replication methodologies and strategies. Within the ProLight Exploitation Workshop, we will identify and validate key parameters, and success factors within our demonstration districts, while sharing insights on replication activities and lessons learned so far.

We will highlight challenges and best practices, focusing specifically on the utilization and replication of ICT and digital applications. These insights will help us to develop a replication guideline within the next months to scale ProLight solutions beyond the project’s duration.

Discussion points:

Assessment Methodologies – Evaluating the environmental, economic, and social sustainability of interventions.
Knowledge Sharing – Identifying success factors and defining critical requirements for replicating solutions in other buildings and districts.
Expert Insights – Examining the role of ICT and digital applications, their impact, benefits, and challenges in implementation.

Session B

Collaborating for Impact: Insights from Related European Energy Projects

The second session will highlight European projects related to ProLight, showcasing their contributions to the energy sector, key achievements, and innovative solutions.

Participants will have the opportunity to engage with experts, share insights from their regional experiences, and explore scalable approaches applicable to ProLight and other related initiatives.

Agenda

13:00 – 13:15: ProLight project and introduction: Momir Tabakovic, ProLight Project coordinator (Fachhochschule Technikum Wien) – online

13:15 – 13:35: Challenges and success factors for the replication of digital services in different demo districts using the example of PlanetAPP – Stefano Fava (Planet Smart City) -online

13:35 – 14:00: Novel AI-Enhanced and User-Centric Energy-Efficient System Control: A Pilot Building Study in Finland – Xiaoshu Lu (University of Vaasa)

14:00 – 14:30: Expectations vs. Reality: How to evaluate interventions from environmental, economic and social perspectives and what to expect – Gianluca Grazieschi (EURAC)

14:30 – 15:00: Exploitation & Replication in ProLight project: Challenges and lessons learned to date – Evelyn Hummer and Martina Heidenhofer (4ER)

15:00 – 15:15: Summarising remarks of Session A and discussions

15:15 – 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 – 15:50: Drop project: Capacity Building for District Renovation: Lessons from Ermua’s Experience – Marta Lekue (Ermua Municipality) & Amaia Sopelana (Tecnalia)

15:50 – 16:10: Reschool project: Open Source Energy Management System for Energy Communities, as applied in Amsterdam, Athens and Girona – Pierre Kil (OpenRemote)

16:10 – 16:30: Research on REC at the Italian and EU level with a focus on business models and ESG by Maksym Koltunov (University of Trieste)

16:30 – 16:50: +DHC4Padova and DHC SwEEch projects: Scientific results on Padova (mission climate neutral city) on possible use of waste heat for low temperature DH networks” by Simone Buffa (R2M Solution) – it is a joint project with R2M, EURAC and SENGIM funded by the NetZeroCities Project

16:50 – 17:10: HouseInc project: Eoghan McKenna & Lin Zheng – online

17:10 – 17:30: Supershine project: Tackling energy poverty through social housing renovation funded by Public Private Partnerships: the experience of the SUPERSHINE lighthouse districts by Dr. Paola Zerilli, Scientific Coordinator – online

17:30 – 17:50: PREFIGURE project: ‘Prefiguring the Housing – Energy Nexus, Addressing Vulnerability in the EU’ – Postdoctoral Researcher Dr. Aysegül Can & Dr. Georgia Alexandri – online

17:50 – 18:00: Summarising remarks and discussions

ProLight 4th CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP

From Demonstration to Replication: Lessons from ProLight’s Six Districts

Collaborating for Impact: Insights from Related European Energy Projects

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