Power House Europe (Project partly funded by European Commission – Intelligent Energy Europe Programme), 2010

Almost 1200 local cooperative and social housing organizations throughout the EU were asked what it would take to help them to radically reduce energy consumption and increase the use of renewable energy in the homes they build, own and manage. They were asked to outline what they perceive to be the key challenges and the main obstacles blocking progress in this field.

By way of example: New ICT based Neighbourhood Management Systems will allow peer-to-peer sharing of energy produced through re-newable schemes; New ICT based meters will allow households not only to buy but also to sell energy; and ICT will allow information on energy consumption of every energy-consuming appliance in a home or a building to be provided in real-time, in a user friendly way, thereby empowering citizens to take decisions that lead to energy savings.

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