TIPS4PED

TIPS4PED or Turning cIties Planning (into) actionS for Positive Energy Districts, is a Horizon Europe research and innovation project, involving four cities from four countries, which will investigate scalable and easily reproducible technologies and digital optimisation strategies for the successful delivery of Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) in European cities. 

A positive energy district (PED) is an urban area that produces at least as much energy on an annual basis as it consumes. A PED is seen, as JPI Urban Europe defines it, “as an urban neighbourhood with annual net zero energy import and net zero CO₂ emissions working towards a surplus production of renewable energy, integrated into an urban and regional energy system”. This can be done via four main components:

• Promoting energy efficiency in buildings
• Local renewable energy production
• Energy flexibility (production and demand)
• Electric mobility (including MaaS)

Reason for applying to HSbooster.eu services

A PED constitutes an integral part of comprehensive sustainable urbanisation strategies including societal, social, economic, cultural aspects and the involvement of citizens. To accelerate progress toward decarbonisation, TIPS4PED will support municipalities in the implementation of PEDs. By developing an Integrated Assessment Platform (IAP) to facilitate decision-making, as well as designing and testing the real-world effectiveness and viability of a digital twin-based platform, TIPS4PED will help pave the way for emissions reductions across Europe.

The objective is to support municipalities in:

• the decision-making by delivering a series of evidence-based results,
• increasing the environmental sustainability of cities,
• and reducing operational costs.