JP e3s annually organizes scientific conferences and thematic workshops (open to the broader public or to its members only) to discuss about the most crucial topics related to the clean energy transition and the impacts they could have on the society.
On 26th October 2023 the JP e3s, under coordination of Sub-Programme 1, organized the conference "Fostering Changes in energy consuption: a pathway to demand reduction" in Padova (Italy). The event represented a starting point to stimulate a scientific and interdisciplinary discussion about energy demand reduction, that will culminate in the writing and publication of a White Paper on the topic in summer 2024. The Conference was structured in 3 main sessions, corresponding to three different, but complementary, ways of addressing energy demand reduction. Here below are the presentations of each session:
Adel El Gammal (EERA) "Net Zero Growth by 2050"
Yves Marignac (négaWatt group) "The concept and role of sufficiency in fostering a sustainable and just energy transition"
Benjamin Sovacool (Boston University, University of Sussex, Aarhus University) "The sociotechnical dynamics and equity dimensions of energy efficiency, smart meters and smart homes" (presentation not available yet)
Omkar S. Patange (IIASA) "Role of population heterogeneities in energy consumption behaviour"
Daniele Stampatori (EU) "The behavioural dimension of energy customers: A framework to deal with barriers to customer engagement"
Gianluca Carraro (UNIPD) "Energy Communities: what is the impact of members’ habits on fossil fuel consumption?"
Tiina Koljonen (VTT) "Save energy - make it a habit"
Stine Fleischer Myhre (IFE) "Investigation of energy behaviour and behavioural change in the Norwegian energy system based on smart metering data"
Ezilda Costanzo (ENEA) "Cultural audience engagement for the clean energy transition: opportunities and evidence"
Kristina Haaskjold (IFE) "The role of building mass upgrade in the energy system transition - A Norwegian case study"
Ivett Flores (TUB) "A value-based framework from Building Stock Model to Reftrofit Model"
Marina Bertolini (UNIPD) "Renewable energy communities, digitalization and information"
Herbert Zondag (TNO) "The Role and Impact of Energy Efficiency in the Decarbonization of Industry" (presentation not available)
Luciano DE Tommasi (IERC) "Energy efficiency in the commercial rented sector and verification of rebound effect after PV system installation in shopping center in Spain"
Maria Beatrice Andreucci (UNIROMA1) "Promoting reduction of energy demand and climate adaptation through integrated simulation tools and indicators: A recent case study"
Giovanna Cavazzini (UNIPD) "The need of flexibility in the hydropower sector: an European overview"
Vito Di Noto (UNIPD) "Production, distribution and applications of H2 in a clean energy system" (presentation not available)
Tareen Muhammad Umair (ULiège) "A low-demand energy scenario for Europe modelled in PyPSA-EUR"
Romain Mauger (CIIAE) "For an Energy Sufficiency First Principle in EU energy law"
On 16th June 2023 the EERA Joint Programmes e3s and Energy Storage co-organized the workshop "Energy for the future: exploring non-technical factors for Energy Storage deployment". The event contributed to build a multidisciplinary bridge through the promotion of a concrete dialogue and practical exchange of knowledge, information and perspectives among the members of the two EERA Joint Programmes Energy Storage and e3s-clean Energy tranSition for Sustainable Society . In addition to a comprehensive, although synthetic, reciprocal update about the state of the art on the most promising ES technologies, with a specific focus on hydrogen and its storage potential, and the most widely diffused social, legal and economic widely recognized factors affecting RES technologies development at the different scales of the energy system (EU, national, regional and local), the participants have been engaged in a structured discussion aimed at identifying the main challenges and explore possible ES solutions to be diffused in the EU energy system.