| D1P001: Name of the project | |
| D1P001: Name of the project | SPARCS - Sustainable energy Positive & zero cARbon CommunitieS |
| D1P002: Project assigned code | |
| D1P002: Project assigned code | ID: 864242 |
| D1P003: Start date | |
| D1P003: Start date | 10/19 |
| D1P004: End date | |
| D1P004: End date | 09/24 |
| D1P005: Ongoing project | |
| D1P005: Ongoing project | Yes |
| D1P006: Funding programme/financing model | |
| FP7/H2020/HEU/DUT | yes |
| FP7/H2020/HEU | H2020-EU.3.3.1.3. - Foster European Smart cities and Communities |
| Interreg | no |
| National funding | no |
| Public-Private Partnership - please specify | no |
| Other | no |
| D1P007: Estimated project costs (Mill. €) | |
| D1P007: Estimated project costs (Mill. €) | 23.7 |
| D1P008: Description of project objectives/concepts | |
| D1P008: Description of project objectives/concepts | SPARCs’s overall objective is to achieve citizens’ inclusive free-carbon urban community by integrating the following key factors: (1) technologies for energy positivity in buildings and districts, (2) citizen engagement, (3) city planning and governance, (4) flexible grid management and energy storage and (5) e-mobility as an energy system element. SPARCs targets to tackle the multifaceted challenges that cities are called to solve by creating the ecosystems necessary for the urban energy transformation in cities towards a citizens-inclusive Sustainable energy Positive & zero cARbon CommunitieS. The project wants to trigger the urban transformation while keeping a high quality of life for citizens. A top priority is to set up inclusive management and planning models, ecosystems and processes, involving companies, city planning & technical departments of cities, citizen and research organizations, creating an Information Society with citizens being at the centre of the decision process and aware of the city’s activities. |
| D1P009: Description of project upscaling strategies/potential | |
| D1P009: Description of project upscaling strategies/potential | SPARCS will demonstrate innovative interventions of Positive Energy District/Block level in 2 lighthouse cities, and upon implementation and subsequent monitoring and evaluation, SPARCs will ensure effective and successful scaling up and replication both to the city level, to Fellow Cities and to other European and World cities. This will allow getting a framework that is able to adapt, in diverse contexts, with different cultures, environments and at different scales of cities and complexities. The strategy aims at effective facilitation of the replication and upscaling of implemented solutions not only within partner cities but beyond. The strategy assumes three dimensions of replication: 1. upscaling and transfer of the piloted solutions within and between Lighthouse Cities, 2. transfer of solutions from the LHCs to the FCs, 3. broader replication of solutions beyond the partnering cities. |
| D1P010: Number of PED case studies in the project | |
| D1P010: Number of PED case studies in the project | 10 |
| D1P011: Case Study | |
| D1P011: Case Study | |
| D1P012: Description of project expected impact | |
| D1P012: Description of project expected impact |
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| D1P013: Standardization efforts | |
| D1P013: Standardization efforts | To assure successful replication, SPARCs designed an extensive monitoring and evaluation programme with associated Key Performance Indicators, for the holistic assessment of the solutions implemented in the LHCs and their replication potential in the FCs. That includes a) a detailed framework for the holistic assessment of SPARCs actions (aligned with the requirements of the Smart Cities Information System database, SCIS), b) ex-ante evaluation of lighthouse city demonstrations, c) 2-year data gathering programme, d) holistic impact assessment (socio-economic, environmental, technological etc., considering also the KPIs recently proposed by the SET plan action 3.1 to evaluate consumer benefits and citizen engagement in European Energy transition), and e) recommendations for standardization based on implemented experiences and innovative solutions. |
| D1P014: Sources | |
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| D1P015: Can you specify a suitable contact person regarding the load-management approach within your PED project? | |
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| D1P016: Would you be willing to share data from your PED project for research purposes? | |
| D1P016: Would you be willing to share data from your PED project for research purposes? | Yes |
Authors (framework concept)
Beril Alpagut (Demir Enerji)
Giulia Turci (University of Bologna / UNIBO, Cesena Municipality)
Michal Kuzmic (Czech Technical University in Prague / CTU)
Paolo Civiero (Università Roma Tre)
Vicky Albert-Seifried (Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme / FHG ISE)
Bailador Ferreras M. Almudena (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas / CIEMAT)
Serena Pagliulia (University of Bologna / UNIBO)
Oscar Seco (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas / CIEMAT)
Silvia Soutullo (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas / CIEMAT)
Daniele Vettorato (EURAC Research / EURAC)
Contributors (to the content)
Laura Aelenei (Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia / LNEG), Nienke Maas (Netherlands Organisation for applied scientific research / TNO), Savis Gohari (Oslo Metropolitan University / OsloMet), Andras Reith (Advanced Building and Urban Design / ABUD), Ghazal Etminan (Austrian Institute of Technology / AIT), Maria-Beatrice Andreucci (Universita Sapienza), Francesco Reda (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd / VTT), Mari Hukkalainen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd / VTT), Judith-Borsboom (Locality), Gilda Massa (National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development / ENEA), Jelena Ziemele (University of Latvia), Nikola Pokorny (Czech Technical University in Prague / CTU), Sergio Diaz de Garayo Balsategui (Centro Nacional de Energías Renovables / CENER, IEA Annex 83), Christoph Gollner (Austrian Research Promotion Agency / FFG, JPI UE), Silvia Bossi (National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development / ENEA, JPI UE), Christian Winzer (Zurich University of Applied Science / ZHAW), George Martinopoulos (Centre for Research and Technology Hellas / CERTH), Maria Nuria Sánchez (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas / CIEMAT), Angelina Tomova (Energy Agency of Plovdiv), Xingxing Zhang (Dalarna University), Juveria Shah (Dalarna University), Mengjie Han (Dalarna University), Oya Tabanoğlu (Demir Enerji)
Implemented by
Boutik.pt: Filipe Martins, Jamal Khan (2020-2023), Czech Technical University in Prague: Marek Suchánek (2023-2024)
