| Url |
https://cimne.com/sgp/rtd/Project.aspx?id=606 |
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| Acronym |
EMPOWERING |
| Project title |
Empowering households to save energy by informative billing |
| Official Website |
http://iee-empowering.eu/en/ |
| Reference |
IEE/12/697/SI2.645843 |
| Principal investigator |
Stoyan Viktorov DANOV - sdanov@cimne.upc.edu
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| Start date |
01/04/2013 |
End date |
31/03/2016 |
| Coordinator |
CIMNE |
| Consortium members |
- GEG
- POLITECNICO DI TORINO
- HESPUL
- UGENT
- ReggioEmilia
- ALEC
- ElGas
- Energimidt
- GISCE
- Iren
- Sinergie
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| Program |
CIP (2007-2013) |
Call |
CIP-IEE-2012 |
| Subprogram |
IEE-Intelligent Energy Europe |
Category |
Europeo |
| Funding body(ies) |
EC |
Grant |
$353,754.00 |
| Abstract |
Europe is not on target to reach the EU 20% energy efficiency objective, major developments of the supply and demand side must occur
during the next few years in order to get back on target. Action must be taken to support and facilitate this transition by making the market
more transparent and trustworthy for all market actors and for energy consumers. In this context the energy meter and the energy bill are
key tools to achieve the objectives and these too are set to change with the introduction of smart meters. The challenge is to use this
revolutionary change in metering in order to change habits and attitudes towards energy use and consequently to open up the scope for
ambitious energy performance improvements involving companies and customers in partnership for mutual benefit.
This proposal aims to meet the challenge by empowering consumers: by involving and informing them, helping them take measures to
save energy on the basis of the information they read on their meters or on their bills.
EMPOWER brings together key actors: pro-active utility companies, from EU countries identified as dynamic movers in the Smart meter
landscape, and puts specialised experience in social participation and expertise in energy analysis at their service in order to implement
more informative billing services as the basis for energy performance improvement programmes and the development of energy services. |
