Multidisciplinary approaches and software technologies for participation, recruitment, and engagement in innovative energy communities in Europe.
MASTERPIECE aims to create a modular digital service coordination and cooperation platform that facilitates the creation and operation of energy communities. The platform will allow community members to actively contribute to services and developments, making the solution participatory by design. The project methodology focuses on social innovations and participatory processes to engage all stakeholders, while ICT tools support the creation, management, and replicability of energy communities.
The platform’s digital ecosystem will assist with organizational, legislative, and operational activities, including the creation of energy communities, incentives for active participation, financial planning, energy efficiency training, development of sustainable business models, and dissemination of best practices. A decision-making toolkit tailored to each community’s objectives, behavior, financial conditions, and regulatory framework will be incorporated. MASTERPIECE will also address energy poverty by identifying and supporting the most vulnerable individuals.
Project objectives
- Technical and social innovations
Develop solutions that empower traditional energy consumers, turning them into active agents in collaborative energy communities and laying the foundation for a new energy market paradigm. - User-centric solution
Create participatory solutions that promote co-creation and accelerate citizen engagement in the community. - Business opportunities
Propose strategies and incentives that activate market participation and promote cost and energy consumption reduction through new business opportunities. - Cybersecurity infrastructure
Set up a standard and secure infrastructure, protecting citizens from cyberattacks and ensuring privacy in accordance with the EPBD and GDPR regulations. - Applicability and replicability
Demonstrate that methodological, technical, and business innovations can be applied and replicated in real-world pilots in different geographic locations, with diverse social and economic environments and different regulatory and administrative frameworks.
Project website: https://masterpiece-horizon.eu/
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Framework Programme under grant agreement No. 101096836.
