📢 Read our latest newsletter here! The Spring edition is packed with updates and insights from the AURORA project. 🔗 Check out the newsletter to stay connected and informed about our journey: https://lnkd.in/g7A-zQgR. #ClimateChange #CitizenScience #NetZero #EnergyCommunities
Sobre nosotros
AURORA is one the lighthouse projects in the EU-funded "Green Deal". It was launched in December 2021 and will receive a total of €4.6 million in funding over 3.5 years [GA No. 101036418]. More than 7,000 citizens across five locations in Denmark, England, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain, will engage to become ‘near-zero emission’ citizens. These communities of citizen scientists will crowd-fund photovoltaic facilities locally to produce a total of ca. 1 megawatt of renewable energy. A mobile app – developed as part of the project and about to be released – will allow citizens to monitor their own behavioural patterns of heating and cooling, transport and use of electricity. In return, they will receive tailored suggestions on how they can lower their energy demand and reduce their costs. Approaches like these are meant to engage particularly younger generations and empower them to become agents of change beyond the project itself. Through workshops and hands-on activities, the project will encourage citizens to change their behaviour and attitudes towards energy. Four locations across Europe are established around university campuses as hubs for social innovation. Additionally, a fifth demonstrator is being established in a municipal area, the Forest of Dean, one of England’s economically most deprived regions, where the authorities have declared a state of ‘Climate Emergency’ as early as December 2018.
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Enlace externo para AURORA Project (H2020)
- Sector
- Servicios de investigación
- Tamaño de la empresa
- De 11 a 50 empleados
- Sede
- Madrid
- Tipo
- Organización sin ánimo de lucro
- Fundación
- 2021
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Madrid, ES
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https://lnkd.in/eRh7uGHA Exploiting the Results of the AURORA Project The quarterly newsletter of Urban Shift : Connecting Cities with Transformative Finance provides interesting examples how groups can fund replication of the AURORA approach.
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AURORA Project (H2020) ha compartido esto
The first crowdfunded solar PVs are now in place on the roofs of several Aarhus University campus buildings as part of the EU-supported research project AURORA Project (H2020). The solar PVs have been bought and paid for by students and employees at the university and by the citizens of Aarhus. Behind it all is the solar cooperative and energy community UEF (Universitetets Energifællesskab F.M.B.A.), which was founded by students and staff at Aarhus University, including Associate Professor Marta Victoria and academic staff member Zhe Zhang from the Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Aarhus University. "This is the first solar cooperative at a university in Denmark. The road to getting where we are today has not been easy, but we’ve shown that it is possible. Now many other universities, hospitals and public administrations can set up their own solar cooperatives," says Marta Victoria. READ ON here -> https://lnkd.in/dH8kngZC The project aims to encourage people to support the #greentransition of energy production and to forge a sustainable university by offering people an opportunity to buy shares in #solarPV installations to replace traditional energy consumption. The solar PV installation is equipped with monitoring technology to provide real-time data for use in renewable energy studies. Furthermore, the project serves to demonstrate how energy communities organise themselves at Danish universities. #renewableenergy
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Project AURORA will take part in the events ‘Showcasing citizen and community contributions to the green transition’ and ‘How can citizen-led action help the EU’s climate transition?’ at the EU Climate Pact side event at the EU Week of Regions and Cities: https://lnkd.in/daxvptqc.
Celebrating citizen engagement in climate action - AURORA H2020
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📢 Project AURORA is pioneering the development of University Energy Communities dedicated to supporting members to reduce not only their own carbon footprints through practical action, but that of the universities where they study and work. Aarhus University is leading the way, establishing a Solar Cooperative Universitetets Energifællesskab F.M.B.A (UEF) and negotiating an agreement with the University Authorities and the University Building Owner to install and operate rooftop solar panels to supply energy to the University. Read the full press release here ➡ https://lnkd.in/dyUhS7r5.
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The project AURORA #solarpowerplant has been installed on the roofs of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of #Ljubljana! It will soon be connected to the #grid. #RenewableEnergy #SolarEnergy
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Our project coordinator, Ana Belén Cristobal López, presented the AURORA project at the XIX Iberian Congress and XV Iberoamerican Congress of Solar Energy, which took place in Évora, Portugal, between 19 and 21 June 2024. Watch her presentation here: https://lnkd.in/dey9vppr.
Innovative Energy Communities: Turning Vision into Reality
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UPM South Campus – Energy Community is making significant progress in building community ties between the University and primary and secondary schools in the neighbourhood 💪 ➡ https://lnkd.in/dFV8xBsc.
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The Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) is committed to creating a comprehensive sustainability plan for Campus Sur. This initiative supports other efforts by the Rectorate and the Madrid City Council, aligning with the Net-Zero-Cities approach. The standout feature of this roadmap is its co-creation with the campus community, ensuring the actions directly address their needs. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dNAi4-5b.
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📲 The Aurora Energy Tracker app was launched in Qualifying Photovoltaics! The aim of this experience is to increase the commitment of the employees to improve their greenhouse gas emissions, as well as to analyse the Aurora Energy Tracker APP in search of a better understanding of its operation and possible improvements that will be proposed to its developers. ➡ https://lnkd.in/dR6SBRJU.
Climate awareness in a small and medium-sized enterprise: using Aurora Energy Tracker app in Qualifying Photovoltaics - AURORA H2020
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