FLEXPOSTS
Flexposts offers reusable strategies to make creating Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) easier.
Goal
FLEXPOSTS aims to improve the implementation process of Positive Energy Districts (PEDs), with a focus on flexible energy. Organisational structures are developed and assessed, providing decision-makers with the toolkit for implementation.
Facts
Project duration: 01/09/2022 – 01/09/2025
Budget: €824,000
Subsidiser: Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO) and Innovation Fund Denmark
Grant programme: JPI Urban Europe, Positive Energy Districts and Neighbourhoods for Climate Neutrality (PED Call)
Description
The path to PEDs involves integrating building design, renewable energy and stakeholder engagement with broader urban planning and sustainability goals. FLEXPOSTS addresses these challenges by working towards sustainable, affordable and accessible urban environments, focusing on an interdisciplinary approach that integrates economic development, social inclusion and environmental quality. In doing so, FLEXPOSTS is specifically looking at two demo sites in Leeuwarden (de Zwette) and Aalborg East (Denmark).
Our role
We are the project developer and within the project we are developing a replication strategy for the entire project and a specific strategy for Zwette, Leeuwarden (one of the demo sites).
Partners
Hanze (project coordination), Gemeente Leeuwarden, Aalborg University and GreenHub Denmarkt
