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Translating Energy Citizenship

In the framework of the Energy PROSPECTS research project, GreenDependent (www.greendependent.org) organised an expert workshop in Hungary about energy citizenship.

Among other things, we discussed issues like what energy citizenship means, what kind of individual and collective examples of energy citizenship exist today (also working towards a typology of ideal types of energy citizenship), and we also spent quite a bit of time discussing how and to what extent the currently existing forms of energy citizenship contribute to the creation of a more sustainable, democratic and just energy system.

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Closing the 10th season of the EnergyNeighbourhoods programme

This half-year energy saving competition for households closes in May 2022. 
 

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EnergyPROSPECTS conceptual framework (Policy brief No. 2)

What do we mean when we talk about energy citizenship?

In the second Energy PROSPECTS brief, we introduce ten tentative types of citizen involvement in the energy transition. Check it out HERE!

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EnergyPROSPECTS conceptual framework (Policy brief No.1)

Setting the scene for a critical exploration of the roles of citizens in the European energy transition

EnergyCitizenship is all about the ways that citizens are involved in the energy transition.

The current vision of energy citizenship in research and policy-making is however limited. In Energy PROSPECTS we open up the concept to include less visible and explored forms.

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Check out the project flyer of EU 1.5° Lifestyles!

Download the English project flyer of EU 1.5° Lifestyles.

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The first newsletter of the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project is out!

Newsletter headerThe aim of the newsletter is to provide regular updates about the progress and outcomes of the Horizon 2020 funded EU 1.5° Lifestyles project,

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Coordinator trainings in the EnergyNeighbourhoods programme were held in a good mood

The EU's Sustainable Energy Award winning EnergyNeighbourhoods program - which was launched in 2011 with the support of the European Union, and then since 2013 with the support of the E.ON Hungária Group - has been encouraging people who want to save energy and green their households for the tenth time.

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GreenDependent Institute's EnergyNeighbourhoods Program have won European Sustainable Energy Award

Innovative solutions in the field of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources, individuals and projects with outstanding performance in the field have been recognized with the prestigious international award

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Our EnergyNeighbourhoods programme is finalist in the EU Sustainable Energy Awards!

Households in Hungary cut energy consumption by up to a quarter through behavioural changes and community support

EnergyNeighbourhoods, a green lifestyle programme that empowers citizens to save energy announced as a finalist in the upcoming EU Sustainable Energy Awards.

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The 10th season of EnergyNeighbourhoods programme will begin soon in 2021

After 9 successful seasons, the energy saving and lifestyle change programme called ’EnergyNeighbourhoods’ will be launched for the 10th time in autumn 2021, organised by GreenDependent Institute with the support of the E.ON Hungaria Group. The programme's main objective is to promote and enable low-carbon and green lifestyles among families, households and small communities.

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