On the first day of the international CO2LAB in Ghent, we (the Utrecht-based team) organized an experimental workshop on visions for the heat transition. Our objective was to connect research and practice across contexts and experiment with elements to help develop our tool for collective, inclusive visioning processes. That last part represents our role in the consortium: how to create visioning processes for alternative futures of vulnerable neighbourhoods in ways that connect to their communities’ needs?

From 4–6 July, the CO2PED LAB in Ghent brought together researchers from the CO2PED teams in the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, and Estonia, along with city officials and local organisations, for three days of workshops, neighbourhood visits, and tool testing. Together, they explored how Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) can support just and inclusive energy transitions in vulnerable urban areas.

Second Workshop in Our Series: Collective Agency and Co-evolution Toward Inclusive Energy Transitions

First session held during the Open Week of the Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences (DCSPT), University of Aveiro

A practice-oriented intervention aimed at advancing sustainable urban renewal through targeted, practical interventions in Valga.

CO2PED Team at AESOP Conference

An online getting-to-know each other webinar series to introduce each project partner and case study neighbourhood.

From soup bar to neighbourhood walk. Team Belgium was on site all day in Sluizeken-Tolhuis-Ham.

Valga and Kohtla-Järve set agenda of innovative positive energy urban districts on the smart shrinking path

Our first encounters with our local partners—Utrecht Municipality—and the evolving landscape of the energy transition in Utrecht.