Store4HUC

Integration and smart management of energy storages at historical urban sites

Up to 80% of total energy consumption in the EU is attributed to urban areas, mostly with historical urban centres. At the same time, low carbon energy supplies in the style of energy storages, especially in historical urban centres, is a rarity in central Europe. This is mainly because of strict architectural protection constraints, higher implementation costs and often also conflicts with town planning policies.

The STORE4HUC project aims to improve territorially based low-carbon energy planning strategies. It will enrich policies that support climate change mitigation in historical city centres by focusing on improved urban and spatial planning for integrating energy storage systems to enhance the public institutional and utility capabilities.

Some 16 partners across five countries will develop policy recommendations and identify suitable integrated technological solutions to overcome low carbon development barriers in historic centres. They will also facilitate the development of open energy and load management systems for energy efficiency and use of renewables. With its concepts and pilot systems, STORE4HUC will provide smart city test beds, where technicalities will be reconciled with historical and architectural values.

Climate Alliance is the leader of the Work package Communication and is therefore responsible for the dissemination of the project’s activities to a wider audience and potential stakeholders.

Project funding period: April 2019 – March 2022
Store4HUC is supported by the Interreg Central Europe programme. The total project budget amounts to €1,726,608; €1,419,515 of that sum is being financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

Want to learn more? Contact Wolfgang Hofstetter at w.hofstetter@climatealliance.org  

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