DATAGRID participates in the “ECO SENSE Labelling: Leadership in moderation and adaptation to the climate change – ECO SENSE” Project, which is funded by the Operational Programme Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation 2014-2020 (EPAnEK) under the Single RTDI State Aid Action "RESEARCH - CREATE - INNOVATE (2nd Cycle)", as part of promoting Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection through carbon footprint reduction.
Considering that local authorities are the closest level of governance to the citizens, they play an important role in the country's energy transition and in combatting climate change. The ECO SENSE project aims to develop and provide local authorities and municipal companies with contemporary services to manage and reduce their energy footprint. It also aims to enhance their resilience to the impacts of climate change while taking into account the technical and economic challenges they face.
The ECO SENSE Project consist of:
The project's results will support scientific research in the field of environmental responsibility and "green" policies addressing mitigation and adaptation to climate change.
In a nutshell, the project will offer:
The Consortium of the project, apart from DATAGRID, consists of the following partners: SUSTAINABLE CITY (cities network), LDK Consultants (association) and HOLISTIC (digital services company).
Considering that local authorities are the closest level of governance to the citizens, they play an important role in the country's energy transition and in combatting climate change. The ECO SENSE project aims to develop and provide local authorities and municipal companies with contemporary services to manage and reduce their energy footprint. It also aims to enhance their resilience to the impacts of climate change while taking into account the technical and economic challenges they face.
The ECO SENSE Project consist of:
- The ECO SENSE Toolkit
The ECO SENSE Toolkit includes an easy-to-use platform that records and analyses the statistical data of buildings, facilities, and municipal infrastructure. The ECO SENSE Toolkit provides the following tools:- ECO SENSE Footprint: a tool for recording energy consumption, as well as monitoring and calculating the energy and carbon footprint.
- ECO SENSE Resilience: a tool for analysing the vulnerability / resilience level based on a classification scale and risk mapping.
- ECO SENSE Forecasting: a tool for analysing and forecasting the impact of energy consumption related measures on the management of Municipal Companies.
- ECO SENSE Roadmap: a tool for prioritising measures and developing strategic interventions on climate change adaptation.
- ECO SENSE Footprint: a tool for recording energy consumption, as well as monitoring and calculating the energy and carbon footprint.
- The ECO SENSE Labelling Scheme
ECO SENSE will also develop the new "ECO SENSE" labelling scheme for buildings and facilities of the municipal companies that comply with the requirements.
The establishment of the "ECO SENSE" labelling (which is expected from the project results) will result in a preservable reduction in the carbon footprint of up to 20% and an increase of the facilities’ climate ressiliece by 2 levels, based on the ECO SENSE scale.
In addition, a pilot implementation and evaluation of the ECO SENSE system will be carried out in 15 municipal companies from different regions of Greece. As a result, 5 selected municipal companies will be certified with the new “ECO SENSE” labelling, based on their measures and plans to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
The project's results will support scientific research in the field of environmental responsibility and "green" policies addressing mitigation and adaptation to climate change.
In a nutshell, the project will offer:
- An Integrated Information System "ECO SENSE", offering the services and tools mentioned above.
- The establishment of the "ECO SENSE" labelling scheme, which will accompany the ECO SENSE Toolkit.
- A Smart Decision Support Platform (One-Stop-Shop) for consistent monitoring and management of energy efficiency and carbon footprint.
- Best practices and policy proposals for mitigation and adaptation to climate change in the wider public sector.
- Reinforcement of the role of the Municipality’s Energy Manager, as well as the development of Energy Efficiency Action Plans (EEAPs).
The Consortium of the project, apart from DATAGRID, consists of the following partners: SUSTAINABLE CITY (cities network), LDK Consultants (association) and HOLISTIC (digital services company).
