When it comes to establishing a citizen energy community, everyone counts. We want the EU Neon Project to be a project by and for everyone. Also, for middle-aged people. That’s why we want to ask them what renewable energy generation and storage in buildings means to them. Regarding generation “I…
When forming a citizen energy community, we must consider that there can be a heterogeneous group of users. Among them are the elderly people. They are generally interested in convenient and cheap forms of energy. Sometimes they are overwhelmed by the whole energy market and new technologies. We want Neon…
The Domaine de la Source is a luxury residence of 25 apartments deployed in the Nordic ski resort of Villard de Lans. The building is equipped with a 45 kW peak solar roof and the production of heating and domestic hot water is centralized and produced by heat pumps and…
NEON focuses on Citizen Energy Communities (CECs), both residential and industrial. The project is being developed through four pilot projects located in Spain, France and Italy. Since its inception in September 2021, work has been carried out on the co-creation of integrated energy services and cross-sector agreements, as well as…
Last week NEON was able to celebrate Women in Science Day in a school in Madrid, Spain.The students of the second year of primary school (7 years old) were very attentive to the explanation of the project by the partner COMET.First of all, they learned what Citizen Energy Communities are….
What does the project consist of? The NEON project aims to deliver the next-generation integrated energy services for Energy Communities to enhance the quality of life of European citizens and improve the performance of the energy system. NEON is relevant for citizens because it proposes to exploit building energy efficiency,…
Perhaps you would be surprised if we asked a child what he understood by Renewable energy generation and storage in buildings That’s what happened to us! We want Neon Project EU to be a project by and for everyone and we know that children are very exigent when it comes…
On 30 November, the NEON project participated in the Enlit event. This event is a European forum where representatives of utilities, grid operators, suppliers, consultants, start-ups, and system integrators meet to share ideas and progress toward clean, affordable, and reliable smart energy for all. In this environment, NEON could not…
The NEON project aims to develop the necessary tools on which energy communities and their members can take a step forward in the management and valuation of their energy assets and performances, both in an aggregated and disaggregated perspective. The main objective is inducing a behaviour change of different types…
NEON (Next Generation Integrated Energy Services for Citizen Energy Communities) project aims at developing and establishing a technical and business ecosystem for integrated energy services for European energy communities. These entities shall be capable of saving energy, reducing CO2 emissions, and bringing economic and social benefits while valorising the energy…
Implementation and deployment of Citizen Energy Communities tends to pay less attention to end-user needs, behaviours, motivations requirements, and interests. Within the NEON project, Social Sciences and Humanities methodologies are being tested to systematize social innovation actions to guarantee the people’s ownership of Energy Communities. A two-fold approach is proposed:…
Last September 19th and 20th, the NEON’s General Assembly was held in Belgrade at the headquarters of Mihailo Pupin Institute. This was the second in-person meeting after the kick-off in Madrid, and it was very inspiring to meet and discuss the work packages and the project progress with the Team. For…
