ECHOES

Energy CHOices supporting the Energy union and the SET-Plan

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Project Description

ECHOES is a multidisciplinary research project providing policy makers with comprehensive information, data and policy-ready recommendations for the successful implementation of the Energy Union and SET-Plan. Individual and collective energy choices and social acceptance of energy transitions are analysed in a multidisciplinary process involving key stakeholders as co-constructors of knowledge. To take into account the rich contexts in which individuals and collectives manage their energy choices, ECHOES uses three complementary perspectives: 1) individual decision-making as part of collectives, 2) collectives that constitute energy cultures and lifestyles, and 3) formal social entities such as municipalities and states.
ECHOES’ uniquely comprehensive methodological approach includes a representative multinational survey covering all 28 EU countries plus Norway and Turkey, syntheses of existing data and literature, policy assessments, as well as quantitative experiments, interviews, netnography, focus groups, workshops, site visits and case studies in eight countries.

Project Consortium

  1. Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  2. JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
  3. Tecnalia
  4. University of Architecture
  5. Civil Engineering and Geodesy
  6. Izmir University of Economics Turkey
  7. Energieinstitut an der JKU Linz
  8. Roma Tre University Italy
  9. Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
  10. Universität Leipzig, Electricity Generation Company
  11. Center for Energy Efficiency
  12. Plan de Acción Global para la Tierra
  13. Climate protection measures for the Province of Styria
  14. National Entity for Electricity

Project duration

01.11.2016 - 30.10.2019

Funding provider

EU

Funding program

Horizon 2020
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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the grant agreement No 727470.

Dissemination

Project website: https://echoes-project.eu/

Contact Person

Ak Größe Geändert
Principal Research Coordinator, Key Researcher
Energy Economics
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