On the 19th of June 2018, BENEFFICE co-organized the Building Energy Efficiency Workshop which was held at the National Documentation Center in Athens, Greece. During the first session, BENEFFICE presented its objectives, its new innovative ecosystem and the need to create novel collaborative Business Models to representatives of other co-organising Energy Efficiency research & innovation EU funded projects namely CHARGED, ECO-BOT, ENCOMPASS, ENTROPY, GAIA and UTILITEE. Furthermore, BENEFFICE initiated the discussion and ideas exchange on the new Business models for Energy Efficient long term user engagement session by analysing the Problem Statement: the Free riding and the Rebound effect. The workshop that was deemed successful with more than 35 participants, concluded with a roundtable discussion on future challenges and opportunities on upcoming EU research and innovation calls related to Energy.
Agenda
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Registration |
| 09:15 - 09:30 |
Welcome & Introduction PLEGMA LABS & EKT |
| 09:30 - 11:00 |
Presentation of EE for Behaviour Change Projects, PLEGMA LABS BENEFFICE by EUROPEAN DYNAMICS ChArGED by Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) |
| 11:10 - 11:45 | Open Q & A on presentations/ Closing Summary |
| 11:45 -12:15 | Coffee Break |
| 12:15 - 14:00 |
Business models – for EE long term user engagement, EUROPEAN DYNAMICS Energy Efficiency EU policy perspective. EC The Problem Statement: Free riding and Rebound effect. EUROPEAN DYNAMICS The digital currency as way for engagement. A virtual currency idea for Energy Efficiency. CCO2 Enabling public engagement in the energy transition through a Virtual Energy Currency. National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Perspectives for Business modeling for Energy Efficiency. Wattics Summary of Business models session |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Networking Lunch |
| 15:00 - 16:45 |
Session C: Future Challenges & Opportunities: Upcoming EU Research & Innovation calls Roundtable 1 : Energy Efficiency calls Roundtable 2 : Other Energy related calls |
| 16:45-17:00 | Summary of workshop and general Q&A by PLEGMA LABS & EKT |
| 17:00 | End of Workshop |
