iFLEX has contributed to two publications on citizen and user engagement, one as part of the collaboration with “sister” projects, which are projects funded within the same topic: Consumer engagement and demand response. The other as part of the BRIDGE Initiative, where iFLEX is co-leading the subgroup on Smart Tools.
The sister-project publication is an open letter, summarising the discussions held in a workshop on user engagement at the conference Sustainable Places in September 2022, in which the projects ACCEPT, HESTIA, SENDER and ReDREAM participated together with iFLEX.
The projects discussed the lessons learnt in the recruitment and early engagement phase of the pilot sites. The paper summarises the strategies, methods, challenges and best practices presented by the projects with the aim to make these experiences publicly available for anyone with an interest in using the knowledge gained.
The second publication is a report on the research and work performed in 2021 within the BRIDGE working group on consumer & citizen engagement and its four subgroups: Socio-economic drivers and indicators of engagement; strategies of engagement; governance models for collective action and smart tools for engagement.
Based on the work performed, the working group presents its conclusions and recommendations for future focus and work. The recommendations include: Recognising design-driven approaches; using non-technical indicators for consumer engagement and community value; agreeing on a common language and definitions (such as co-creation) and sharing ownership with the users engaged.
Paper accepted for MIPRO 2024
Project partner JSI is presenting the paper: Estimating Household’s Physical [...]
Webinar on innovative trading scheme between Aggregators
Learn about an innovative trading scheme for energy flexibility management, developed in iFLEX and within a Greek market context
Watch our webinar on energy flexibility from a consumer perspective
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Watch our webinar on automated flexibility management of buildings
In this webinar, you can learn about the iFLEX [...]
A talk about iFLEX
In this podcast by Enlit, Project Coordinator Markus Taumberger [...]
Digital Energy Summit
The Slovene Consumers’ Association, ZPS is presenting iFLEX and [...]
Paper accepted for SmartGridComm23
Project partners Intracom Telecom are presenting the paper: A fair [...]
Validating iFLEX flexibility management and energy optimisation
In the last phase of the project, the focus is on validating the iFLEX Assistant deployed in each pilot and on demonstrating the optimisation of the energy usage in the participating households and residential buildings, based on the activation of demand responseDemand Response Intentional change of normal consumption patterns by energy consumers in response to external price signals (implicit DR) or incentives to reduce or increase consumption (explicit DR). Both operations can be automated. events.
iFLEX at MOS Celje 2023
Project partners ECE exhibited at MOS Celje, the biggest [...]
New video out
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New BRIDGE report on consumer and citizen engagement
Delve into the latest results from the BRIDGE working [...]
Presentation at workshop on electricity markets of the future
Professor George D. Stamoulis, head of the STEcon group [...]
Highlights from workshop on user engagement and co-creation
For the past three years, iFLEX has participated at [...]
Join iFLEX at Sustainable Places
Each year, the Sustainable Places conference gathers EU projects within [...]
iFLEX at The Smarter E Europe 2023
iFLEX participates in one of the largest meeting platforms [...]
Two publications on citizen & user engagement
The two publications are results from the collaboration with "sister" projects and projects within the BRIDGE Initiative.
iFLEX Assistant mobile app
The iFLEX mobile app helps you manage your home energy consumption, energy flexibility and energy performance. Check out the functions in the video.
iFLEX at Enlit Europe 2022
Enlit Europe connects people who work towards the common goal: To deliver a clean, affordable and reliable energy for all. Find us in the European Projects Zone.
Two iFLEX papers accepted in IEEE SmartGridComm’22
The papers cover the analysis of the incentive mechanisms in the Slovenian and Greek pilots and have been produced by Athens University of Economics and Business – the Services, Technologies and Economics Group.
Testing the iFLEX concept
To investigate consumer acceptance of the iFLEX concept, the project has conducted a public survey in the three pilot countries. The results show a general positive attitude towards offering energy flexibility and using iFLEX to manage it, as long as it does not conflict with comfort and the feeling of being in control.
Join us at Sustainable Places 2022
iFLEX is co-organising a workshop on consumer-user engagement in the design of energy flexibility services. Join us on 8th September for some real-life experiences and exchange of knowledge and ideas.
What is happening in BRIDGE
Take a look at the recent conclusions and recommendations from the BRIDGE community on how to unlock energy flexibility in Europe.
Offering the thermal capacity of apartment buildings
The Finnish pilot investigates how apartment buildings can contribute to both power grid and district heating system balance by offering the thermal capacity of the building as a flexibility resource. The role of the iFLEX Assistant is to learn the behaviour of the building in order to forecast available flexibility and to automate the demand-response operations.
Managing electricity price signals
The Slovenian pilot looks at dynamic pricing as a means of adjusting electricity consumption behaviour, signalling to consumers and prosumers when it is best to consume energy. The role of the iFLEX Assistant is to make it easy for consumers and prosumers to manage their response to the price signals.
Responding to requests for shifting electricity use
The Greek pilot explores how residential consumers can contribute [...]
Meet us at Enlit Europe
Enlit Europe is the event to go to if [...]
iFLEX at Sustainable Places 2021
Watch the iFLEX presentation in the workshop session on 'Enabling Technologies'.
Check out the project leaflet
The leaflet introduces the project and key features of the iFLEX Assistant.
Designing the iFLEX solution
Based on market and user research, iFLEX has developed [...]
Launch of the iFLEX project
The goal of the innovation project iFLEX is to [...]