EDUPED

In the EDUPED project, we co-create PED strategies in five living labs in the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Austria and Romania. These five campuses locations have been selected based on their high potential to integrate various sustainable perspectives. EDUPED takes a research-oriented approach to achieve tangible and scalable results, combining technical solutions, socio-economic frameworks and managerial and regulatory considerations to: 

• Minimise energy consumption (kWh) through sustainable building and campus renovations;
• Optimise the local potential of renewable energy sources and flexibility through smart multi- commodity grids, herein integrated infrastructures that manage and distribute multiple energy carriers (such as electricity, heat, cold, hydrogen, etc.) simultaneously.
• Reduce the effects of climate change on higher cooling and heating requirements. entres and characterised by a diversity of buildings, realise PED principles. 

• Transforming educational institutions into frontrunners in energy transition and circular economy;
• Increased production and use of renewable energy sources within urban areas;
• Reduction of energy consumption and carbon emissions through integration of more efficient systems and behavioral change on the campuses;
• Practical examples of PEDs that can serve as blueprints for other urban areas;
• A new generation of students, teachers partners and professionals trained in realising PEDs, with a focus on technical, social and economic aspects.