Intervention Program
The Intervention Program is at the centre of the MASTERPIECE approach. Its execution will make it possible to implement and test some important assumptions and intentions on how to facilitate the expansion of energy communities and on how to improve their participation and understanding of the dynamics of sharing, distribution, planning and sale of energy resources.
We planned to monitor and measure the following success factors of the intervention program:
- a) 30% increase in adhesion to energy communities following the intervention,
- b) 20% increase in federated services in each energy community,
- c) germinate embryonic models of mobility services, currently not included in the 4 pilot sites participating in the project.
These objectives have methodological implications for the Intervention Program in the 4 pilot sites.
- First, the methodology for engagement and participation will make use of participatory practices for the design of information display systems on smart meters. These practices will be employed in the WP2 for the activity T2.2. The assessment of energy communities’ maturity and aspirations in the 4 Pilots will define the main requirements to be met to engage the variety of stakeholders and community members in the envisaged processes within the energy communities.
- Second, with the help of automation systems, the aggregated data will be presented to each user profile based on the characteristics of use and the hierarchies of activities that each profile can perform. The activities of monitoring, aggregation of resources and simulation of the distribution of stored energy, as well as those of production planning will be made possible based on the characteristics and access rights to the information and to the federated services. These activities and the automation algorithms will be designed based on the modelling activities carried out within WP3 and in particular through the tasks T3.1 up to T3.4.
- Third, an Experimental Plan to evaluate the effects and moderators of the Intervention Programs will be designed with the aim of preparing the common intervention protocol in the implementation phases of the Intervention Program foreseen in each pilot site. This activity will be carried out in the WP3 through T3.5. The goal is to establish which economic, behavioural, and cultural moderators (i.e., incentives) can guarantee the desired effects of accelerating the behavioural nudging and boosting processes to form collaborative energy communities.
The experimental plan will include a series of monitoring, simulation, planning and sales tasks to verify the participation and stabilization of behavior within the energy communities. These tasks will be the same within each pilot site, although they will be localized to reflect the local characteristics of the energy communities. Nudging mechanisms will be implemented to activate processes for joining the services. Boosting mechanisms to support the growth of competence, agency and collaboration will be defined in the WP3, T3.5.
The Intervention Programs and in particular the Experimental Plan reflect the most advanced methodological state of the art of the social and behavioral sciences today.
The scientific study of individual and community behaviors in the presence of automatic aids to support and improve consumer behaviors and related decision-making processes in large-scale projects such as those that
MASTERPIECE will allow to carry out if it is appropriately financed, represents one of the objectives of greater methodological yield to achieving social impact and sustainable innovation objectives. As a result of the Intervention Programs, we expect to define a series of guidelines for the satisfaction of heterogeneous requirements regarding the growth of management competence, social well-being and sustainability of energy communities.
Finally, the recommendations derived from these experimental studies will make it possible to establish new methodological standards for the acceleration of sustainable innovation models.
The results can guide the scalability of support programs for energy communities from which the policy makers can benefit.
The central focus of the MASTERPIECE approach is the Intervention Program, which aims to implement and test assumptions and strategies for facilitating the expansion of energy communities. The program aims to enhance their participation and understanding of energy resource sharing, distribution, planning, and sales dynamics. To gauge the success of the intervention, several key factors will be monitored and measured.
The objectives of the intervention program include a 30% increase in adhesion to energy communities, a 20% increase in federated services within each community, and the development of embryonic models of mobility services in the four pilot sites. These objectives have methodological implications for the program’s execution.
Firstly, the engagement and participation methodology will utilize participatory practices to design information display systems on smart meters. The maturity and aspirations of energy communities in the four pilot sites will inform the requirements for engaging various stakeholders and community members in the envisioned processes.
Secondly, automation systems will present aggregated data to users based on their usage characteristics and activity hierarchies. Monitoring, resource aggregation, simulation of energy distribution, and production planning activities will be enabled based on users’ access rights and information. These activities and automation algorithms will be developed through modeling activities in Work Package 3.
Thirdly, an Experimental Plan will be designed to evaluate the effects and moderators of the Intervention Programs. The plan will establish economic, behavioral, and cultural moderators to accelerate the formation of collaborative energy communities. This plan will include monitoring, simulation, planning, and sales tasks to verify participation and behavioral stability within the communities.
The Intervention Programs, including the Experimental Plan, represent the current state-of-the-art methodology in social and behavioral sciences. They aim to study individual and community behaviors with automated support in large-scale projects like MASTERPIECE, with the objective of achieving social impact and sustainable innovation. The program is expected to yield guidelines for enhancing management competence, social well-being, and sustainability of energy communities.
Furthermore, the recommendations derived from these experimental studies can establish new methodological standards for accelerating sustainable innovation models. The results obtained can guide policymakers in scaling support programs for energy communities, contributing to their long-term success.
In summary, the MASTERPIECE approach emphasizes the Intervention Program as a means to facilitate the growth and understanding of energy communities. The program’s objectives and methodological implications, along with the Experimental Plan, highlight the significance of social and behavioral sciences in achieving sustainable innovation and societal impact. The resulting guidelines and recommendations can shape the future of energy community support programs and assist policymakers in their decision-making processes.
The central focus of the MASTERPIECE approach is the Intervention Program, which aims to implement and test assumptions and strategies for facilitating the expansion of energy communities. The program aims to enhance their participation and understanding of energy resource sharing, distribution, planning, and sales dynamics. To gauge the success of the intervention, several key factors will be monitored and measured.
The objectives of the intervention program include a 30% increase in adhesion to energy communities, a 20% increase in federated services within each community, and the development of embryonic models of mobility services in the four pilot sites. These objectives have methodological implications for the program’s execution.
Firstly, the engagement and participation methodology will utilize participatory practices to design information display systems on smart meters. The maturity and aspirations of energy communities in the four pilot sites will inform the requirements for engaging various stakeholders and community members in the envisioned processes.
Secondly, automation systems will present aggregated data to users based on their usage characteristics and activity hierarchies. Monitoring, resource aggregation, simulation of energy distribution, and production planning activities will be enabled based on users’ access rights and information. These activities and automation algorithms will be developed through modeling activities in Work Package 3.
Thirdly, an Experimental Plan will be designed to evaluate the effects and moderators of the Intervention Programs. The plan will establish economic, behavioral, and cultural moderators to accelerate the formation of collaborative energy communities. This plan will include monitoring, simulation, planning, and sales tasks to verify participation and behavioral stability within the communities.
The Intervention Programs, including the Experimental Plan, represent the current state-of-the-art methodology in social and behavioral sciences. They aim to study individual and community behaviors with automated support in large-scale projects like MASTERPIECE, with the objective of achieving social impact and sustainable innovation. The program is expected to yield guidelines for enhancing management competence, social well-being, and sustainability of energy communities.
Furthermore, the recommendations derived from these experimental studies can establish new methodological standards for accelerating sustainable innovation models. The results obtained can guide policymakers in scaling support programs for energy communities, contributing to their long-term success.
In summary, the MASTERPIECE approach emphasizes the Intervention Program as a means to facilitate the growth and understanding of energy communities. The program’s objectives and methodological implications, along with the Experimental Plan, highlight the significance of social and behavioral sciences in achieving sustainable innovation and societal impact. The resulting guidelines and recommendations can shape the future of energy community support programs and assist policymakers in their decision-making processes.
| KO | KO Description | relevant results | Main targets | KPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
To develop technical and social innovations to empower traditional energy consumers and to make them active agents of collaborative energy communities, paving the way towards a new energy market paradigm. |
The assessment of the 4 hubs of energy communities will produce new evidence on how to nudge on-boarding of more citizens in energy communities and how to boost adherence to the vision and mission of the communities. Qualitative insights will frame the modelling of energy communities’ resources and tools to foster participation, agency, literacy and social entrepreneurship. The tools will be launched in the Pilot sites through a dedicated Intervention Program. |
Consumers, prosumers, innovators |
30% increase of adherence to the ECs after the Intervention Program |
|
2 |
To create user- centric solutions that are based on participatory approaches such as co- creation and naturally accelerate citizens’ involvement. |
Federated services will spark genuine collaboration among the members of the community. Early assessment of community maturity and aspirations will pave the way to participatory sessions of service design and innovative concepts. Personalized services for community members will be designed, localized and launched at each Pilot site. |
Aggregators, innovators, service providers |
Master Plan of services and Services Blueprints |
|
3 |
To propose new business strategies and incentive mechanisms that activate the reactions of market participants craving for business opportunities that imply energy use and cost reduction |
Clear membership mechanisms will be designed to ensure that new citizens can enter in the energy communities and acquire membership rights, ownership rights and benefits. New ways to simplify the purchase and sharing of clean energy will be tested in the marketplace launched at the pilot sites. The community experience will be made possible by automated onboarding mechanisms. The levels of membership of the communities and the relative Journeys will be co-designed in the participatory planning sessions. Among the economic incentives, loyalty mechanisms will be tested, and benefits will grow with the demonstrated ability to coherently manage community services for energy efficiency. A spillover effect is expected. |
Community members |
Spillover effect: 20% increase of federated services in each EC |
|
4 |
To configure a standardised and sound cyber-security infrastructure so the active citizens are protected against cyber-attacks, at the same time that privacy is defended in accordance with the revised EPBD and the GDPR law |
Privacy-Preserving Identity Management mechanisms will be integrated and extended in tandem with an advanced access control system that enables policy-based authentication and authorisation evaluation for data sharing and access while preserving privacy. These mechanisms will increase the trust of all stakeholders for using the MASTERPIECE technological innovations that require sharing private information or personal data. |
Consumers, prosumers, innovators, service providers |
Secure data management of stakeholder private information = 100% |
|
5 |
To demonstrate the applicability and replicability of methodological, technical, and business innovations in a variety of real-life pilots in different geographical locations, with heterogeneous social and economic environments and different regulatory/administrative frameworks.
|
The goal of making energy communities grow like wildfire to reach the target of more than 250 million clean energy producers in 2050 can be achieved with a methodological and experimental approach on a large scale, such as the one configured and tested by Masterpiece. The Intervention Program, designed with the participants of the energy communities of the pilot sites, constitutes a project asset laying the foundations for the validation of intervention and acceleration models on a very large scale (up to 1000 and more energy communities). |
Aggregators |
Validation of guidelines for large scale acceleration programs |
| KO | KO Description | relevant results | Main targets | KPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
To develop technical and social innovations to empower traditional energy consumers and to make them active agents of collaborative energy communities, paving the way towards a new energy market paradigm. |
The assessment of the 4 hubs of energy communities will produce new evidence on how to nudge on-boarding of more citizens in energy communities and how to boost adherence to the vision and mission of the communities. Qualitative insights will frame the modelling of energy communities’ resources and tools to foster participation, agency, literacy and social entrepreneurship. The tools will be launched in the Pilot sites through a dedicated Intervention Program. |
Consumers, prosumers, innovators |
30% increase of adherence to the ECs after the Intervention Program |
|
2 |
To create user- centric solutions that are based on participatory approaches such as co- creation and naturally accelerate citizens’ involvement. |
Federated services will spark genuine collaboration among the members of the community. Early assessment of community maturity and aspirations will pave the way to participatory sessions of service design and innovative concepts. Personalized services for community members will be designed, localized and launched at each Pilot site. |
Aggregators, innovators, service providers |
Master Plan of services and Services Blueprints |
|
3 |
To propose new business strategies and incentive mechanisms that activate the reactions of market participants craving for business opportunities that imply energy use and cost reduction |
Community members |
Clear membership mechanisms will be designed to ensure that new citizens can enter in the energy communities and acquire membership rights, ownership rights and benefits. New ways to simplify the purchase and sharing of clean energy will be tested in the marketplace launched at the pilot sites. The community experience will be made possible by automated onboarding |
Spillover effect: 20% increase of federated services in each EC |
|
4 |
To configure a standardised and sound cyber-security infrastructure so the active citizens are protected against cyber-attacks, at the same time that privacy is defended in accordance with the revised EPBD and the GDPR law |
Privacy-Preserving Identity Management mechanisms will be integrated and extended in tandem with an advanced access control system that enables policy-based authentication and authorisation evaluation for data sharing and access while preserving privacy. These mechanisms will increase the trust of all stakeholders for using the MASTERPIECE technological innovations that require sharing private information or personal data. |
Consumers, prosumers, innovators, service providers |
Secure data management of stakeholder private information = 100% |
|
5 |
To demonstrate the applicability and replicability of methodological, technical, and business innovations in a variety of real-life pilots in different geographical locations, with heterogeneous social and economic environments and different regulatory/administrative frameworks.
|
The goal of making energy communities grow like wildfire to reach the target of more than 250 million clean energy producers in 2050 can be achieved with a methodological and experimental approach on a large scale, such as the one configured and tested by Masterpiece. The Intervention Program, designed with the participants of the energy communities of the pilot sites, constitutes a project asset laying the foundations for the validation of intervention and acceleration models on a very large scale (up to 1000 and more energy communities). |
Aggregators |
Validation of guidelines for large scale acceleration programs |
Multidisciplinary Approaches and Software Technologies for Engagement, Recruitment and Participation in Innovative Energy Communities in Europe
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Framework Programme for Research and Innovation under grant agreement no 101096836.
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