Energy networks have supported and reproduced Flanders' dispersed urbanization, but
today this energy-intensive landscape is running into its ecological and societal limits. As a …

Flanders' dispersed urbanization patterns were facilitated and reproduced by ubiquitous and
isotropic networks for electricity and gas distribution. Today this energy-intensive landscape …

District heating systems are considered a feasible heating alternative to replace natural gas
to mitigate emissions in cities. However, urban transitions are very complex because energy …

Transactions between energy producers and consumers are most often settled outside the
urban project according to the usual rules of connection and operation of public energy …

Addressing climate change and transitioning to a low carbon energy system will require
action at multiple levels, including at the individual, city, national and international scale …

Transition towards a renewable energy supply initiates a physical (re) shaping of places and
a social transformation of communities into renewable energy communities. Although socio …

The EU recent energy policies aim to rapidly transition to a sustainable and citizen-centric
energy system. However, most regulations do not fully acknowledge the social aspect of the …

The CELSIUS project is an EU funded demonstrator project that aims to facilitate the
distribution, deployment and operation of smart district heating and cooling solutions across …

Co-creation is often presented as a solution to challenges of achieving energy transitions.
However, there is currently little known about how coordinating stakeholders, such as city …

Community energy can be conceptualized as a social movement, which aims to develop a
sustainable, democratic, and localist energy system. Community energy organizations often …