SONNET comes to a close
Looking back on three years of research and ahead to the future of social innovation in energy transitions It is with mixed emotions that we share that today, 31 May, is the final day of the SONNET project. On the…
Checklist, tools, and insights on how to use City Labs to advance energy transition
Over the past several years, the cities of Antwerp (Belgium), Basel (Switzerland), Bristol (the United Kingdom), Grenoble (France), Mannheim (Germany), and Warsaw (Poland) have been working with local academic partners to use City Labs to push forward local energy transition.…
Ein personalisierter CO2-Footprint Coach / A personalised CO2 footprint coach
~English text follows~ Das SONNET City Lab Basel veranstaltete Anfang Februar seine Online-Eröffnung, bei der sich über 90 Nutzer*innen mit Forscher*innen und den Entwicklern der Smartphone-App „enerjoy“ trafen. Die Zürcher Fachhochschule ZHAW und der Basler Energie-, Wasser- und Telekomversorger IWB…
Sustainability in your hands: Basel City Lab provides Swiss citizens CO2 tracking app
article by: Devon Wemyss and Manuel Grieder, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences The smart phone app “enerjoy” – which has been under development by the Swiss electricity utility IWB in Basel for several years – is the fitness tracker…
Join our next webinar to explore encouraging social innovation in energy transitions via collaborative governance
On 20 January from 10:30-12:00 CET, the SONNET project is switching things up. Instead of a traditional webinar, all are invited to join our 'fishbowl discussion' (hosted on Zoom). This technique uses 'inner' and 'outer' circles to give everyone the…
Fighting for Local Power: how a UK Bill seeks to support local energy producers
Click here to join us on 15 September from 11:30-13:00 CEST for our third online seminar. The discussion will dive into campaigning on local renewable energy, exploring the example of the (currently being debated) "Local Electricity Bill" in the UK,…
(Almost) Everything you need to know about the “What, Who and How”
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Co-designing SONNET’s way forward
Earlier this year, the SONNET team “took to the trains” and met in the Netherlands for our second in-person partner meeting – this time hosted by DRIFT. The meeting in Rotterdam was a great time to reflect on the excellent…
Co-creation, communication and lots of energy: my day with SONNET
Article written by Nora Blascsok and originally published by the Sussex Energy Group I arrived to Karlsruhe, Germany by train on October 2nd to attend the first in-person project meeting of SONNET – Social Innovation in Energy Transitions. The meeting…
“Transdisciplinarity” for a sustainable future
Article originally published by ICLEI Europe It is clear that we need to build a more sustainable world. Groups of people from all different areas are working towards this goal. However, so often we work in silos, trying to leverage…
The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 837498.