Energy2Act

Project code: EUI03-116

Programme: EUI - European Urban Initiative

Call: EUI-IA Call 3 - topic Energy transition (Innovation)

To reach climate neutrality by 2050, Cesena must accelerate its energy transition by addressing key barriers like private sector disengagement, fragmentation, the inability to aff ord interventions or access incentives, and the lack of data for informed decision-making.ENERGY2ACT intends to tackle these issues acting at the neighborhood level, focusing on empowering the communities to become Climate Communities and take ownership of the energy transition process, work together to implement Positive Clean Energy Neighborhoods (PCENs), and transform the city one neighborhood at a time, until climate neutrality is reached. ENERGY2ACT introduces the One Stop Shop for Climate Communities, which meets each neighborhood’s comprehensive needs while fostering co-designed and bottom-up energy strategies. Central components of the solution include a trusted renovation value chain, a data-driven Multilayer Decision Support System leveraging citizen science, and the Climate Community Exchange System and Fund, promoting solidarity and inclusion, ensuring no one, including the energy poor, is left behind. Additionally, the Community Readiness Level model further assesses and enhances the community’s preparedness to take action towards climate-neutrality.By engaging citizens and stakeholders, ENERGY2ACT will create a strong energy culture, provide communities with the tools to lead the energy transition, and prove the eff ectiveness of the solution in the Vigne Acceleration Neighborhood.

Project duration 

01/10/2025 - 31/03/2029

Scientific project head for the Department 

Danila LONGO

Coordinator 

Municipality of Cesena

Partnership

Comune di Cesena
Certimac soc. cons. a r.l.
Casa del Cuculo Soc. Coop.
BURST Nonprofit Kft / LLC
Cooperazione Digitale (Digital Cooperation)
ENEA — Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile
Energia Corrente S.r.l.
R2M Solution s.r.l.
SIS-TER S.R.L. SB
Università di Bologna (Dipartimento di Architettura capofila con Dipartimento di Beni Culturali)
Município de Braga (Transfer Partner)
Municipality of Chalandri (Δήμος Χαλανδρίου) — Transfer Partner
Referat Digitale Stadt Leipzig – Stadt Leipzig (Transfer Partner)

Total Budget

4.981.486,56 €

DA Budget

367.573,44 €

Lecturers and researchers connected to the project 

Ernesto ANTONINI
Andrea BOERI
Elena Maria FORMIA
Annalisa TRENTIN
Antonio ESPOSITO
Silvia GASPAROTTO
Jacopo GASPARI
Valentina GIANFRATE
Valentina ORIOLI
Beatrice TURILLAZZI
Elena VAI

ERC sector of the project

PE8 - Products and Process Engineering

PE10 - Environmental/Civil Engineering;

SH7 - Human Geography, Demography, Urban and Regional Studies