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            Design, a Common Energy Market & CommunityxChange’’

+LIMERICK
www.limerick.ie/CityxChange
Co-creating Positive Energy Districts, with Integrated Planning and Design, a Common Energy Market & CommunityxChange +LIMERICK - Limerick.ie
Introduction                                                                                                                                  Goals and Objectives

    The +CityxChange vision is to enable                                                            and business models that will deliver         • Increased Energy Efficiency                    • Electric Mobility as a Service (EMaaS)
    the co-creation of the future we want to                                                        positive energy communities, integrating      Energy efficiency will be the starting point of   The use of fossil fuels for transport is a
    live in. This includes the development                                                          e-Mobility as a Service (eMaaS). The          our goal to become a low carbon city. There       significant contributor to climate change
    of a framework and supporting tools to                                                          +CityxChange project is developing and        will be great challenges, and opportunities       and poor air quality in cities. Electrification
    enable a common energy supply market,                                                           deploying Positive Energy Blocks and          for citizens and businesses to benefit from       of various modes of transport will make a
    supported by a connected community.                                                             Districts (PEB/PED) and scaling these out     the infrastructural changes in buildings,         significant contribution to addressing the
    This leads to recommendations for new                                                           as part of the European Clean Energy          transport and energy services.                    quality of life for city dwellers, and help
    policy intervention, market (de)regulation                                                      Transition in cities.                                                                           business to reduce their carbon footprints.
                                                                                                                                                  • Positive Energy Block (PEB)                    Electric Mobility as a Service, together with a
                                                                                                                                                  A Positive Energy Block (PEB) is a designated     range of low carbon transport initiatives will
                                                                                                 1                                                zone of more than 3 buildings that has the        be piloted in Limerick to support the cities
                                                                        Prototype the Future                                                      capacity to annually produce more energy          low carbon transition.
                                                                        Test solutions before we implement
                                                                        them. Hard modelling and with
                                                                                                                Co-creating the future            than it consumes. The block may benefit
                                                                        citizents through beta projects.
                                                                                                                  we want to live in              from a renewable energy resource(s)
                                                                                 Integrated                                                       located adjacent to the block, producing
                                                                                                                                                  renewable energy dedicated for the PEB.
                 2                                                               Planning
                                                                                 and Design
                                                                                 3D modelling and
                     Enable the Future                                           Decision Support
                                                                                 Tools (DST).
                                                                                                                                                  • Smart Energy Grid
                     Create new innovations, tools, technologies,
                     services etc. to enable the creation of positive
                     energy blocks and districts.
                                                                                                                                                  Smart Metering and Smart Energy Grids
                                                                                                                                                  are part of the energy infrastructure in a
                                                                                                                                                  low carbon city. The smart energy grid will
                                                                                                                                                  enable local citizens to take more control
                                 Common Energy Market                                                                                             over their energy use, to participate in how
                                                                                                                                                  energy is generated, stored and distributed
                                 Include RES, storage, energy
                                 management, blockchain,
                                 P2P energy trading,
                                 community grid,
                                                                                                                                PEB               at a local level.
                                 electric-vehicles,                               CommunityxChange                              Positive Energy
                                                                                                                                Block/Distirct
                                 energy grid                                      Innovation Playground, Platfor(u)ms,
                                 infrastructure.                                  Next Generation of Smart Citizen,
                                                                                  PEB Champions etc.

                                                                        Accelerate the Future
                                                                        Create new top-down approaches from urban

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                                                                        authorities and bottom up approaches through
                                                                        citizen engagement which, accelerates
                                                                        the adoption of positive energy
                                                                        blocks and districts.
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Co-creating Positive Energy Districts, with Integrated Planning and Design, a Common Energy Market & CommunityxChange +LIMERICK - Limerick.ie
Where We Were

    • High Level Of Vacancy       • Car Dominant Public Realm
    • Inefficient Housing Stock   • Risk of flooding
    • Lack Of Diversity

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Co-creating Positive Energy Districts, with Integrated Planning and Design, a Common Energy Market & CommunityxChange +LIMERICK - Limerick.ie
National Climate Action Plan 2019
    Where We Want To Be In 2050
                                                                                                                 Electricity                                                   Buildings                                                    Citizens and Co

                                                                                                            70%                                                                               500,000
                                                                                                                                 Electricity generated
    • L imerick will be Ireland’s first positive    • T
                                                        he city centre will be the core of the                                  from renewable                                                                                 Engage Communities acros
       Energy City.                                    Economic, social and cultural life                                        sources by 2030
                                                                                                                                                                                              existing homes to upgrade         country through:
    • Limerick will develop to a “Tier 2”             of the region                                                                          Homeowners                                      to ‘B2’ equivalent BER by 2030
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                •   Establishing a Community Outr
                                                                                                                                                to generate
       European City and will exert critical mass.   • D
                                                        igital technologies will play a bigger role
                                                                                                                                                                      600,000
                                                                                                                                                  their own                                                                     •   Driving action through the Nati
                                                                                                                                                  electricity                                                                       on Climate Action
                                                       in empowering communities and citizens.            Phase-out                         and sell back to
                                                                                                         Coal and Peat           the grid under scheme for            heat pumps installed by 2030                              •   Increase the number of Sustain
                                                                                                        electricity generation         micro-generation          (of which 400,000 will be in existing buildings)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Communities to 1,500

                                                                                                                                                                        New retrofitting delivery model,                         •   Develop flagship low-carbon
                                                                                                                  Transport                                             which will group retrofits together, leverage                projects in all Local Authorities
                                                                                                                                                                      smart finance, and ensure easy pay-back methods
                                                                                                       Increase the number of EVs by 2030 to circa

                                      Positive Energy City                                                                1 million                                               Waste and the Circular
                                                                                                                                                                                  Economy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Esta
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Transition Rev
                                          2030-2050
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    10%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      which will identify specific transiti
                                                                                                                 Build EV charging network                                                      Reduce                                     cohorts of workers, enterpr
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            and specific
                                                                                                                   to stay ahead of demand                                                the percentage of
                                                                                                                                                                                            municipal waste
                                                                                                             Expand our network of cycle paths                                             sent to landfill to        by 2035
                                                                                                               and ‘Park and Ride’ facilities,
                                                                                                                 helping ease congestion                               Reduce food waste by                                              Enterprise and Se
                                                                                                                                                                                50% by 2030                                         Embed decarbonisation and
                                                                                                        No diesel-only purchases
                                    Positive Energy District                                                for public buses in our cities
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     waste management measures
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          across all enterprises
                                                                                                                        from 1 July 2019                                                  By 2030                                     and public service bodies
                                           2024-2030                                                                                                                          Recycle                          Recycle
                                                                                                                        Agriculture                                       70% of                               55% of plastic                   Mobilise low carbon
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                of excellence in o
                                                                                                                                                                         packaging                             packaging
                                                                                                                                                                             waste                             waste                            and across sectors
                                                                                                                Deliver GHG emissions reduction
                                                                                                              identified by Teagasc by creating new,                                                                                        Plan for the delivery of
                                                                                                                     sustainable opportunities                       Eliminate non-recyclable plastic and impose                           employment and enter
                                                                                                                          for family farms                            higher fees on the production of materials                           the new areas of oppo
                                                                                                                                                                              that are difficult to recycle

                                         Positive Energy
                                                                                                                            8,000 ha                                         Ban specific single-use
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         International Acti
                                             Blocks                                                                         on average, of newly
                                                                                                                            planted forest per year
                                                                                                                                                                            plastic convenience items
                                                                                                                                                                                    including polystyrene food,
                                                                                                                                                                                      cup, and drink containers                     Double the percentage
                                              2024                                                                                                                                                                                  Overseas Development

                                                                                                         40,000 ha
                                                                                                                                        at least, of improved                                                                       spending on climate finance
                                                                                                                                        grasslands on drained
                                                                                                                                        organic soils per year                                                                      by 2030

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How Do We Get There?

     • Bold City Vision
     A vision of a city with deep historic roots
     and a proud social and economic heritage,
     in transition to a low carbon city that meets
     the needs of its citizens and encourages
     enterprise and artistic development.                                   Georgian Neighbourhood Limerick
     • Innovation & Prototyping
     An opportunity to engage and imagine
     our future city, to develop new solutions
     that meet these challenges in a sustainable
     SMART manner.

     • Common Energy Market
     An opportunity for local citizens to
     participate in the energy cycle of the city,
     through energy awareness, cooperative
     purchasing, sales and services trading.

                                                     • Sustainable             • eMobility as a    • Innovation
                                                       SMART city                  service              Playground

                                                     • Citizen                 • Common Energy     • Next Generation
                                                        Engagement                 Market               SMART citizen

                                                     • Climate resilient       • Financial         • Energy
                                                                                  Supports             Champions

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Demonstration Projects                                                                                                                                                     NT
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                                                                                                                                                                                         Model (DP01)
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                                                                                                                                                                                         decision support to cities
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                                                                                                                   +CityxChange brings the

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                                                                                                                   two Lighthouse Cities                                                                                                            Microgrids (DP07)
                                                                                                                   Trondheim (NO) and                                            IAL
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Balance and optimise energy in the

                                                                                                                   Limerick (IE) together with                             OC                                                                       PEB through Microgrids
                                                                                                                                                                                         Vision (DP02)

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                                                                                                                   their distinguished                                                   Co-create a Bold City Vision, to Plan,
                                  Norway                                                                           Follower Cities Alba Iulia                                            Implement, Replicate and Scale-up                      L
                                                                                                                   (RO), Pisek (CZ), Võru (EE),                                          to Positive Energy Districts and Cities          ICA

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                                                                                                                   Smolyan (BG) and Sestao

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   TECH
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    EMaaS (DP08)
                                                                          Estonia                                  (ES), to underline their                                          L                                                              Integrate seamless e-mobility
                                                                                                                   ambition to achieve:                                    O    C IA                                                                within the PEB

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         Rep of
         Ireland
                                                                                                                         sustainable urban                                               Engage (DP03)
                                                                                                                         ecosytems that have                                                                                                    L
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ICA
                                                                                                                                                                                         Co-create Positive Energy Blocks
                                                                                                                         zero emissions;

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   TECH
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          P2 P
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Local trading (DP09)
                                                                                                                         establish a 100%                                                                                                           Enable Peer-to-Peer trading within
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                                                                                                                         renewable energy                                   EG                                                                      the PEB
                                                          Czech Rep.               Romania
                                                                                                                                                                                     §

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                                                                                                                         city-region by 2050.                                            Regulatory zone (DP04)
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                                                                                                                                                                                         regulation mechanisms
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Flexibility market (DP10)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   TECH
                                                                                  Bulgaria
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enable a fair deal to all consumers
                                                                                                                                                                                 IAL
                             Spain                                                                                                                                         OC                                                                       through a flexibility market
                                                                                                                                                                                         Playground (DP05)

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                                                                                                                                                                                         Accelerate change and disruptive
                                                                                                                                                                                         solutions through innovation                          IC
                                                                                                                                                                                         playgrounds                                      OM
                   Lighthouse Countries               Follower Countries             Other Partners

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Invest (DP11)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enable consumers to invest in their
                                                                                                                                                                               IAL                                                                  buildings, which is critical to the
                                                          +CityxChange                                                                                                      AT                                                                      creation of a PEB
                                                                                                                                                                                         DPEB (DP06)

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                                                      DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS                                                                                                             Create DPEBs through improved
              AL                                             IAL                                                  ICA
                                                                                                                     L                                                                   energy performance and integration
            NT                                             OC                                                                                                                            with the energy system
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       IRONME

                                                                       Playground (DP05)
                                                      S

                     Model (DP01)                                                                                             Local trading (DP09)
                                                                                                          TECH

                     Record data and provide integrated                Accelerate change and disruptive
                                                                       solutions through innovation                P2 P       Enable Peer-to-Peer trading within
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Co-creating Positive Energy Districts, with Integrated Planning and Design, a Common Energy Market & CommunityxChange +LIMERICK - Limerick.ie
Limerick City and County Council is part
                                                                                                                                                                                                              of a new pan-European project spear-
                                                                                                                                                                                                              headed by innovation specialists in
                                                                                                                                                                                                              conjunction with designers, developers
                                                                                                                                           Norway                                                             and regulatory experts, who are looking
                                                                                                                                                                                                              into new ways of helping to reduce
                                                                                                                                                                                                              energy consumption while maintaining
                                                                                                                                                                                  Estonia                     the characteristic Georgian heritage of
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Limerick city centre. Limerick City and
     Existing Building Stock   Accelerating the Clean              Positive Energy Block/District (PEB)              Rep of
                                                                                                                                                                                                              County Council together with expert
                                                                                                                                                                                                              partners will develop solutions for
                                 Energy Transition                                                                   Ireland
                                                                                                                                                                                                              buildings located in the Georgian
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Innovation District to help generate
                                                                                                                                                                                                              more energy than they consume and
                                                                                                                                                                                                              allow for the excess energy to be
                                                                                                                                                                                                              returned to the grid. Several buildings
                                                                                                                                                             Czech Rep.                                       forming a Positive Energy Block, will be
                                                                                                Communicate and                                                                    Romania                    the first to become part of a new renew-
                                                                                               Trade Between Peers                                                                                            able energy management structure
                                                                                                                                                                                                              which will allow for the two-way flow of
                                                                                                                               Spain                                                                          energy. Over the next 3 years, exciting
                                                                                                                                                                                   Bulgaria                   new projects in the Georgian Innovation
                                                                                                                                                                                                              District will test developing smart
                                                                                                                                                                                                              technologies as part of Smart Limerick’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Digital Strategy.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        DA GEORGIAN INNOVATION
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        DISTRICT
                                                                                   Engage      Integrate eMobility
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        DS02 Limerick Youth Services
                                                Balance and                      Communities       as a Service
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        DS01 Gardens International
                                                Optimise Energy across the PEB
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        DS04 General Post Office
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        DS05 Rooney Auctioneers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        DS03 Chamber of Commerce
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        DS06 The Engine
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        DS08 University of Limerick
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        DS09 University Hospital Limerick
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        DS10 Limerick Institute of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Technology
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        DS11 Narrative 4
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        DS12 Belltable Arts Centre
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        DS15 Limerick City Gallery of Art
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        DS07 Colbert Railway Station
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        DS14 Limerick Georgian House &
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Garden
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        DS13 The Crescent

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                                                                                                                                   This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
                                                                                                                                   research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 824260.
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Exhibition 1

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Demonstration
          Projects

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PROJECT 1:                                           INDIVIDUAL                                                  PV Cells
                                                                                                                      Solar Boiler
     Record Data and Provide Decision Support to Cities                                                LOCAL ENERGY
                                                                                                                      Wind turbine
                                                                                                                      etc.
                                                                                                       SOURCE

     To achieve the necessary energy transition
     in cities, it is essential to increase energy
     systems integration and to push energy                  re-use of energy                                             minimal energy loss
                                                             (heat exchanger, etc.)
     performance levels significantly beyond the                                                                          (insulator)

     levels of current building codes.
                                                                                                                            use of energy efficient
                                                                                                                            products
     +CityxChange will develop an single
     integrated modelling platform for buildings,                24
                                                           smart meter
     transport and energy services. The model                                                                local
                                                                             connection to a                 energy storage
     will identify-                                                          larger network
     • Energy consumption in city blocks
                                                                             ...to sell surplus
     • Renewable energy generation                                          or buy deficit
     • Energy storage capacity
     • Energy grid infrastructure                                                                A LOCAL
     • E-mobility network & services                     COLLECTIVE                              NETWORK
     • Environmental indicators, air quality,
        noise, light
     Citizen engagement on transport mobility,
     energy use, wellbeing, satisfaction, etc.
     This data will be displayed at block / city
     level for the citizens of Limerick to view and                                                                                       BACK-UP
     comment upon.
                                                            surplus industrial
                                                            energy

                                                                                                                                         POWER PLANT
                                                                                                                                         (when deficit)
                                                            central energy               central storage
                                                            collection
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PROJECT 2:
     Co-Create a Bold City Vision to Plan, Implement,
     Replicate and Scale Up PEBs and PEDs
     • +
        CityxChange project aims to manage the transformation pathway towards
       Positive Energy Blocks/Districts, through a structured approach of navigation,
       leadership, ownership and enablement.

                                                                                        For this transformation to take place,       the PEB/D as well as the wider community
                                                                                        strong leadership is core to the approach.   know, understand and participate in
                                                                                        Constant engagement and co-creation          co-defining the Bold City Vision and its
                                                                                        of the vision, roadmap and enabling          roadmap.
                                                                                        community leaders to emerge will ensure
                                                                                        that the citizens and the businesses in

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PROJECT 3:
     Co-Create Distributed Positive Energy
     Blocks through Citizen Engagement
     • +
        CityxChange will enable citizen              • +
                                                         CityxChange will design a participatory
       participation towards more efficient             framework that enables communities
       energy behaviour. It will provide citizens,      to become more engaged in efficient
       businesses and other local stakeholders          use of energy in their daily lives, and the
       with the sense of ownership that is critical     emergence of Positive Energy Champions
       for managing the change towards living and       and innovative local organizations and
       doing business in a positive energy city.        businesses within these communities.

     • A
        successful approach requires digital
       tools and physical engagement strategies,
       designed and implemented in an
       integrated way. While digital tools enable
       citizen participation beyond limitations of
       location and time, physical strategies like
       community meetings, co-design events
       and consultation processes provide higher
       quality community interactions and more
       sophisticated responses.

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PROJECT 4:
     Enable Innovation through Regulatory Mechanisms

     One of the challenges when transitioning       transmission and distribution. Energy
     to clean energy and positive energy            companies are being de-centralised and
     districts lies with the regulatory framework   local energy cooperatives are forming
     that governs energy generation, storage,       across Europe.

                                                                                             +CityxChange will communicate and                 citizens will be compared to similar changes
                                                                                             cooperate with the Commission for                 taking place in our partner countries.
                                                                                             Regulating Utilities (CRU) to pilot and test      Limerick will be Ireland’s first positive energy
                                                                                             a range of innovative energy technologies         city – benefiting both the planet and the
                                                                                             and services, over the life of the project. The   people and insuring our sustainable future
                                                                                             benefits of the new energy services for local

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PROJECT 5:
     Accelerate Change and Disruptive Solutions
     through Innovation Playgrounds
     • S
        hared value creation for communities,            •O
                                                            pen governance aiming to provide
       individual citizens, and public and                 better services and quality of life for all
       private sector stakeholders, requires               stakeholders of the city
       integration between the design of the built        •C
                                                            reating an innovation ecosystem for
       environment, individuals’ quality of life, the      participatory design and co-creation of
       community’s social structure, and business          processes and services
       development.                                       •U
                                                            sing digital platforms and tools to provide
                                                           openness and transparency
     • Innovation facilitators for new forms of
                                                          •F
                                                            acilitate an open community engagement
        cooperation in urban development search
                                                           process
        for ‘collective impact’ of investment and
        ability to retain this effect over time. Future   •E
                                                            nsuring impact with leadership as a
        cities must be an economic ecosystem               service tool
        where the city’s overall competitiveness is       •D
                                                            eveloping a citizen centered process
        the driver for citizens and actors.                enabling people to take part in developing
                                                           visions
     • Innovative models can prove beneficial in         •U
                                                            sing a Living Lab and playground approach
        creating shared values such as:                    to enable the citizens to become a part of
                                                           the solution

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PROJECT 6:                                         OUR FLAGSHIP PROJECT:
     DPEBs through Improved Energy Performance and      Tidal Turbine Deveoped BV Limerick Based
     Integration with the Energy System                 Company GKinetic
     • +
        CityxChange will create a framework for
       a stepped approach to the creation of a
       DPEB, which can be replicated by any EU
       city. As per the DPEB definition outlined at
       the beginning of this section, there are a
       number of key steps necessary
     (i) R
          educe energy consumption; through
         efficiency and building retrofits
     (ii) create energy generation; through
            building integrated and independent
            renewables
     (iii) actively manage the energy in the block,
            through the smart grid and citizen         Existing Building Stock   Accelerating the Clean              Positive Energy Block/District (PEB)
            engagement                                                             Energy Transition
     (iv) enable electrification of vehicles and
     (v) trade energy and flexibility.
                                                                                                                                                  Communicate and
                                                                                                                                                 Trade Between Peers

                                                                                                                                     Engage      Integrate eMobility
                                                                                                  Balance and                      Communities       as a Service
                                                                                                  Optimise Energy across the PEB

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PROJECT 7:
     Creating a +CityxChange Approach to Community Grids
     +CityxChange proposes a novel, disruptive      The main advantage of the +CityxChange
     concept: the +CityxChange Community            Community Grid approach is that although
     Grid. The proposed Community Grid, which       the Community Grid is limited to a defined
     acts like a Virtual Microgrid, is a group of   electrical boundary, participation within
     grid-connected electrical resources, within    that boundary is voluntary. Buildings or
     a clearly defined electrical boundary in the   resource owners who wish to participate
     Distribution System (e.g. sub-station), with   must be able and willing to offer production
     a single defined logical connection point to   of energy, and/or flexibility from their
     the grid.                                      production or consumption, i.e. they
                                                    must become prosumers.

                                                                                                   The +CityxChange Community Grid will have 3 layers:
                                                                                                   • Cloud-based services for community grids.
                                                                                                   • P
                                                                                                      roduction and flexible resources/assets, distributed over sites
                                                                                                     (buildings, production sites).
                                                                                                   • Boundary and networking layer, operated within the Community Grid.

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PROJECT 8:
     Integrate Seamless eMobility within the DPEB
     • Global energy use has two major vectors in     The +CityxChange Seamless eMobility
     (i) buildings, which have approx. 40% of total   Platform and frontend is a Mobility-as-
          primary energy demand and                    a-Service (MaaS) solution that enables
     (ii) transportation, which account for           transport from A to B utilizing either public
           approx. 28% of total primary                transport, personal transport by shared EVs
           energy demand                               and/or E-Bikes, or a mixture of several/all
                                                       transport modes.

                                                                                                       This new innovative solution, will ultimately   EVs’ range temporarily. Such returned
                                                                                                       contribute to the increase of Electric          energy from EVs can be used to “top up”
                                                                                                       Vehicles in cities around Europe. A             the DPEBs energy needs. This concept is
                                                                                                       considerable number of EVs will require         known as Vehicle to Grid (V2G) or Vehicle
                                                                                                       charging, but can also participate to the       to Building (V2B), both of which will be
                                                                                                       DPEB by returning energy that is assumed        explored through this project.
                                                                                                       not to be needed, thereby reducing that

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PROJECT 9:
     Enable Local Energy Trading within the DPEB
     • Connecting energy from buildings and           • +
                                                          CityxChange will examine the use of DLTs
        electric vehicles, will not only result in       as a transaction technology and the impact
        healthier consumers across the EU’s              that real-time traffic and intelligent street
        towns and cities, it will also offer support     and buildings community-level charging
        to consumers to get engaged with smart           monitoring and control will have on the
        charging arrangements while contributing         power network.
        to manage and balance spikes in digital
        transport and power networks.

     • D
        igital technologies such as Distributed
       Ledger Technologies (DLTs) can be used to
       stipulate and enable trading that enforces
       proportional fairness among participants in
       this city level co-optimisation of energy and
       transport.

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PROJECT 10:
     Enable a Fair Deal to All Consumers through a Local
     Flexibility Market
     • The introduction of solar production and          • +
                                                             CityxChange will explore this emerging           SMART GRID
        high power demanding loads, such as                 market and the value of flexibility over           ELECTRICITY SUPPLY NETWORK
        charging systems for electric vehicles, will in     generation. Through the Limerick and
        many areas represent a challenge for the            Trondheim DPEBs, the potential and value
        existing grid and potentially cause damage          for that flexibility will be explored as well as                                                                                                     03 WIND FARM
        to grid components.                                 the mechanisms for doing so.

     • Without new solutions, local districts will
        be facing costly grid reinforcements within
        the next few years. As such, flexibility will
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        become as valuable as energy itself and will                                                                                                           BUILDING
        become its own emerging market.                                                                                          ENERGY STORAGE                                                                04 INDUSTRY

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                                                                                                               02 SOLAR ARRAYS                                                                                        MONITOR
                                                                                                                                                              08 PLUG-IN CAR                                          ENERGY USE
                                                                                                                                           ENERGY STORAGE

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                                                                                                                                                                                 07 SMART HOMES

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PROJECT 11:
     Enable consumers to invest in their buildings,
     which is critical to the creation of a PEB

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DPEB Buildings

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DPEB BUILDING 1 Gardens International

     The Combination of Dynamic Contemporary        This is one of the buildings to come on
     Architecture & Old Heritage Buildings.         board with +CityxChange. It will be a beacon
     Limerick has for centuries been an             in our LightHouse City, demonstrating what
     international trading hub and this is          innovation and imagination can achieve and
     where William Roche created the ‘Hanging       how this can benefit not just the people
     Gardens’, a breath taking set of tiered        of Limerick but the people of Europe, and
     gardens between O’Connell Street and           support both the planet and the growing
     Henry Street.                                  population.

     Today the Gardens International is an iconic
     office development that reimagines one
     of Limerick’s most historic and innovative
     buildings for the 21st century.

                                                                                                       David Conway
                                                                                                       CEO of Limerick TwentyThirty

                                                                                                   “   We are delighted to be part of this
                                                                                                       project. Gardens International is
                                                                                                       a leed gold building and as such
                                                                                                       we welcome the opportunity to be
                                                                                                       involved in CityxChange as one
                                                                                                       of our requirements and values,
                                                                                                       in order to demonstrate our
                                                                                                       commitment to environmental

                                                                                                                     ”
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DBEP BUILDING 2 Chamber of Commerce

     The Limerick Chamber of Commerce, is one
     of the five oldest Chambers of Commerce
     in Ireland and Britain, will participate in
     +CityxChange. It was established in 1805,
     but its roots go back to the Society of
     Merchants of the Staple, whose origins can
     be traced to the Guild of Merchants in the
     early 17th Century.

     This townhouse will require carefully
     planned supports to ensure that it can
     become a positive energy building without
     losing any of its historical allure.
                                                   Dee Ryan
                                                   CEO of Limerick Chamber

                                                   “
                                                   Energy efficiency and sustainable
                                                   sources of energy are real
                                                   concerns for Limerick business. In
                                                   the Chamber we want to improve
                                                   our historic building’s energy
                                                   consumption and move to install
                                                   charging stations in our car park,
                                                   to help make switching to Electric
                                                   Vehicles a feasible option for our
                                                   team. We’re excited to be part of
                                                   this project and eager to discover
                                                   what’s possible when we pool our

                                                            ”
                                                   resources.

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DPEB BUILDING 3 General Post Office
     Standing on Lower Cecil Street this building is
     a focal point in the commercial part of the city
     and is therefore of some considerable social
     interest. This building respects the prevailing
     building height of the area and is a worthy
     twentieth-century structure.. All-important
     salient features remain intact to the exterior,
     a well-considered composition exemplifying
     the clean lines and the international style of
     its time. Adding character to the street this
     building needs protection and upgrading if it      John Smith
     is to remain part of the streetscape.              Head of Sustainability, An Post

                                                        “
                                                        An Post is delighted to support the
                                                        Lighthouse SMART City program in
                                                        Limerick, as part of our Sustainable
                                                        Strategy we have identified Goal 11.
                                                        Sustainable Cities and Communities
                                                        and it is our intent to support and
                                                        make a positive difference to the
                                                        communities we serve. The Limerick
                                                        Lighthouse project closely aligns with
                                                        An Posts commitment to implement
                                                        carbon zero deliveries in Limerick City
                                                        in 2020 and our plan to install solar

                                                                                           ”
                                                        energy in the delivery services unit.

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DPEB BUILDING 4 Rooney Auctioneers
     Limerick possessed a curiosity as seen in       an acre of land from the rear of the bank to
     Roche’s Hanging Gardens . The Roche family      Henry Street. On the roof of these stores
     was prominent in the commercial life of the     he constructed his own private gardens, for
     city . John Roche was a substantial merchant    his own private recreation to obviate the
     in the city in the grain and provision export   necessity of occasional absence from his
     business for which Limerick became one of       residence. Remnants of the arches that gave
     the main ports. In 1808n the hanging gardens    structure from the hanging gardens remain
     were constructed, the banker William Roche      intact at the back of 98 O’Connell St., home
     built large stores which covered more than      to Rooney Auctioneers.

                                                     “   Rooney Auctioneers decision to
                                                         participate in the Positive City
                                                         Exchange project was firstly to
                                                         assist in making Limerick a smart
                                                         positive energy city and secondly, as
                                                         the demonstration project will be
                                                         centred in the Georgian Innovation
                                                         district, to help and encourage
                                                         better and more rewarding use of
                                                         our Georgian buildings.
     Pat Kearney
     Commercial
                             Gordon Kearney
                             Managing Director                                   ”
     Property Director

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DPEB BUILDING 5 Limerick Youth Services
     Limerick Youth Service (LYS) founded in 1973,   From this base, LYS supports a number
     is a registered charity and a member of Youth   of diverse youth work projects including
     Work Ireland.                                   Comhairle na nÓg, Garda Youth Diversion
                                                     Projects, Youth Cafés, Youth & Family Support
     In 1976, 5 Lower Glentworth St. was             Team, Be Well: Youth Mental Health Service,
     purchased from the Legion of Mary as            Youth Information Bureau, International
     a headquarters and base for Limerick            youth work & volunteer led youth clubs
     Youth Service. The site was developed and       across Limerick City & County. Education
     extensively renovated in 2003. The building     & training remains a key feature of the
     has a very rich history having been used for    organisation with a variety of courses being
     the inaugural meeting of the Limerick Soviet    delivered at the LYS Community Training
     in 1919.                                        Centre in Glentworth St. Over 120 young
                                                     people aged 16 to 21 attend Education,
                                                     Training and Employability opportunities daily.

                              Fiona O’Grady
                              CEO, Limerick Youth Service

                          “   Our involvement with the +CityxChange project is
                              underpinned by our mission which is “Connecting with Young
                              People and Supporting them to reach their full potential”. The
                              environment, climate change and sustainability are key issues
                              for the Young people with whom we work. This project is an
                              opportunity for young people to be involved in creating new
                              models and ways of working in our community.
                                                                                   ”
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Key Perfomance
          Indicators

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Enabling the Future -
     The Common Energy Market KPI Graphic

     The Key Performance Indicators (KPI) opposite set out the project
     goals and targets by which we will measure our success.

     The Targets are in the areas of:-

     Improved energy efficiency               3

     Environmental quality                        2

     Renewable Energy Infrastructure              6

     E-Mobility                                   2

     Energy Trading                               2

     Sustainable Investment                       5

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Prototyping the Future -                     Accelerating the Future –
     Integrated Planning and Design KPI Graphic   CommunityxChange KPI Graphic

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GET INVOLVED                                                                                 WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

      he project partners will need your
     T                                                • S
                                                         howcasing your building in                 ccess to project the materials and
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                                                                                                                                                   xpert advice on how to access funding
     assistance with:                                   promotional activities related the          platforms;                                    for installation of renewable energy
                                                        project;                                                                                  sources e.g. PV (solar) panels, solar
     • A
        ccess to the building through a                                                             high-level energy assessment
                                                                                                  • A                                             thermal, heat-pumps, etc.;
       dedicated contact person as appointed          • G
                                                         etting involved in an energy              based on the energy usage data;
       by Limerick 2030;                                trading platform that will be                                                              ccess to a Limerick Energy
                                                                                                                                                • A
                                                        developed during the project, subject        detailed energy assessment
                                                                                                  • A                                             Champions Network and events
     • I nformation about energy                       to your consideration, review and           based on the detailed building layout,        organised to tackle climate change in
        consumption of your building                    approval;                                   construction and usage patterns;              Limerick;
        (electricity and gas) for the last 12 to 36
        months, if available;                         • A
                                                         ttend community engagement              • R
                                                                                                     ecommendations for interventions          • A
                                                                                                                                                   ccess to any other relevant
                                                        events that will be run in the Citizens     that will reduce the energy                   information, tools or technology
     • D
        etails about building construction,            Observatory.                                consumption of your building;                 developed as part of the
       layout and usage patterns;                                                                                                                 +CityxChange Project.
                                                                                                     xpert advice on the financial
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                                                                                                    instruments available at your disposal
                                                                                                    to increase the energy efficiency of your
                                                                                                    building e.g. through retrofitting;

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PARTNERS The consortium comprises 32 partners covering the entire value chain for
                the project. The cities are involved in all aspects of the project. They are
                supported by two Universities, nine Large Enterprises, two Distributed
          The project has
                Network    receivednine
                         Operators,   funding
                                          SMEs from   the European
                                                and three              Union’s
                                                           Not-for-Profit        Horizon 2020
                                                                         organisations.
          research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 824260.

LIMERICK TEAM

                 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
                 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 824260.

Mihai Bilauca          Pat Stephens            Rosie Webb               Terence Connolly

                                                                       LIMERICK CONTACT
                                                              www.limerick.ie/CityxChange
                                                                             @SmartLimerick
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