Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) are one key instrument for that transformation.
Trans-ped is a 2-year pilot project to develop a governance approach for positive energy district stakeholders to better realise deep changes to their cities. Trans-ped is an international project involving 11 partners from Austria, Belgium and Sweden, led by KTH Royal instituteof technology and co-funded by JPI urban Europe. The team will develop the governance approach through collaboration with five established and aspirational peds.
Positive Energy Districts are urban neighbourhoods with annual net zero energy import and net zero CO2 emissions. A PED couples built environment, production, consumption and mobility to reduce its energy use and produce the remainder locally. The European Union aims to support the planning, deployment and replication of 100 PEDs by 2025.