LIFE Step-WISE is a co-funded project by the European Union, started in December 2023, which recognises the central role held by local authorities in reducing energy consumption and gas emissions through the development of local clean energy transition plans.
The project consists of a tailored and dynamic capacity building programme to transform local and regional authorities into autonomous early adopters of digitised, integrated, and ambitious Clean Energy Transition Plans.
The Step-WISE mission is to increase capacity of local and regional authorities to initiate an effective energy transition through development of Clean Energy Transition Plans.
The eight project partners, with EIS as coordinator and Sinloc as participant, will work to make the process easier, quicker and more accurate via a Step-WISE toolkit, which will allow administrations at all levels to have a digital baseline model of their area/region, use physics-based energy simulation to evaluate different energy scenarios, prioritise interventions in time, and build dynamic Clean Energy Transition Plan to monitor progress towards targets.
Sinloc will create a strategic and regulatory framework of policy tools, support the development of the toolkit and support the action of capacity building aimed at six small and medium-sized administrations belonging to Mediterranean islands, thanks to the connection with the European Facility NESOI.
For further information visit the project web page