Proceedings

JP e3s organizes scientific conferences and thematic workshops (open to the broader public or to its members only) to discuss about the most crucial topics related to the clean energy transition and the impacts they could have on the society.

September 2024 - Workshop on Cultural Engagement Through Digitalization as a Driver of the Clean Energy Transition

This EERA JP e3s workshop, part of the Sustainable Places 2024 Conference, explored how cultural engagement and digitalization can become pivotal in driving the clean energy transition. Organized within the framework of key EERA JP e3s Sub-Programme 1 and SP2, the session brought together interdisciplinary experts to discuss how creative sectors and digital tools can inspire sustainable practices and support emissions reduction.

The workshop included presentations from fields such as environmental psychology, digitalization in architecture, and arts-science collaborations. Speakers highlighted how leveraging cultural contexts and emotional engagement can foster more impactful and enduring behavioral changes. Key insights included the role of digital tools—such as IoT and immersive environments—in raising environmental awareness, while art installations and citizen science initiatives were shown to evoke emotional responses that encourage individuals to reflect on their environmental impact.

Themes emphasized the power of emotional engagement through arts, the adaptability of digital platforms to expand energy awareness and data collection, and the importance of cultural sensitivity in sustainable energy efforts. The workshop concluded with discussions on best practices and next steps, including the development of focused groups on cultural engagement and a planned publication on the intersection of creativity and smart cities. 

Rewatch the workshop here.

READ THE PROCEEDINGS HERE

October 2023 - Conference on energy demand reduction

On 26th October 2023 the JP e3s, under coordination of Sub-Programme 1, organized the conference "Fostering Changes in energy consuption: a pathway to demand reduction" in Padova (Italy). The event represented a starting point to stimulate a scientific and interdisciplinary discussion about energy demand reduction, that will culminate in the writing and publication of a White Paper on the topic in summer 2024. The Conference was structured in 3 main sessions, corresponding to three different, but complementary, ways of addressing energy demand reduction. Here below are the presentations of each session:

Keynote speeches:

Behavioural change:

Energy Efficiency:

Energy Sufficiency:

 

June 2023 - Joint Workshop on non-technical factors for Energy Storage deployment

On 16th June 2023 the EERA Joint Programme e3s and Joint Programme Energy Storage co-organized the workshop "Energy for the future: exploring non-technical factors for Energy Storage deployment". The event contributed  to build a multidisciplinary bridge through the promotion of a concrete dialogue and practical exchange of knowledge, information and perspectives among the members of the two EERA Joint Programmes Energy Storage and e3s-clean Energy tranSition for Sustainable Society. In addition to a comprehensive, although synthetic, reciprocal update about the state of the art on the most promising energy storage (ES) technologies, with a specific focus on hydrogen and its storage potential, and the most widely diffused social, legal and economic widely recognized factors affecting RES technologies development at the different scales of  the energy system (EU, national, regional and local), the participants have been engaged in a structured discussion aimed at identifying the main challenges and explore possible ES solutions to be diffused in the EU energy system.

READ HERE THE MAIN INSIGHTS FROM THE WORKSHOP

May 2023 - JP e3s Scientific Conference

On 24th May 2023 the JP e3s members met in Helsiki to discuss about the topics addressed by each Sub-Programme and define/identify future related activities. The main results of the scientific conference have been collected in a document that can be downloaded and consulted here. Moreover, you can find each SPs presentation here below: