LIFE LOOP – Local Ownership Of Power
We support cities and citizens in creating their energy community.
Much of what is developed fo the project implementation and the consortium partners may be very useful to others. This is why we publish the list of deliverables that can avoid others to reinvent the wheel. Get in touch if you have any questions or suggestions!
“With the LIFE LOOP resource library it was like handing municipalities everything they needed on a plate. Whatever they needed we could provide!”.
D1.6 Project strategy for carbon footprint reduction
D1.9 LIFE LOOP Target Report
D2.1 LIFE LOOP Capacity-Building programme
D2.2 LIFE LOOP Pilot analysis
D2.3 LIFE LOOP Barriers and Opprtunities report
D2.4 Report on municipal community energy roadmaps and action plans (February 2024): In all three LIFE LOOP pilot areas (Bistrita, Minoan Energy Community and Zagreb) roadmap design started from analysing positions, mapping relevant stakeholders and incentives. They also defined avenues for city and citizen collaboration in local solar energy as well as energy retrofit projects. Read how they did so. For more details you may also read the very specific action plans (translated into English):
- Action plan of Bistrita (Romania)
- Action plan of Zagreb (Croatia)
- Action plan of Minoan Energy (Crete, Greece)
D3.1 Report on selected business models for community energy projects (July 2024)
D3.2 Report on Community Energy Projects (November 2024): get a behind-the-scene view into the implementation of community energy projects across three pilot locations: Bistrita (Romania), Zagreb (Croatia), and Crete (Greece). The report describes the progress, challenges, and outcomes of these activities, highlighting the distinct approaches taken in each location and providing key insights into the potential for scaling similar efforts across Europe.
D3.3 Report on local policies and practices for community energy projects (April 2025): This report examines the policy landscapes, challenges, and opportunities for community energy development across the 5 LIFE LOOP pilots. The recommendations outlined in this report emphasize practical steps to enhance local policy frameworks, including dedicated municipal funding programs, streamlined administrative procedures, enhanced technical support services, and improved grid access provisions for community projects.
D4.3 City-citizen dialogues:
- Crete/Greece on 25 July 2023
REPLAY (in Greek) – REPORT (in English) - Bistrita/Romania on 23 May 2024 REPLAY (in Romanian) – REPORT (in English)
- Zagreb/Croatia on 25 May 2024 REPORT (in English)
D4.7 Policy recommendations: Enabling Frameworks For energy Communities: A state of play – A Joint Policy Report: This report aims to take stock of legislative progress in 11 EU countries. Where do we stand in the implementation of EU legislation relating to energy communities? What remaining challenges and barriers remain at national level? What policy change is needed? It was written collaboratively by four LIFE ENERCOM sister projects, LIFE LOOP, COMANAGE, Tandems and ConnectHeat, totaling 44 partners.
D5.1 Streamlined and adapted online resource library (July 2024)
D5.2 Summary of the set of templates
D6.1 Report on capacity-building programme for satellites and associated partners
D6.3 Report on Sustainability, replication and exploitation activitiesWatch and share this fantastic documentary that will give you optimism and the energy to engage in your very own renewable energy revolution.
