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SPARCS

Sustainable energy Positive & zero cARbon CommunitieS

Details

Duration
to
Status
Finished
EU contribution
€19,701,216
Total costs
€23,736,097
Project type
Lighthouse project

Description

SPARCS demonstrates and validates technically and socioeconomically viable and replicable, innovative solutions for rolling out smart, integrated positive energy systems for the transition to a citizen centred zero carbon & resource efficient economy.

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Project demonstration sites

Fellow cities

Objective

SPARCs’s overall objective is to achieve citizens’ inclusive freecarbon urban community by integrating the following key factors:

  • technologies for energy positivity in buildings and districts, citizen
  • engagement, city planning and governance, flexible grid management
  • and energy storage and; e-mobility as an energy system element.

Contact

Name
Francesco Reda
Organisation
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Email
francesco.reda@vtt.fi