Energy management systems for residential, industrial and tertiary energy flexibility services (STUNNED)

STUNNED aims to reduce the energy consumption of residential and industrial buildings. Therefore, these buildings and their users are brought together to form Energy Communities, which use renewable energies to balance energy supply and demand, ensure a stable and reliable electricity grid and consequently play a more active role in the energy market.

Energy communities and smart connected buildings and districts are becoming increasingly important as they enable energy consumers not only to produce but also manage their own energy. This includes the provision of flexibility services such as peak shaving or load shifting, which are crucial to make the local electricity grid more flexible and to neutralize phases of high and low demand.

STUNNED intends to make an important contribution to achieving the EU climate targets at both local and EU level by focusing on the development and demonstration of a hardware and software solution that can be used to bring together the energy management systems of the individual players in energy communities and thus optimally coordinate energy production and use as well as flexibility services.

STUNNED actively fosters knowledge exchange and the sharing of best practices among stakeholders, such as building owners, energy service companies, and public authorities. To do so, the project will organise workshops, site visits, training sessions, and networking events to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among related initiatives and projects, as well as with external audiences.

Steinbeis Europa Zentrum is responsible for the dissemination and communication of the project activities and results. This will lead to a maximized impact of the project outcomes by reaching out to various stakeholders via an effective mix of D&C tools.  

Further Information

• Project name: SisTemic mUltilevel optimized orchestratioNof energy maNagement systEms for resiDential, industrial and tertiary energy flexibility services
• Funding: European Commission, Horizon Europe
• Funding budget for all partners: 5 million EUR
• Participating countries: Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Turkey
• Project duration: 11/2024 – 04/2028
• Coordinator: Rina Consulting Spa, Italy