To facilitate energy transition, in several countries regulators have devised ‘regulatory sandboxes’ to create a participatory experimentation environment for exploring revision of energy law. These sandboxes allow for a two-way regulatory dialogue between an experimenter and an approachable regulator …

developing a governance framework

Tijdens een kennissessie bij Howest Hogeschool in West-Vlaanderen werd het lectoraat Communication, Behaviour & the Sustainable Society gepresenteerd. Hierin stonden de aanverwante onderzoeksprojecten en gedragsinterventies centraal.

The transformation from the current energy system to a decentralized renewable energy system requires the transformation of communities into energy neutral or even energy producing communities. Increasingly, citizens become 'prosumers' and pool their resources to start a local energy initiative. In this …