Cities around the world are taking their responsibilities to tackle the climate crisis seriously. Increasingly they are following a district-focused approach to enable solutions to be tailored to the specific characteristics of each local area.
While the International Energy Agency is promoting the term Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) and there is an extensive program of work under that name promoted by the European Commission, there are many different ways that cities refer to the approach they are taking.
The workshop will feed into a Technology Report that the IEC System Committee Smart Cities is developing to describe the key characteristics of this approach so as to provide a common basis for cities to collaborate and learn from each other. In addition, by raising the profile of this increasingly common approach by cities to tackle the climate crisis, this will also alert specialist technical standards committees to the importance of this topic and support an ongoing collaborative approach to delivering the standards needed.
We invite you to join us in fostering collaborative work on global standardization, reflecting the experience and “first” lessons learned from existing projects. During the two days, you will hear from PED projects from around the world and some key standards committees, help identify the key characteristics of PEDs and use this to help develop a clear definition of the topic. You will also help us identify the key challenges cities face in implementing PEDs and what standards exist or could be developed to help.
The workshop will be of value to:
- Participants in existing PED projects and those considering the development of such projects
- Solution providers that could provide products and services to help
- Standards development committees that are working in areas of relevance to PEDs