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Event Information:

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  12

  Sep

  2016

  Thu

  15

  Sep

  2016

  SUSTAINABILITY AND MATURITY OF LOCAL ENERGY INITIATIVES

  University of Trento (Italy)

  *Special Session on *

  *SUSTAINABILITY AND MATURITY OF LOCAL ENERGY INITIATIVES

  *

  *Co-located with IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2-2016 ), 12-15

  September 2016

  *

  hosted by University of Trento (Italy) https://events.unitn.it/en/isc2-2016

  This session concerns the sustainability and the growth into maturity of local

  energy initiatives. In the current energy transition, these are emergent actors

  often characterized by hybrid organizational, business and institutional forms

  that imply tight interactions among bottom-up processes and the more traditional

  top-down and managerial ones. Local energy initiatives can range from collective

  buyers groups, cooperative-based energy organizations and energy sharing NGOs to

  emergent commercial actors such as Energy Service Companies (ESCOs).

  Contributions to this session can explore, theoretically or empirically, the

  sustainability and the ripening of such energy actors from the perspective of

  cultural, socio-economic, technological, regulatory or energy dimensions.

  *Relevant topics include but are not limited to:*

    * Smart ICT solutions for local energy initiatives;

    * Business models for local energy initiatives;

    * National or international comparisons of organizational, business,

      technological or regulatory characteristics of local energy initiatives;

    * Case studies focusing on the human-technology infrastructures of local

      energy initiatives and their governance systems;

    * Regulatory, organizational, economic or cultural drivers and barriers along

      local energy initiatives' growth into mature and sustainable energy actors;

    * Energy models, tools and analysis for enhancing local energy initiatives;

    * Historical perspectives on the emergence of local energy initiatives

  Thesession is hosted by the IEEE International Smart Cities Conference

  (ISC2-2016 ): the premier conference sponsored by the IEEE Smart Cities Initiative.

  http://events.unitn.it/en/isc2-2016/contents

  *How to Submit*

  Prospective authors are invited to submit high-quality original *full* or

  *short* papers.

  Full papers should describe novel research contributions and results and are

  limited to six (6) pages. Short papers, limited in length to four (4) pages,

  should be more visionary in nature and are meant to discuss new challenges and

  visions, showcases, early research results, and explore novel research directions.

  Authors are encouraged to refer to the IEEE manuscripts guidelines:

  https://events.unitn.it/en/isc2-2016/authors

  *Important Dates*

    * Paper submission deadline: April 11, 2016 (possible deadline extension under

      consideration and likely to be announced soon)

    * Acceptance notification: June 6, 2016

    * Camera ready submission: June 27, 2016

    * Early registration: June 27, 2016

    * Conference: September 12-15, 2016

  *Organizers*

  Giacomo Poderi, University of Trento, Italy

  Henk Ensing, TNO, The Netherlands