The kick-off meeting of the European project UPCHANGE - Transitioning to clean and positive neighbourhoods: innovative solutions
for renovation, digitalisation and energy efficiency took place in Winterthur, Switzerland. CTU UCEEB is also part of the
international consortium and plans to contribute by creating an electric vehicle charging module as a flexible component that
will be demonstrated at the CEZ ESCO innovation facility.
The UPCHANGE project aims to bring together research and innovation organisations across Europe to co-develop seven energy
solutions, which will be further developed at five different sites. The international consortium of participants is focusing
on a whole portfolio of key areas of energy transition, ranging from modular facade systems (Università della Calabria) to
district heating optimisation (Aalborg Universitet) to the integration of AI and big data in energy analytics (Cyprus-based
Suite5). These topics are also covered by activities providing life cycle analysis of proposed solutions (Università degli
Studi di Palermo) as well as evaluation of their resilience and repeatability (Zürcher Hochschulen für Angewandte Wissenschaften).
The three-year project is implemented within the framework of the international Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETP),
which aims to accelerate the energy transition and support the implementation of the European Strategic Energy Technology
Plan (SET Plan). At the same time, it offers its members the opportunity to join the CET Partnership community through a platform
bringing together individual projects, which is an important benefit for CTU UCEEB as a European research organisation.