Local Energy Transitions in Europe

Part 1. Local Energy Transition processes:empirical insights. - 1. 1 Top down or Bottom up process: two different ways to implement a local energy autonomy project in France. - 1. 2 Renovating public housing neighbourhoods: between public-led and third sector-led initiatives. Insights from two Italian case studies. - 1. 3 Bottom-up and top-down approaches to local energy transition in Germany. - 1. 4 Renewable Pathways: Case Studies of Sustainable Energy Development in Rural Areas in the Czech Republic. - 1. 5 A multi-faceted approach to energy transition processes: Insights from municipalities in Latvia. - 1. 6 Spatial and technical dimensions for local energy transitions. The case of wood biomass in district heating networks in France. - Part 2. Learning from the field: characterizing Local Energy Transition processes. - 2. 1 Between EU requirements and local initiative: the local energy transition in Germany and France. - 2. 2 Unpacking Energy Decentralisation in European countries: Conceptualisations in National Climate and Energy Plans and Strategies. - 2. 3 Local Energy Transitions: Framework and Benefits. - 2. 4 The system of local actors: strategies between resources and constraints. - 2. 5 Civic participation the key to local energy transition? . - Part 3. Teaching and playing local energy transition. - 3. 1 urbEN, a serious game featuring interactions between actors in a local energy system. - 3. 2 How does a serious game contribute to the sustainability-oriented training of an urban planner.