MAKING PEDs is an international DUT – Driving Urban Transitions project coordinated by the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC). Scheduled from November 2023 to May 2026 it aims to research and test Digital Twins as a critical tool to master complexity and support decision-making in cities.

International Expertise

11 international partners collaborate to support 4 cities in their decision-making processes connected to the regeneration of four districts, each aiming for climate neutrality. While MAKING PEDs looks at the assessment of energy districts and how citizens impact the energy equation, a critical part is to develop reliable predictions for business models in the large-scale energy retrofitting of buildings.

Focus on Decision-Making

The project focuses on closing a critical gap within the decision-making process of large-scale PED development: while several ongoing initiatives are addressing the enabling factors, it becomes clear that a successful implementation requires to get many of them right from the beginning. The most challenging objective is to deal with this complexity of the retrofitting process – but decision-makers simply lack the tools that can bring all the required information together.

Climate impact

A Digital Twin is not an isolated goal. Instead, MAKING PEDs will be using this concept of a living virtual model to foster the creation of Positive Energy Districts – as all its objectives help cities to move towards their climate neutrality goals.

Project Funding

MAKING PEDs is a European Partnership Driving Urban Transitions DUT 2022 project, co-funded by the European Commission under grant agreement No 101069506. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

The Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) Partnership is an intergovernmental research and innovation programme addressing key challenges of urban transitions. It is co-funded by 28 European countries and the European Commission under Horizon Europe.