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.