Common research and monitoring

1. Common research and monitoring, organised in the Concerto+ activities

• Data collection and analysis of total conventional and renewable energy flows in each community, including electricity, heating and cooling and if applicable transport fuels
• Contribution to the development of a common methodology for analysing and presenting the energy performance of Concerto Communities
• Participation upon request of the Commission/Concerto Plus in working groups studying the energy performance of local communities
• Contribution to collaborative socio-economic research on local communities aiming to reduce their consumption of conventional fuels, including analysis of the benefits of distributed electricity generation, the local production and use of Renewable Energies

Staccato is a project of the concerto initiative co-funded by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme