A JUST PEPP Webinar
📅 Tuesday, 10 November 2026
🕙 10:00–10:45 CET
💻 Online (Zoom)
🎟️ Click here to register!
How do you start a conversation about energy with residents who rarely come to information evenings, don’t own their homes, and have more pressing everyday concerns than energy planning? This question has been central to the JUST PEPP project, which explores how Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) can be planned with and by residents of disadvantaged urban neighbourhoods.
In our pilot neighbourhoods in the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway, we tested several low-threshold activities. They delivered useful data and results, but they also had a less expected effect: they gave us a reason to talk with people who are usually hard to reach. Thermal images of a resident’s own home, or a solar battery standing in the living room, spark curiosity and questions. That builds a shared understanding of energy that municipalities, housing companies and other local actors can then act on.
In this 45-minute webinar, we present three practical engagement approaches from JUST PEPP and share what worked, what surprised us, and what we would do differently.
Agenda
10:00 – Welcome and introduction to JUST PEPP
Axel Veitengruber, Climate Alliance
10:05 – Seeing heat loss from above: drone-based thermal imagery as a conversation starter
On the island of Texel, the offer of drone-based thermal images brought more than 50 families to the table to talk about the quality of their homes, energy and renovation.
Britta Ricker, Utrecht University
10:15 – Making scenarios tangible: an interactive dashboard for PED planning
How an interactive, map-based dashboard helps non-expert stakeholders explore energy demand, supply and future development scenarios for their own neighbourhood.
Mitali Joshi, Utrecht University
10:25 – Solar power without a roof: the lendable balcony solar kit
In Vennersberg, Norway, households who rent their homes borrow a portable solar panel and battery for about ten days. There is nothing to install and nothing to buy, just a chance to try solar power at home.
Gabriel Linton, Örebro University
10:35 · Q&A and discussion
10:45 · End
Who should attend?
This webinar is for municipal staff, housing companies, energy agencies, community organisations, and anyone working on the energy transition in neighbourhoods where residents are hard to reach through conventional participation formats.
The webinar will be recorded and published on the JUST PEPP website afterwards.
