Project objectives:

- Investment Plan (IP) developed by the MUSE project for networks of District Heating and Cooling They will address different territorial contexts and involve existing buildings from various sectors (residential, industrial, tertiary), integrating a wide range of supply solutions (renewable sources and waste heat) and enabling technologies (storage, heat pumps). They will also include financial plans and governance models for community-led DHC systems, proposing hybrid forms of collective ownership.

They will be activated 9 local working groups (Living Labs), which will bring together citizens, renewable energy and waste heat suppliers, as well as other actors in the DHC value chain, to support the development and future implementation of IPs.Assembly of Lab will ensure constant coordination between them.

Particular attention will be paid to cooperatives, energy communities and local authorities through a Working table has always been Community of Practice, which will lead to the development of a Blueprint for Action, Strategic Guidelines and an Position Paper.

The impact of MUSE DHC will be amplified through support from 9 replicating case studies and to the organization of 5 national workshops, 2 European workshops, 2 pan-European workshops, 3 EU webinars e 1 final event, aimed at stakeholders even outside the project boundaries.

Il consortium, coordinated by Ambiente Italia is composed by 10 partner, includes: 3 technical partners who will provide the know-how for the development of the IPs, 4 local partners with a solid experience in cooperative processes (direct representatives of the case studies) and 3 partners expert in multilevel policies and dissemination.

During the project implementation period, the generation of 83 GWh/year of renewable energy and the activation of 80 million euros of investments into sustainable energy.