Community Heat Compass: My district, My home, My choice.
Work together with the neighbourhood on a heating solution for every citizen and the entire neighbourhood.
The Community Heat Compass comprises a complete approach including an interactive manual, an interactive app for citizens and the COLONY model.
How to help citizens finding an optimal
fossil-free heating solution for their homes?
Every household is different, the house and furthermore its home owners. Every situation is different: financially, regarding future plans and a variety of adjustments made to the house. And everyone has different desires and motives when it comes to choosing an alternative heating solution. A heating solution for a household therefore is, by definition, customization
But how do you, as a municipality, facilitate customization within the limited available time, labor and resources?
The Community Heat Compass offers the solution for this challenge. It provides citizen initiatives and energy cooperatives with an integral methodology including tooling, to apply yourself within your own neighbourhood. Individual and collective (heat) opportunities are optimally utilized, resulting (after roughly 6 months) in a concrete implementation plan for both residents and the municipality.
How to help citizens finding an optimal
fossil-free heating solution for their homes?
Every household is different, the house and furthermore its home owners. Every situation is different: financially, regarding future plans and a variety of adjustments made to the house. And everyone has different desires and motives when it comes to choosing an alternative heating solution. A heating solution for a household therefore is, by definition, customization
But how do you, as a municipality, facilitate customization within the limited available time, labor and resources?
The Community Heat Compass offers the solution for this challenge. It provides citizen initiatives and energy cooperatives with an integral methodology including tooling, to apply yourself within your own neighbourhood. Individual and collective (heat) opportunities are optimally utilized, resulting (after roughly 6 months) in a concrete implementation plan for both residents and the municipality.
How does it work?
The Community Heat Compass accelerates the heat transition. It helps to make clear what is uncertain in this challenge and leaves the desicion making to the citizens and their neighborhood. In this way, local citizens also benefit from each other.
Who will be joining the workgroup?
In each neighbourhood, a workgroup will work independently through the steps from the handbook. Part of the workgroup is concerned with technology and another part with communication and participation.
What steps does a citizen take?
One of the strengths of the Community Heat Compass is that it is made as easy as possible for citizens. They go through three steps in the app: add information living situation, indicate personal preferences, make a decision.
Which tools are being used?
The app provides citizens with insights regarding their situation. The workgroup works with the manual and with COLONY.
How does it work?
The Community Heat Compass accelerates the heat transition. It helps to make clear what is uncertain in this challenge and leaves the desicion making to the citizens and their neighborhood. In this way, local citizens also benefit from each other.
Who will be joining the workgroup?
In each neighbourhood, a workgroup will work independently through the steps from the handbook. Part of the workgroup is concerned with technology and another part with communication and participation.
What steps does a citizen take?
One of the strengths of the Community Heat Compass is that it is made as easy as possible for citizens. They go through three steps in the app: add information living situation, indicate personal preferences, make a decision.
Which tools are being used?
The app provides citizens with insights regarding their situation. The workgroup works with the manual and with COLONY.
For whom?
Municipalities and energy cooperatives or neighborhood initiatives are the drivers of the major task towards sustainable heat in the Netherlands. They are the main players in the workgroup, which can be supplemented with stakeholders such as the housing corporations, the network operator, large housing associations and/or consultants. Community Heat Compass enables citizens to make their own desicions. What suits them personally and what suits the neighbourhood?
Citizens
As a citizen, you will be informed of the Community Heat Compass by means of a letter from the municipality. In addition, there are posters in the neighbourhood and people in the neighbourhood who will talk about it. With the verification code from the letter you can log in to the app and you can answer questions about your living situation through a Whatsapp conversation. Depending on how many questions you complete, you can get the bronze, silver or even the gold medal. You can then see on the app where your heat is currently usually lost and you can find the right heat solution for your home based on your preferences. It is easy to use, a kind of a market place but with heating solutions. There is a good chance that your neighbours or friends in the area will also participate. You can discuss the possibilities with them or you can attend information meetings and/or workshops in the area.
Municipality
As a municipality, you will work together with active citizens, an energy cooperative and other stakeholders in the area towards an implementation plan. An implementation plan you can submit to the city council and a plan comprising personal advice for every resident in the area. The workgroup in the neighbourhood follows the steps of the manual. Each step consists of a chapter ‘knowledge’, ‘to do’ and ‘results’. Concrete and clear. By means of the app, citizens are given the opportunity to supplement open data with personal data (GDPR-proof). That saves a visit to every household. Subsequently, the workgroup facilitates each citizen in providing the most optimal heating solutions by means of COLONY calculations. All collective and individual opportunities in the neighbourhood are optimally utilized in a smart way. This means that you can select the best solutions from both a national cost perspective and a citizens perspective. The Community Heat Compass is a visual and refreshing approach. One that immediately meets the wishes of the citizens and one which seize opportunities in the area. An approach that facilitates energy cooperatives and citizens’ initiatives. It saves time, expenses and energy!
Energy cooperative
As an energy cooperative or neighborhood initiative, you represent the citizens of your neighbourhood. Together with the municipality and possibly other stakeholders in the area, you (will) form a workgroup. Together you will take steps in the heat transition with the help of the manual. The workgroup prepares the steps with the citizens. A part of the workgroup is concerned with technology and another part with communication and participation. Each step consists of a chapter ‘knowledge’, ‘to do’ and ‘results’. Concrete and clear. Facilitated by the BWW app, citizens are given the opportunity to supplement open data with personal data (GDPR-proof). That saves a visit to every household. As a workgroup, you facilitate concrete advice for each household based on personal preferences. These can be provided by doing calculations with COLONY. Based on the preferences of citizens, you will also gain a good insight into the collective opportunities. By means of the Community Heat Compass you will find the possibilities and benefits for your entire neighbourhood.
For whom?
Municipalities and energy cooperatives or neighborhood initiatives are the drivers of the major task towards sustainable heat in the Netherlands. They are the main players in the workgroup, which can be supplemented with stakeholders such as the housing corporations, the network operator, large housing associations and/or consultants. Community Heat Compass enables citizens to make their own desicions. What suits them personally and what suits the neighbourhood?