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Flip-EC

Flipped Energy Concept to Flip Climate Change

  • Project Duration: March 2025 – February 2028
  • Lead Partner / Coordinating Organization: Hanseatic City of Lübeck
  • Project Website / Social Media Links: Website: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/flip-ec/, LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/flip-ec
  • Short Description:
    Flip-EC focuses on fostering collaboration between municipalities as owners and the everyday users of public buildings — such as students, teachers, municipal staff or citizens — to perform no to low investment measures together and gain energy efficiency. Flip-EC will deliver key outputs in three phases: preparation, piloting, and transfer, drawing on the public sector to lead by example in achieving Europe’s climate goals. The project partners develop participatory governance models, stakeholder engagement strategies, and a framework for monitoring energy savings, durability, and social impact. In the piloting phase, the project will test and refine solutions in real-world settings, particularly schools and municipal buildings. The final phase will establish a digital platform for learning and resources, alongside Train-the-Trainer workshops for broader replication.
  •  Partners :
    • Hanseatic City of Lübeck, DE (LP)
    • Smiltenes Municipality, LV
    • Birzai district municipality administration, LT
    • Regional Development Agency in Bielsko-Biała, PL
    • Eduversum GmbH, DE
    • Social innovation centre, LV
    • Foundation institute for sustainable development (ISD), PL
    • Lithuanian Innovation Centre, LT
    • Liepaja State Technical school, LV
    • Development Centre of Võru County, EE
    • Brøndby Kommune, DK
  • Keywords: Energy efficiency, Behavioural change, Public buildings, Stakeholder engagement, Participatory governance

Easy Energy

Easy Energy Efficiency solutions for public buildings and small companies in the BSR

What if we could make energy efficiency accessible through simple, low-cost solutions that anyone, including municipalities and SMEs, could implement in a relatively short period of time?

Easy Energy identifies and develops simple, low-tech solutions in two categories: building insulation and water/electricity/heating, solutions that can be implemented without major investments.

Easy Energy implements easy-to-adopt energy efficiency measures and trains local experts, ensuring communities have ongoing implementation support.

    • Partners: Hanse-Parlament; ZEBAU – Centre for Energy, Construction, Architecture and the Environment Ltd.; Panevėžys Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Crafts; Panevezys district municipality; Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Riga Planning Region; Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Tartu Regional Energy Agency; Otulina Podkrakowska Association; Satakunta University of Applied Sciences; Pomeranian Chamber of Handicrafts for SMEs Vesthimmerlands Municipality
    • Keywords: energy efficiency; energy transition; responsive public services; SME support

    EnTRa

    Energy Transition for Climate Neutrality in the BSR

    • Project Duration: 01/07/2025 – 30/06/2028 (Implementation phase)
    • Lead Partner / Coordinating Organization: HafenCity University Hamburg
    • Project Website / Social Media Links: EnTRA – Interreg Baltic Sea Region
    • Short Description:

      EnTRA unites 18 energy transition projects and their results: guidance for experts and citizens, simulation and decision-support tools, solution toolboxes, etc. and focuses on several key mechanisms to improve consistency of knowledge transfer on energy transition solutions and to enable broad uptake of both technical and governance solutions:

      1. The EnTRA Resource Hub catalogues results tailored to the needs of users from local or regional authorities and sectoral agencies, with clear communication of the necessary enabling conditions for uptake.

      2. A Policy Memorandum elaborates key recommendations to improve capacity for uptake of energy transition solutions and reduce barriers to innovation.

      3. The Institutional Ambassadors Program on energy transition supports organisations to improve their internal capacity for long-term sustainability, communication and transfer of developed solutions to future users.

      4. The Knowledge Community promotes learning and exchange to build capacity among target groups and improve uptake of results.

      • Partners: Riga Technical University; ZEBAU – Centre for Energy, Construction, Architecture and the Environment Ltd.; Association of Municipalities of Małopolska Region; Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture Secretariat; Tartu Regional Energy Agency; Central and Eastern Sustainable Energy Network; European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation NOVUM; Hanse-Parlament; Union of the Baltic Cities Sustainable Cities Commission c/o City of Turku
      • Keywords: energy transitions; climate neutrality; resurce hub; knowledge transfer; technical and governance solutions

      RenoWave

      One-Stop-Shop extended model to increase the multi-apartment building stock renovation in the BSR

      • Project Duration: 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2025
      • Lead Partner / Coordinating Organization: County Board of Dalarna, Sweden
      • Project Website / Social Media Links: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/renowave/
      • Short Description: The project RenoWave establishes cooperation among homeowners, construction companies, energy agencies and public authorities to initiate more energy-efficiency renovations in multi-apartment buildings. As part of the RenoWave project, one-stop-shop agencies (OSS) has started to operate in several countries of the Baltic Sea region to promote and foster the renovation. Focusing on the user’s needs and the problems that the OSS could solve is essential to succeed with building renovations. The main result of the RenoWave project is the One-Stop-Shop Module that includes a Data Handling Methodology, a Marketing and Communication Module, a Guide for Establishing Forums, and a Technical Assistance Module. The OSS Module will consist of traditional and additional OSS services that cover all the steps necessary to initiate and implement energy-efficiency renovation projects in multi-apartment buildings. A One-Stop-Shop guide has been published, together with 14 other concrete guidance, targeting actors setting up OSS services.
      • Partners: City of Lappeenranta, Finland; Vidzeme planning region, Latvia; Association of Communes and Cities of Małopolska Region, Poland; Magistrat of the City Bremerhaven, Germany; Baltic Environmental Forum Latvia, Latvia; Housing Initiative for Eastern Europe, Germany; Let’s renovate the city NGO, Lithuania; Polish Foundation for Energy Efficiency, Poland; North Sweden Energy Agency, Sweden; Development Centre of Võru County, Estonia
      • Lead partner: County board of Dalarna, Sweden
      • Key words: Energy efficiency

      Blue Supply Chains

      Blue Supply Chains for the Baltic Sea Region

      • Project Duration: 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2025
      • Lead Partner / Coordinating Organization: Port of Hamburg Marketing
      • Project Website / Social Media Links:  https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/bluesupplychains         https://de.linkedin.com/company/blue-supply-chains
      • Short Description: The Blue Supply Chains project supports port authorities and port operators to decarbonise port operations by advancing electrification, providing alternative fuels strategies and setting up green transport chains. Thus, the project aims to foster cleaner, more efficient, and competitive supply chains across the Baltic Sea Region. Project activities include jointly developing and testing solutions in selected ports, evaluating results, and transferring best practices across the region.

        Find the latest road maps and manuals for decarbonisation actions at the website:

        • Partners: Port of Hamburg Marketing Reg. Assoc.; Rostock Port GmbH; Foundation “Ventspils High Technology Park”; Port of Trelleborg; Port of Skagen; Klaipeda Science and Technology Park; Motus Foundation; Lithuanian Inland Waterways Authority; University of Gdansk; Umeå Energy AB; Stena Line GmbH & Co. KG; IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute; Lindholmen Science Park AB; City of Umeå; Port of Umeå; Gdynia Container Terminal Limited Liability Company; Baltic Ports Organization; Shipping & Offshore Network; German Promotion Center for Intermodal Transport (SGKV); INAB – Infrastructure in Umeå AB
        • Keywords: Future Fuels  Maritime, Onshore Power Supply, Electrification

        Climate-4-CAST

        A Climate Action decision Support Tool to accelerate cities’ progress towards climate neutrality

        • Project Duration: November 2023 – October 2026
        • Lead Partner / Coordinating Organization: HafenCity University Hamburg
        • Project Website / Social Media Links: Webpage: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/climate-4-cast/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/climate-4-cast#:~:text=The%20overarching%20goal%20of%20Climate,Region%20(BSR)%20and%20beyond
        • Short Description (max. 150 words):
        • Local authorities often struggle to turn climate commitments into action. Barriers include budget constraints, limited capacity, and siloed governance processes – as well as the language gap and disconnect between climate experts and decision-makers. Climate budgeting provides a structured way to make emissions reductions measurable and manageable—yet many municipalities still struggle to implement it.
        • Climate-4-CAST tackles these challenges by offering the Climate Action Decision Support (CADS) Tool – an intuitive, open-source platform that empowers local authorities to seamlessly integrate climate actions into their budgeting and governance processes, improving decision-making efficiency. The CADS Tool translates emissions data and policy impacts into easy-to-understand formats. It enables cities to model actions across sectors such as energy, transport, waste, and land use, and evaluate their costs, emissions reduction potential, and co-benefits. By doing so, it supports cities’ financial planning that aligns with climate targets, encourages cooperation between departments, and enhances transparency in decision-making
        • Partners: HafenCity University Hamburg; City of Tampere; Aarhus Municipality; City of Riga; Kausal Ltd; UBC Sustainable Cities Commission; Uppsala University; Municipality of Östersund; City of Norderstedt; City of Bytom
        • Keywords: Climate Budgeting; Climate Neutrality; Climate Action

        StartSun

        Start-ups for Solar Energy  Communities

        • Project Duration: November 2023 – October 2026
        • Lead Partner / Coordinating Organization: County Administrative Board of Östergötland (CAB)
        • Project Website / Social Media Links:
          https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/startsun/
        • Short Description:
          With the help of Interreg, the StartSun project aims to help BSR countries to overcome the energy community start up gap, providing easy to follow Start-Up package for establishing energy communities. The project will pilot six different types of energy communities (4 real-life pilots and 2 hypothetical cases) through research-based methods, and exchange experience between them to strengthen and speed up creation of energy communities in the BSR. The project started with knowledge building and investigations of possible locations for Energy communities in each partner country. One pilot have successfully legally establish an energy community and three more will be established during the fall. The process of installing PV panels is undergoing right now as well. The last step is to develop sustainability plans for the pilots and disseminate material in form of start-up packages.
        • Partners:
          • Lead: CAB (Sweden)
          • WP-lead: Tartu Regional Energy Agency, Estonia Unversity of Life Sciences (Estonia) & Zemgale Regional Energy Agency (Latvia)
          • Pilots: Åtvidaberg Municipality (Swe), Jekabpils & Jelgava Municipality (Latvia), Kalevipoja Koda Foundation, Energy co-operative Oma Elekter (Estonia)
          • Universities and other experts: Uppsala University (Swe), University of Tartu (Estonia), Green Liberty (Latvia), Green Net Finland (Fin)
        • Keywords: Energy transition, Renewable energy, Energy efficiency, Smart grids, Cooperation