EcoliseWiki:Case studies

Case studies are wiki pages dedicated to describing key examples of community-led initiatives.

Sources of Case Studies

• Research Projects:
  • TESS case studies
  • TRANSIT FP7 project
    • Transition
      • Omstilling Ry [1]
      • Transition Norwich [2]
      • Transition Town Tooting [3]
      • Transition Bro Gwaun [4]
    • Ecovillages
      • Schloss Tempelhof [5]
      • Tamera [6]
      • Sieben Linden [7]
      • Findhorn [8]
      • Bergen [9]
    • SSE
      • Vosec (site in Dutch only)
      • Group Terre (Belgian network)
      • Ecocitrus Cooperative (Brazil}
      • Apres GE (Chambre de l'économie social et solidaire, Switzerland)
    • INFORSE (community energy)
      • Samsoe Energy Academy (Denmark)
      • CLERS: coordinated EU-funded 100 RES communities project, supporting 100 sustainable energy communities across Europe
    • Shareable
    • Slow Food
    • Vauban eco-district
  • GLAMURS FP7 project
    • TT Halle
  • ARTS FP7 project
  • ENABLE project
  • CONVERGE:
    • Transition Town Totnes
    • Vauban ecodistrict
    • Hagaby ecovillage (Sweden)
    • Climate-friendly Wekerle (Hungary)
    • others...

• Individual Studies
  • Findhorn
  • Tamera
  • Cloughjordan

• Practical Initiatives
  • MiT pilots
  • SCP models
  • Transformative Cities
  • GEN case studies
  • PCCCA case studies
  • CCF (Scotland)
  • Collaborative Cities
  • Zero Waste Europe case studies library
    • Gipuzkoa

Themed list of case studies assembled for Status Report

Energy

• Coopernico Energy Cooperative
• Eno Energy Cooperative
• Energy Scotland
• Transition Lucioles
• Aran Islands Energy Cooperative
• Energy Communities Tipperary Cooperative
• REScoop

Mobility/Transport

• Highland Perthshire Cycling
• Transition Black Isle
• Huntly Development Trust
• Transition Lucioles

Waste

• Greener Kemnay
• Miixer
• Mull and Iona Community Trust
• Cothrom Restore
• Zero Waste Pays d’Auray

Multi-domain

• Comrie Development Trust Colintraive and Glendaruel Development Trust
• PeR: Renewable Energy Park
• Orendain Municipality (Gipuzkoa, Spain)
• Amalurra Community
• Osterland energy project in Gotland
• Saint-Pierre-de-Frugie en Dordogne, France

Other Potential Case Study Initiatives (unfiltered)

• Ecopower

Reporting Criteria

• A diversity of stories
• As much as background info about the case study as possible
• A link to good pictures
• A contact person for possible interviews

Key Content

• Location
• History
• Affiliation (especially with ECOLISE and members/partners)
• Activities
• Key projects and achievements
• Participation in ECOLISE (EDSC, SCP, etc.)
• Involvement in research
  • Bibliography
• Photos