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The energy transition is designed with the people who live it
We help municipalities, cantons, companies and civil society co-design decarbonisation solutions, using methods built on more than 15 years of applied research.
Four ways to move your transition forward
Every engagement combines deep knowledge of energy issues with participatory methods proven in research. We don’t just “do participation”: we design the transition together with the people it affects.
Place-based
co-design
Participatory processes for energy and climate plans, spatial planning and municipal projects. Citizen panels, workshops, co-planning with residents.
Communities and ecosystems
Running communities of practice, stakeholder management and shared governance, especially around renewable energy sharing.
Serious games and workshops
Ready-to-run formats that raise awareness and surface solutions, for citizens, pupils, employees and many more stakeholders.
Innovation
programmes
programmes
Designing and coordinating national and European programmes: calls for projects, team coaching, open innovation camps.
Research foundations
Grounded in research. Proven in the field.
Energy Living Lab brings two organisations together under one identity. Our research team at HES-SO develops and tests methods; our association brings them to municipalities, companies and citizens. Each project strengthens the other.
Energy Living Lab @HES-SO
Research and development
Applied research, method and tool development, scientific publications, Living Lab teaching, a network of researchers.
Energy Living Lab Association
Field work, scaling and dissemination
Founded in 2020, the association brings these approaches to public authorities, companies and citizens, and runs an ecosystem of partners across Switzerland and Europe.
A published method: the Living Lab Integrative Process
Problem space
User empathy, stakeholder integration, identifying barriers.
Solution space
Ideation, prototyping and real-life testing with the people who will use the solution.
Deployment space
Implementation, business model and scaling up what works.
Mastelic, 2019 · open-access method (Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0)
OUR FLAGSHIP PROJECTS
From Valais to Europe
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An interdisciplinary team
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