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Inspired by: FP7 » Idea Contest “Save our Energy – The energy efficient city 2020"

version: 1 / created: 2010-08-09
id: #956 / version id: #956
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Originally submitted by: Vanessa Watkins
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Source of inspiration

European Commission Framework Programme for RTD (FP7)

Theme/activity of inspiration

Theme 8 - Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities

Sub-theme/area of inspiration

Blue Sky Research on emerging issues and other research economies

Optional reference/s to FP7 project/s

Use the following format: Project Acronym (Project Reference No.). Use commas if more than one project is associated to this Wild Card, for example: ALFA-BIRD (213266), SAFAR (213374), LAPCAT-II (211485)
Source: INFU (225229) - http://www.innovation-futures.org/ http://www.save-our-energy.de/start.php?sid=rtwhaachen

Signal's headline

(max. 9 words)
Idea Contest “Save our Energy – The energy efficient city 2020"

Signal's description

(approx. 150 words)
Please describe the Weak Signal (approx. 150 words)
The idea contest is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and part of the project “OFFIES 2020+: Open Innovation Processes for the Energy Efficient City 2020+”. Among others, it is organized by the universities of Munich and Erlangen-Nuremberg and the city of Munich. The purpose of the contest is to animate as many people as possible to generate and advance innovative concepts on energy efficiency in the fields of mobility, habitation and the combination of both fields. The ideas are commented by other participants and evaluated by experts. Each field´s best ideas are awarded with material prizes and further optimized in idea-workshops.

Keywords

open innovation, social innovation, energy efficiency, idea contest, mobility, habitation

Signal's first apperance

2005-now

Signal's potential evolution

It could lead to...
issue type of issue/development potential impact on society timeframe for the issue to become at least 50% probable
#1 Change in current innovation patterns new/emerging
 		beneficial

Importance

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Level 4: important for the whole world

Key driving forces of this signal

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Driver 1 Driver 2
Social Changes in behavioural patterns are very hard to trigger due to cultural structures and incorporated habits. The integration of citizens into the process of designing and developing new patterns can be an advantage for implementing new measures in communities.
Environmental The growing importance of environmental protection, especially the reduction of energy consumption and CO2-emissions requires a change in everyday life habits as well as consumption patterns. Growing environmental awareness in post-industrial countries opens the way for the co-creation of social environmental innovation.

Major risks & opportunities associated to the signal

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Risks Opportunities
before 2015 The interesting aspect of this project is the transfer of open innovation tools, which are more common in the business sector, into the public sector and areas of city planning and urban culture. This might be a sign that future communities will open up to the integration of citizens in political implementation processes. This could foster social innovations and behavioural changes and speed up their diffusion.

Signal's relevance for European Grand Challenges

where? please justify:
particularly relevant Europe world
Behavioural change
Governance and trust in democracy

Signal's relevance for thematic research areas

please justify:
particularly relevant
Health
Energy
Environment (including Climate Change)
Transport (including aeronautics)
Social Sciences and Humanities
Regional development
Science in society

Pan-European strategies influencing the signal

please justify:
particularly relevant
Facilitating and promoting knowledge sharing and transfer

Research-friendly strategies potentially improving understanding of the signal

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please justify:
particularly relevant
Strengthening the actors in the research-friendly ecology
(i.e. Research funding organisations, universities, businesses, Research and Technology Organisations, Researchers and Citizens)