Outputs & Results
Check the process, impact and outcomes of the HYBES project.
Main outputs
The main outputs of HYBES project are use of the Quadruple Helix approach and the Living Lab concept to develop and implement innovative actions that facilitate decarbonisation and advance carbon neutrality goals in each partner region. The project results are developing policies and solutions that enable this shift to decarbonisation within defined districts, as well as proactively encouraging and facilitating behaviour change with stakeholders and local communities to further climate change adaptation and promote energy efficiency.
Deliverables and Results
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D1.1.1 Joint Action Plan For The HYBES Project (1)
Joint Action Plan for the HYBES project, provides an overview of the national, regional, and local policies, plans and legislation in place in each of the HYBES partner regions (Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and the Faroe Islands), creating a roadmap to maximise the potential of the quadruple helix actors in facilitating decarbonisation across the NPA region. The deliverable then outlines a Joint Action Plan (JAP) for the HYBES project.
D1.3.1 Living Labs Model As A Tool To Facilitate Behavioural Change For Decarbonisation (1)
The Living Lab is an essential component of HYBES as it sets the overall tone for engagement and capacity building as a means of delivering designated Decarbonisation Zones in rural and peripheral locations across the partner regions with a strong focus on enabling citizen engagement and capacity building to engage actors across the Quadruple Helix (public, government, business and academia).
D141 Report On Stakeholder Workshops Ans Key Recommendations For Policy (1)
This report provides details on the in-practice insights from partner regions experience of the initial phase of work to deliver stakeholder workshops. It captures the existing arrangements of the regions - creating a baseline current state view for realising research, learning and innovation in an open innovation (OI) ecosystem and with reference to the 3-layer local Living Lab Model outlined in the HYBES Report ‘Living Labs Model as a Tool to Facilitate Behavioural Change for Decarbonisation’ (D1.3.1).
MANUAL BEST PRACTICE TOOLS Strategic Level
UNLOCKING DECARBONIZATION: STRATEGIC AREAS / MUNICIPAL LEVEL
D.2.6.1 Citizens Guide To Decarbonisation
A new report from the HYBES project sets out a practical lesson for climate action: if you want people to decarbonise, you need to make it easier, clearer and financially credible for them to do so.
Technical Report On Energy Monitoring And Management Tool For Social Housing
The Cork County Council, the Icelandic Environment and Energy Agency and the Faroese Environment Agency conducted detailed discussions on their monitoring software which led to proposed upgrades of the system in Cork (regression analysis).
Report 3.1 Solar Pilots 24.11.25
In this study of solar energy in Arctic areas we have learned and gained experience from pilots representing a variety of different building types. From sizeable public buildings in Bodø, and social and private rental houses in Cork to off-grid buildings in Western Iceland.
Deliverable 2.4.1 In HYBES Jan 14
The work outlined here is an approach to educating local students about and engaging them in processes contributing to a community's green transition. To achieve a sustainable behavioural change and awareness for green transition-related topics, NCE Insulation organised a competition between schools, motivating them to reduce their energy consumption.
3.4 Final report - HYBES Energy districts compressed.pdf
This report presents experiences and learning points from energy district planning in the HYBES project, with a particular focus on the transition from hybrid renewable energy systems at building level to integrated solutions at district and city scale, including transportation infrastructure.
20260115_D.2.4.2 amended.pdf
An educational module on ‘Sustainability and Decarbonisation’ for schools who participated in the Cork DZ pilot. It will connect global climate challenges with Cork’s local context through case studies, student-led projects, and active learning.
D.2.6.1 HYBES FINAL VERSION.pdf
This guide will offer advice for end-users, including building managers, businesses, and housing tenants, and a key objective of this guide is to empower end-users to adapt and change behaviour by providing pro-active guidance and advice to enhance awareness and knowledge of decarbonisation.
Deliverable 1.8.1 - Capitalisation Plan.pdf
The purpose of the HYBES Capitalisation Plan is to review the activities of the project and to determine if there are opportunities for their development or replication when it ends (31st January 2026).
Deliverable 3.3.1 Technical report on geothermal energy solutions for decarbonisation.pdf
Deliverable 3.3.1 presents a technical report on geothermal energy solutions for decarbonisation in northern regions. The Icelandic Environment and Energy Agency is responsible for the publication of this report, with contributions from partners in Norway and the Faroe Islands.
HYBES D171_ GUIDE PART B PRACTICE CATALOGUE_FINAL.pdf
This guide is focused on practice and process to support professionals to explore, define and develop a locally relevant and contextualised value proposition for activating place-based living lab for decarbonisation in their region.
Deliverable_D.2.5.1 Final.pdf
This report draws on lessons learned from WP2 to develop the roadmap.
Hybes Word_Report 2.1.pdf
This study assesses the energy and emissions profiles of Bodø (Norway) and Ålidhem (Sweden), offering insights into the effectiveness of local climate strategies and the importance of system-level thinking in achieving carbon-neutral urban development.
HYBES_D151_CO-CREATION CAFE_v2_FINAL.pdf
This deliverable D151 Report on Implementaon of Three Co-Creaon Cafes presents the development, implementaon, documentaon, and disseminaon of the HYBES Co-creaon Café acvies. It provides a conceptual framework and method for supporng peer to peer best pracce exchange and a knowledge based-ecosystem, organised around the pedagogical model of Mutual Learning Exercises.
HYBES_D161_CULTURAL EVENTS AND FESTIVALS_v2_FINAL.pdf
This deliverable is wrien in parallel with D151 Report on Implementaon of Three Co- Creaon Cafés both of which are due within delivery period 5 of the HYEBS project. Each of these deliverables share commonalies such as mutual learning, co-creaon and capacity building through place-based acvies.
HYBES_D172_Stakeholder Report_FINAL.pdf
This report is a final end of project view responding to Deliverable 1.7.2 Stakeholder Report on the Effectiveness of the Living Lab Model. It serves as a summative report on the project experience and learnings. It is informed by partners experience and stakeholder feedback, and the reflective practice mutual learning, and iterative co-design work evolved during the project.
HYBES_D171_V6_FINAL TOOLKIT V6_FINAL.pdf
As a knowledge-based resource - this catalogue expands on the six dimensions identified in the toolkit as key system levers for decarbonisation and provides a curated set of knowledge resources and practice examples to inspire ways of working with each dimension.
Publications
Archetypes-based calibration for urban building energy modelling
Highlights
- Archetypes-based calibration was used to create a district energy model.
- Calibration with low-resolution energy data can be sufficient for building modelling.
- Choosing appropriate time periods for calibration can benefit the process.
- Simpler archetype-based models provide results similar to a more detailed model.