Tools & Methods

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How to start your own local IMAGINE process? How to develop a local energy roadmap?

The "Low-Energy City Policy Handbook" provides you with participatory tools and methods that were tested by the IMAGINE pioneer cities.

Involving citizens

• Estaminets du Climat (Climate Cafés) in Lille
• Modena’s school awards
• Energy Twitter™ and Instagram™ photography competition in Figueres
• Involvement of school children in Bistrița
• Competition among citizens for reducing water consumption in Bistrița
• An online survey to get citizens’ opinions on energy issues in Figueres
• Figueres’ development of a vision through citizen forums
• Raising awareness through conferences on energy in Figueres

Involving the administration and political representatives

• Odense’s Sustainability Puzzle - A tool for considering sustainability in all aspects of a project
• Training of energy managers for municipal buildings in Bistrița
• Milton Keynes took a fresh look at the local low carbon strategy

Involving stakeholders

• Munich’s multi-stakeholder alliance
• Using the World Café method to build a local long-term vision in Munich
• Collaborative initiatives in Milton Keynes
• Odense’s Green Business Growth – Craftsmen as energy ambassadors
• “Fifty-Fifty”: Everybody wins when saving energy in Munich!
• Sustainable Energy Days in Dobrich

Visioning

• Backcasting: And now… how to achieve the city’s vision?
• Open Space Technology
• Group Model Building
• The Integrated Action Programme for Climate Protection in Munich (IHKM)
• Working with professional support

Evaluating a local energy transition process

• IMAGINE Assessment Grid
  To comprehend the energy transition process in urban areas, the IMAGINE project developed an assessment grid. This tool enables local authorities to self-evaluate the progress of their own energy
  transition.
  See the partner cities’ Assessment Grids and fill-in your own!

The IMAGINE Resource Centre also highlights some tools and methods that will help you get in track to the energy transition of your city.