The project
The success of the European Energy Union and the transition to a more efficient, low-carbon energy system can only be accomplished with active participation from a substantial portion of Europeans and financing for the many necessary improvement projects. The central goal of GREENFOOT is to support and foster this process by packaging individual participation and financing of the energy transition in the fun, friendly, and well-known context that is European professional sports, starting with the most popular sport: professional football. The GREENFOOT concept is to finance sport building energy efficiency (EE) renovations and renewable energy (RES) installations with crowdfunding schemes that propel Europeans to become active participants in the energy transition through their love of sports and their favourite teams. The GREENFOOT concept is applicable to sports-related buildings of all types and beyond, and will be demonstrated on three participating football buildings during the project runtime from major international football clubs (French Federation, Ireland Assoc. and Azerbaijan Assoc.). Massive signal boosting and post-project replication of EE and crowdfunding in sports buildings will be realised by the lighthouse pilot projects and a coordinated communication, dissemination and exploitation effort featuring links to UEFA, the EURO 2020 competition and the world champions of international football as an leading example.
Consortium:
- Energieinstitut an Der Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz Verein (EI-JKU);
- European Crowdfunding Network (ECN);
- Football Association Of Ireland (FAI);
- Azerbaycan Futbol Federasiyalari Assosiyalari Ictimai Birlik (AFFA);
- Federation Francaise Football (FFF);
- European Football For Development Network (EFDN);
- Electricite De France (EDF)
- Euractiv Media Network BV (Euractiv)
- Rina Consulting Spa (RINA-C)
The activities:
- Project website & social media: creation and maintenance
- Bi-annual Newsletter
- Editorial Coverage
- Special Reports
- Sustained Editorial Coverage
- Multimedia Products
- Infographic
- Forums and Workshops to publicise the objectives and results of the project
- Workshops
- Educational Symposium
- Webinars
The duration
The project started in September 2020 and ended in September 2023.
Find out more about the project here.
Check out the project on Euractiv.com here.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 893858. This communication only reflects the author’s view and EASME is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.