Event
AURORA at 21st EU Week of Regions and Cities
Project AURORA was one of 9 citizen science projects presenting at the 21st EU Week of Regions and Cities. The session was titled: Citizen Science
23 Oktober 2023
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Citizen Science: Empowering and Upskilling Citizens Towards a Climate Neutral and Sustainable Europe
Climate change is now wrecking our world at a scale we have never previously experienced. What is your University doing to tackle climate change? What
23 Oktober 2023
Event
2nd Board of Coordinators of the Green Deal Projects
The European Commission’s final call for innovation projects under the Horizon 2020 research program aimed to fund technical and social innovations that accelerate a just
23 Oktober 2023
Event
AURORA Sustainable Action at University of Évora
The Sustainable Action group has arrived! The AURORA team in Évora has announced a roadmap focusing on Sustainable Action(s) that will be organised in Évora!
23 Oktober 2023
Story
Behind the Scenes (Part II): How the AURORA App Works
Involving the community has been one of AURORA’s key objectives during the app development. Directly after conceptualising the mobile application (see “Conceptual challenges in developing
23 Oktober 2023
Story
Conceptual Challenges in Developing the AURORA App
In the beginning, there was a proposal, outlining the main goals and functions of a mobile application for our citizen science project. The project and
23 Oktober 2023
Article
United Nations Environment Programme – World Environment Situation Room
AURORA has joined the Citizen Science Global Partnership (CSGP) working group to develop the World Environment Situation Room (WESR) Citizen Science Portal. AURORA will explore
23 Oktober 2023
News
EU Begins Survey to Map Community Energy Schemes
UK Boost for Community Energy supported by Labour Opposition Party in the UK Project AURORA welcomes the latest pledge by the UK Labour party to
27 Juni 2023
News
AURORA Presents at the 9th Slovenian Photovoltaic Conference
Matej Guštin presented project AURORA at this years Slovenian Photovoltaic Conference. Attended by guest of honour Bojan Kumar, the Slovenian Minister of the Environment, Climate
20 Juni 2023
News
AURORA Develops Labelling System for Citizens’ Carbon Emissions Related to Energy Behaviour
In 2021, the European Commission increased the target of greenhouse gas emission reduction to at least 55% below 1990s levels by 2030. To reach these
18 Mai 2023
News
AURORA on Screen: New Video About Our Project
With more than 250 views in the first two months of its launch on YouTube, the video trailer about AURORA continues to raise interest in
18 Mai 2023
Story
Developing a Climate Change App
Behind the scenes (Part 1): How the app calculates your label The AURORA app offers users an intuitive way to track their carbon footprint and
18 Mai 2023
Slovenien
Matej Guštin: Why Project AURORA Matters in Slovenia
I have participated in several European and international projects, and I must say that the AURORA project is something special. It is completely different from
18 Mai 2023
Spanien
Building your own Energy Sensors in Madrid
Germán Sánchez and Ana Loma, both students at UPM’s Campus Sur, participated in the first edition of the “Build Your Own Energy Meter with Arduino!”
18 Mai 2023
Testimonial
Mark Topping: A Politician’s Story from the Forest of Dean
Interview with Mark Topping, member of Forest Energy Community Initiative, Forest of Dean District Councillor for Lydney West & Aylburton and Chair of Aylburton Parish
18 Mai 2023
Article
European Energy Planning and the Role of Citizens
Citizens play a critical role in the European Union’s (EU) green transition, as they are the ones who will ultimately benefit from the energy system.
18 Mai 2023
Newsletter Editorial
Powering the Future
Assessing the Public Sector’s Preparedness for Public-Private Partnerships in Energy Communities AURORA has worked for 18 months with public bodies to upgrade existing social communities
18 Mai 2023
Event
Presentation at the Geneva Trialogue and Crowd4SDGs Conference 2023
We were honoured to present project AURORA at the Geneva Trialogue and the subsequent Crowd4SDG Final Conference on March 17, 2023. These events were held
25 April 2023
Story
Operating an Air Source Heat Pump
We reported that our home, the Old Post Office Kempley Green, Kempley, Gloucestershire (within the Forest of Dean AURORA Demonstration Pilot Area) became fossil fuel
8 Februar 2023
News
European Stakeholders’ Views on the ‘Climate Transition’
What do citizens and other stakeholders think about the challenges of “Climate Transition”? A summary of more than 1,000 responses to this question, collected at
6 Februar 2023
