After three years of research, development and real-life validation, the EU-funded DEDALUS project has concluded, leaving behind a set of tools, evidence and lessons learnt to support the future deployment of residential demand response in Europe.
Across seven pilot sites in Austria, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Romania and Spain, DEDALUS tested human-centric and interoperable solutions in diverse residential contexts, including energy communities, social housing, student residences, district-scale environments and elderly living facilities.
Among its key achievements, DEDALUS:
- Validated residential demand response in real-life settings, showing how flexibility can be activated across different building types, user groups and local energy conditions.
- Developed and tested interoperable digital solutions, combining AI, IoT, blockchain, digital twins, smart heating control and user-facing services to support more flexible, efficient and user-centred energy management.
The project’s results are now compiled into the
DEDALUS Innovation Handbook, together with pilot and cross-cutting factsheets, policy outputs, reports, videos, and other legacy materials. All these DEDALUS legacy materials are available for download at
this link.
In line with the project’s commitment to
open access, DEDALUS outputs are also available through
Zenodo, ensuring that the knowledge generated remains accessible and reusable beyond the project’s formal end. DEDALUS Zenodo Community is available
here.
About DEDALUS
DEDALUS is an EU-funded project that develops and demonstrates a participatory Demand Response ecosystem enabling residential consumers to actively contribute to energy flexibility from home to district scale. The project combines social science approaches, AI tools, digital twins, and interoperable data platforms to support multi-energy scenarios and community engagement. Its solutions will be validated in five large-scale pilots across Europe and replicated in additional pilots.
Project website:
DEDALUS HORIZON
LinkedIn:
DEDALUS
YouTube:
DEDALUS-EU
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/dedalus-eu.bsky.social
Mastodon: https://mastodon.energy/@DEDALUS