Service: EnergieKnip, Energy Wallet

Responsible organisation: Municipality of Emmen (Local Government)

EnergieKnip rewards citizens of Emmen, a municipality of about 100,000 citizens in the northeast of the Netherlands, with digital tokens for anonymously sharing data about energy-saving measures used at home. The tokens can be used to buy energy-saving devices in local stores. On a macro level, this is part of a wider drive by the Netherlands government to reduce energy expenditure to reach the UN’s global climate goals. Its goals are to educate citizens about energy issues, encourage them to install devices in their homes to reduce the overall national energy consumption, increase demand for energy-saving devices, and collect anonymized information about energy use in the area. IOTA, an open-source blockchain technology was chosen for EnergieKnip, its lack of transaction fees makes it a low-cost network to operate; if sustainable solutions are to be found for the climate crisis, they need to save money as well as energy. Also, high-transaction speeds make it an easy network to operate.

Additional information

Source Open Innovation Regione Lombardia
Web site https://energieknip.nl/en/
Start/end date 2021 -
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