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Phase: Planning

Business model surveys

The COBEN project has taken a deeper look at the business models of various civic energy initiatives around Europe. Here you can get insight into our tested and proved array of Civic Energy business models and an overview of what constitutes their core.
Question
Answer
Category
What is the name of your civic energy initiative?
100% sustainable holiday home (100% Bæredygtigt feriehus)
Where is your initiative located?
Destination Vesterhavet (Ringkøbing-Skjern and Varde municipality)
Denmark
What are the targeted benefits of your initiative for the community? [1.]
Mapping out the sustainability of holiday homes within the destination, in order to strengthen the rental of the Danish holiday homes.
Socio-Economic
What are the key enabling factors that will make the benefits achieveable? [1.]
The owners of the holiday homes must be willing to change the impactpoints from the sustainability report.
Acceptance
How would you rate the importance of the individual enablers? [{KeyEnablingFactors_KEF01}]
Critical and decisive
Has the technical process planning been completed? / Has the planning of all tehnical aspects of the civic energy process been completed?
No
What energy sources are used in this model? [1.]
We're going to go look into that, so we don't know yet.
Are reliable data for energy turnover available yet? / (Refferring to the sum of all involved forms of energy turnover)
No
Is the undertaking profit-oriented or not-for profit?
not-for profit
Has the initiative been supported in any way by public funding?
Yes
If so, what planning or implementation elements were funded? [1.]
50% of the project has been funded
Have your investment calculations been completed?
No
Which sources of income does the civic energy enterprise generate? [Income source 1:]
?
How would you classify your organisational model or archetype?
Housing Association
Has the legal form of your initiative been finalized? / Has the legal form (e.g. limited company or non-profit association) of your initiative/orgaisational model been finalized?
N/A
Has the ownership of your energy supply chain chain clarified?
N/A
What role does the community play? [Permit authority]
N/A
What role does the community play? [Adviser]
N/A
What role does the community play? [Funder]
N/A
What role does the community play? [Operator]
N/A
What role does the community play? [Initiator]
N/A
What role does the community play? [Political supporter]
N/A
Has a structured risk assessment been conducted?
N/A
Have any other communities considered adopting your civic energy business model?
N/A