General objectives 
The aim of the experts and researchers forming the EDITS network is to identify gaps and potentials to enhance modeling, analyzing, and communicating the demand-side solutions for climate mitigation and the SDGs. EDITS focuses on enhancing both the human and the technical resources of demand side research and policy support by operating an expert network and a demand-side model complementarity exercise. EDITS reviews current practices, gaps and potentials in empirical research and demand-side modeling across three demand sectors: buildings, transport and industry. The work is extended to identifying interlinkages across sectors along a low energy demand future, as well as understanding the implications of cross-cutting aspects (such as digitalization, inequalities, energy access, decent living standards) for the sectors.

CMCC role
The project foresees the collaboration of RITE and CMCC – as well as other research institutes worldwide – to help improve modeling tools and their empirical calibration and help design new low energy demand scenarios. At CMCC the project is managed by the SEME Division, within the RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment. 

CMCC activities
Contribute to the empirical and modeling analyses of the impacts of digitalization, increased use of digital technologies and social innovation on energy consumption and cross-sectoral demand shifts.

CMCC expected results
Improve the state-of-art demand modelling in environmental and climate policy analyses; better design new low energy demand scenarios; inform policy in service provision models such as digitalization; better integration of SDG and climate objectives.