The EDITS (Energy Demand changes Induced by Technological and Social innovations) project is operated by RITE as a commissioned project of METI, with the aim of conducting a comprehensive analysis and evaluation of CO2 emission reductions and changes in energy demand brought about by technological innovation.
General aims
The project “Energy Demand changes Induced by Technological and Social innovations – Energy demand digital and social trends: understanding and modeling” aims at shedding new light on the impact of technological and social transformations on energy demand. This requires improving the representation of energy utilization in models used to evaluate climate and energy scenarios and to improve the calibration of the models based on big data.
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.
Activities
- Modeling households’ electricity consumption behavior through Inverse Reinforcement Learning.
- Data centers, local energy demand and employment.
- Synthesis: co-leadership of WG with multi-dimensional analysis of LEDM scenario outcomes
Expected results
- Modeling households’ electricity consumption behavior through Inverse Reinforcement Learning.: this study will model household electricity consumption behavior and reaction to socioeconomic and climatic drivers. By understanding current and past behavior, the analysis paves the way to model how consumers would react under modified climatic and socioeconomic conditions.
- Data centers, local energy demand and employment: the study will investigate the local economic impacts of data centers in French commuting zones over the period 2018-2024. The research specifically analyses the impacts of data centers on employment and the implications for local energy use.
Partners
Fondazione CMCC – Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici