About

SUPERSHINE is an EU-funded project that focuses on the renovation of social housing to help households struggling to pay their energy bills, contributing to the decrease of energy poverty.

It aims to create replicable models of smart districts, based on energy efficiency, affordability, and sustainability and ensure adequate and well-targeted funding.

SUPERSHINE will pioneer city districts working together to accelerate the knowledge to facilitate the transition to zero-carbon living in Europe.

The project will operate on 3 pilot lighthouse districts; Trieste (Italy), Herning(Denmark) and Riga(Latvia) which will be used as demonstrators.

The SUPERSHINE lighthouse districts will be characterised by energy efficient buildings, low carbon mobility, smart grids, efficient water and waste management, all underpinned by responsive technologies that optimise resources while promoting wellbeing and sustainable lifestyles.

Following the lighthouses demonstration along the smart neighbourhood approach, SUPERSHINE partners will develop corresponding models in our Fellow cities: Setúbal (Portugal), Belgrade (Serbia), Zaragoza (Spain) and Istanbul (Turkey).

The objectives and impacts of the SUPERSHINE project will assist and support the European Commission to implement the European Green Deal.

The SUPERSHINE project also will support the EU Renovation Wave Strategy, the New European Bauhaus and will pioneer city districts working together to deploy and accelerate the knowledge, expertise and best practice needed to transition to zero-carbon living and build resilience into Europe’s cities.

SUPERSHINE will capitalize the methodology and the work done inside the project SUPER-i.

Discover SUPER-i project

SUPER-i and SUPERSHINE work together to renovate social houses as we know them

Approach

Focuses on sustainable, low-carbon revamping of social housing districts.
Engages social housing managers, local authorities, financial institutions (LFIs and IFIs), and SMEs.
Utilizes a bottom-up approach to meet the needs of residents.
Promotes long-term sustainable energy behaviors.
Aligns with New European Bauhaus (NEB) principles to create cohesive, aesthetic living spaces.
Follows a four-step social engagement and co-design process.
SUPER-i provides the necessary innovative financial schemes, which will directly support SUPERSHINE by ensuring the financing for energy-efficient refurbishments is operational and scalable.

Lighthouses

Lighthouse districts are in three cities: Trieste (Italy), Herning (Denmark) and Riga (Latvia).

Expected outcomes

Replication of renovation pathways following a smart neighbourhood approach and the concept of “lighthouse districts”.
Mobilization of cross-sectoral industrial partnerships at local level.
Development of new processes, methods and technologies into renovation projects, centred on the needs of residents and able to foster sustainable industrial-urban symbiosis.
Development of new bottom-up human-centred business models in housing that facilitate engagement of residents in sustainable renovation processes.
Production of blueprints for replication and adaptation and a network amongst social housing providers.