Unfortunately, this idea was not selected

Unfortunately, the idea did not receive enough votes in the poll and will therefore not proceed to the next phase.

However, the project team and the City of Zurich are reviewing all submitted ideas once again to identify potential synergies with other projects. Perhaps your idea could be implemented even without additional support? Please consider whether you would like to pursue the idea further.

If you’d like to continue getting involved in the pilot neighbourhood, you can also help develop one of the 26 selected ideas. To do so, contact the idea proposers directly or write to mitmachen@pilotquartier.ch.

Self-consumption communities

Idea not chosen
What should be created?
Consume solar power directly where it is generated! In the Netto-0 perimeter and in the immediate vicinity, several PV systems have been installed on roofs in recent years. They feed the surplus electricity into the public power grid. If they increase their own consumption, their electricity costs will fall and the profitability of the systems will improve. This can be achieved if self-consumption communities are created, such as the "Association for Self-Consumption" (ZEV) or the "Local Electricity Community" (LEG). Two groups are to be created in the perimeter. They are informed about the options of ZEV and LEG and made known to each other, namely those that are needed for self-consumption communities: firstly, owners of PV systems, and secondly, homeowners who live or work in the vicinity of buildings with these PV systems. The project consists of identifying PV systems and their owners and bringing them together with neighbours without PV systems. Together, they are informed about the ZEV, LEG options and, in the best case, can decide on an option. It is attractive for the owners of the PV systems to use surplus electricity in a self-consumption community. At the same time, the other participants in the self-consumption community can reduce their electricity costs – and everyone involved has a good feeling because they are making a contribution to climate protection. It is even good for the EWZ, because it relieves the grid control (the EWZ will have to participate because of its technical know-how and knowledge of the existing PV systems).
example
A new PV system has just been installed on the roof of the school building on Bachtobelstrasse (8045 ZH). The school management supports our idea for a ZEV or a LEG with neighbours, contact with potential participants and the school authority is still pending.
Are you an individual or part of a group?
We are an informal group (e.g. neighborhood group)
Name
Subvert Action Group
Are you implementing the idea alone or are you still looking for comrades-in-arms?
I/we are still looking for comrades-in-arms
Describe the place(s)
Net-zero quarter (Binz/Wiedikon) and surroundings
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