Within the ECLIPSE DIGITAL project, FHOOE plays a dual and strategic role: leading the Austrian pilot and coordinating Work Package 6, which focuses on user satisfaction, regulatory analysis, business models, and replication strategies. Together, these contributions ensure that ECLIPSE is not only technically robust, but also socially relevant, economically viable, and ready for deployment across Europe.
Advancing the Austrian Pilot: From Citizen Engagement to Interoperability
FHOOE is responsible for the preparation and implementation of the Austrian pilot, where real-world conditions are used to test and validate ECLIPSE solutions. This work includes mobilising citizens, integrating behind-the-meter assets, and ensuring secure and interoperable access to energy data across the value chain.
A key element of this effort is the use and extension of the EDDIE Framework and AIIDA (Administrative Interface for In-house Data Access). These solutions enable controlled, secure access to in-house consumption data as well as billing and DSO/TSO information—capabilities that are essential for next-generation energy applications. Importantly, the EDDIE and AIIDA extensions developed within the Austrian pilot directly feed into the Common European Reference Framework (CERF), strengthening its applicability and scalability.
Beyond the technical layer, FHOOE also leads awareness and engagement activities, leveraging lessons learned from the EDDIE project to accelerate app development and promote trusted data access models. This combination of technical integration and user-focused engagement ensures that the pilot delivers both functional and experiential insights.
Defining Use Cases that Anchor ECLIPSE Development
FHOOE has specified a comprehensive set of Austrian use cases, spanning categories 1.1 to 5.1, and covering areas such as:
- Economic and non-economic incentives.
- Energy efficiency aggregation.
- Grid stability and flexibility.
- Energy awareness and consumer empowerment.
These use cases were defined using IEC 62559-2 templates, ensuring consistency and traceability across the project. They were incorporated into Deliverable D2.2, which consolidated 56 use cases across all ECLIPSE pilot sites. The Austrian cases play a particularly important role, as they anchor subsequent activities related to system development, pilot integration, evaluation, and impact assessment.
Leading WP6: From User Satisfaction to Policy and Replication
In addition to its pilot responsibilities, FHOOE leads WP6: User satisfaction assessment and analysis of the regulatory framework, a work package that ensures ECLIPSE solutions are aligned with real user needs and European policy contexts.
This includes:
- T6.1 – Regulatory mapping and recommendations, identifying barriers and enablers across national contexts.
- T6.2 – User satisfaction and social impact, assessing how end users perceive and engage with ECLIPSE solutions.
- T6.3 – Economic and environmental impact and business models, evaluating value creation and sustainability.
- T6.4 – Replication and expansion strategies, preparing the ground for uptake beyond the pilots.
FHOOE has initiated the common evaluation framework, defined the KPI collection strategy, and developed a survey methodology that links data collected in WP5 pilot activities to broader policy and impact evaluation. This work ensures that technical performance, user experience, and regulatory feasibility are assessed in an integrated way.
Bridging Projects and Accelerating Innovation
As coordinator of both INSIEME and EDDIE, FHOOE brings valuable experience and reusable building blocks into ECLIPSE. Architectural patterns and data-access mechanisms developed in EDDIE and AIIDA are being transferred to support the design, validation, and replication of CERF. This includes secure access to DSO/TSO data, real-time in-house measurements, and interoperability testing through the Austrian pilot.
By bridging research, demonstration, and replication, FHOOE’s contribution supports not only app development and consumer engagement, but also innovation pipelines for start-ups and new market actors, a core objective of ECLIPSE’s vision for a more open and interoperable European energy ecosystem.
A Key Contribution to ECLIPSE’s European Impact
Through its leadership in both practical demonstration and cross-cutting evaluation, FHOOE helps ensure that ECLIPSE delivers solutions that work in practice, resonate with users, and can be scaled across borders. The Austrian pilot and WP6 activities together form a critical backbone for transforming technical innovation into real-world impact—bringing Europe one step closer to a unified, user-centric framework for energy-saving applications.
