The area between Wattens and Zirl along the Inn valley in Tyrol is home to clusters of mainly small settlements and towns. It is a patchwork of neighbourhoods made up of buildings from different eras, commercial and industrial estates, and agricultural areas – all put to a variety of uses on a small scale. A district heating line runs through part of the region. The area presents some attractive possibilities for trialling prototype solutions for the energy transition.
 
The exploratory phase saw specific projects from the region selected and organisational and substantive concepts for running a living laboratory developed. The supply of heating and cooling and the use of waste heat were identified as key issues. An initial lead project in the living laboratory is to focus on increasing flexibility on the consumer site and integrating volatile feed-in streams.
 
INNERGY will accelerate the development of innovative energy solutions and embed them in an overall spatial energy system and the local innovation ecosystem.