Print Email Facebook Twitter The expected performance of local energy visions in Europe: A governance perspective Title The expected performance of local energy visions in Europe: A governance perspective Author Van Bueren, E.M. Dignum, M. Steenhuisen, B.M. Faculty Architecture and The Built Environment Department Management in the Built Environment Date 2015-12-31 Abstract This paper offers insights into the expected performance of Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAPs) as a policy instrument, a local energy vision initiated by the EU and used by municipalities across Europe. How are SEAPs aiming to contribute to the process of local energy transition and how can their performance be improved? The text of thirty SEAPs have been studied. Three vision theories have been used to create a conceptual framework. Besides the focus on the content, the substantive objectives create a dot on the horizon and can shape development , visions such as a SEAP also have to address four governance challenges that are key to successful implementation: multi-level coordination, contextualization, stakeholder engagement and realization. These challenges are to be seen as necessary ingredients for a process to create and implement visions. Our analysis shows that governance challenges remain implicit and not actively dealt with in the majority of the SEAPs studied. We describe the main patterns and underlying assumptions we encountered and reflect on the consequences for the performativity of SEAPs. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ce9667c7-d111-4652-a20f-20f8cf62f03d Publisher ICPP Source ICPP Milan 2015: panel T16P02: Energy and climate change mitigation governance, Milan, Italy, July 1-7, 2015; Authors version Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2015 The Author(s) Files PDF 325964.pdf 870.2 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:ce9667c7-d111-4652-a20f-20f8cf62f03d/datastream/OBJ/view