Adapting UP-STAIRS Framework to each pilot region

For each pilot the regional context will be taken into account considering the availability of staff and public front offices to locate the OSS or the need for new ones the existing services procedures etc As part of the regional context this task will define the verification parameters to validate project launch In all cases synergies with existing services will be sought to optimise the use of public resources and to incorporate a crosscutting approach Each region will explore the specific needs of the local community in terms of energy efficiency and retrofit including technologies needed for a given area and ambition of the community for local generation and will prioritise them according to their multiple potential impacts For example the UPSTAIRS service will tackle such issues as splitincentives dilemmas by acting as neutral facilitator between tenants and owners It will also explore the regional tax and policy incentives to complement the prioritisation according to costbenefit criteria A Community Energy Action Plan for each localregional community will be outlined with a longterm scope setting up strategies to tackle all the needs either in the short and the long term