The pattern “residential prosumers” addresses small-scale household consumers as members of the energy community. Households can be part of energy communities as prosumers by producing and consuming energy and also providing flexibility.

Implementation reference

• Floating district developed by residents (Schoonschip Energie Coöperatie)
• Residential prosumer-based communities (Som Energia, Comunidades Energeticas)
• Energy management system for residential consumers ( Smartly, EON Solar cloud)
• Crowd balancing platform (Equigy)

Research reference

• Burger & Luke (2017)
• Kubli, Look, Wüstenhagen (2018): Solar prosumers with batteries, EV drivers, heat pump owners

This pattern belongs to the core area: Energy Community Members