?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F14473%2F&rft.title=Engaging+inhabitants+into+energy+transition+in+climate+and+energy+model+(CEM)+regions%3A+case+studies+of+Freistadt%2C+Ebreichsdorf+and+Baden&rft.creator=Riegler%2C+M.&rft.creator=Vogler%2C+C.&rft.creator=Neumueller%2C+S.&rft.creator=Komendantova%2C+N.&rft.description=Austria+has+settled+a+target+to+reach+34%25+of+renewable+energy+sources+in+final+energy+consumption+by+2020.+The+Climate+and+Energy+Model+(CEM)+regions+are+the+major+vehicles+for+implementation+of+this+target.+Until+now+little+research+was+done+on+existing+participatory+governance+measures+in+the+Austrian+CEM+regions%2C+which+involve+not+only+stakeholders+but+also+inhabitants+into+decision-making+processes+on+energy+transition.+The+aim+of+this+paper+is+to+collect+information+about+existing+participatory+governance+measures+in+three+CEMs%2C+such+as+Freistadt%2C+Baden+and+Ebreichsdorf%2C+and+to+analyze+these+measures+by+using+methodologies+developed+by+Arnstein+in+his+ladder+of+participation.+Our+results+show+that+the+majority+of+existing+measures+are+at+the+level+of+providing+information+and+awareness+building.+However%2C+there+are+also+some+measures%2C+such+as+energy+groups%2C+which+allow+all+interested+inhabitants+for+providing+feedback+about+proposed+in+their+CEM+projects.+Other+measures%2C+such+as+Helios+or+Badener+Sonnerkraft%2C+allow+for+financial+participation+of+inhabitants+in+deployment+of+renewable+energy+projects+in+their+region.&rft.publisher=WP-17-003&rft.date=2017-05&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F14473%2F1%2FWP-17-003.pdf&rft.identifier=++Riegler%2C+M.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F251.html%3E%2C+Vogler%2C+C.%2C+Neumueller%2C+S.%2C+%26+Komendantova%2C+N.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F161.html%3E+ORCID%3A+https%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0003-2568-6179+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0003-2568-6179%3E++(2017).++Engaging+inhabitants+into+energy+transition+in+climate+and+energy+model+(CEM)+regions%3A+case+studies+of+Freistadt%2C+Ebreichsdorf+and+Baden.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-17-003+++++