Empowering Energy Consumers through Digital Intelligence - Work Package 5 (WP5) in the DIGITISE Project

The DIGITISE project’s Work Package 5 (WP5), led by UBITECH, is dedicated to developing digital solutions that empower consumers and prosumers in the evolving energy landscape. At its core, WP5 leverages the DIGITISE Household Digital Twin and a suite of applications to enhance energy literacy, support informed decisions, and facilitate efficient energy usage.

One of WP5’s key innovations is the Flexibility Marketplace, designed to foster inclusive participation and fair compensation for all market actors—consumers, prosumers, aggregators, and retailers alike. These tools not only support transparent engagement in energy markets but also allow aggregators and Local Energy Communities (LECs) to configure Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) and optimise their energy portfolios.

Beyond market tools, WP5 uses behavioural data to help consumers better understand their energy habits, enabling highly personalised services. Through smart analytics and digital modelling, WP5 positions users at the centre of the energy transition.

Key Messages and Takeaways

WP5 in DIGITISE is designed with diverse user groups in mind: prosumers, consumers, aggregators, retailers, and local energy communities. One of its standout features, the Household Digital Twin Application, empowers prosumers and aggregators to optimise energy consumption, storage, and flexibility. By leveraging real-time data and predictive analytics, users are guided toward smarter energy decisions that reduce costs and maximise self-consumption.

The Flexibility Marketplace Environment ensures that all actors, from aggregators to end-users, can participate in energy flexibility trading on fair and transparent terms. This marketplace strengthens the role of consumers and prosumers, helping build a more inclusive and rewarding energy ecosystem. In parallel, WP5’s behavioural profiling and insights application transforms users into active participants by offering a clearer understanding of their energy habits and enabling services tailored to personal preferences.

Additionally, aggregators and retailers benefit from the Aggregator Portfolio Management and VPP Configuration Application, which streamlines the coordination of distributed energy assets. This contributes to grid stability and facilitates more dynamic, decentralised energy management. Together, these tools highlight WP5’s contribution to a smarter, more participatory energy transition driven by data and consumer engagement.

Collaboration Across Work Packages

The success of WP5 relies on strong interconnections with other work packages in the DIGITISE project. WP2 plays a crucial role in shaping WP5’s direction, providing foundational use cases, regulatory insights, and end-user requirements that guide tool development and ensure real-world applicability. This allows WP5 to align its applications, such as the Household Digital Twin and Flexibility Marketplace, with practical needs and expectations.

WP3 provides the technological backbone of WP5’s functionality. It delivers the data models, AI services, and governance frameworks needed to enable the seamless integration and interoperability of WP5’s applications. These analytics and data structures are critical for creating responsive, intelligent tools that personalise energy services and support smart market interaction.

Collaboration with WP4 is essential for bringing WP5’s innovations to the end user. The digital twin and profiling tools developed in WP5 are embedded within WP4’s broader cross-sector service offerings, contributing to accessible, personalised, and user-friendly digital energy services. WP6, meanwhile, ensures that WP5 solutions are tested and validated in real-world conditions. Feedback from demonstrations informs the iterative refinement of WP5 tools, ensuring they are robust, effective, and ready for deployment.

Through these synergies, WP5 acts as a central pillar in DIGITISE’s effort to build a fair, decentralised, and consumer-driven energy future.

Case Studies – Joint Activities Driving Synergy

A key case study within WP5 showcases the collaboration between several tasks (T5.1–T5.4), led by UBITECH, S5, and UCD. The Household Digital Twin developed in T5.1 gathers real-time data from energy assets, while T5.4 contributes by applying behavioural profiling to extract user patterns. These insights loop back to improve the digital twin’s simulation capabilities, resulting in better pre-validation of energy decisions.

Meanwhile, the Flexibility Marketplace in T5.3 integrates with T5.2’s portfolio and VPP tools, allowing aggregators to access automated flexibility trading via smart contracts and real-time monitoring.

Another case study highlights the connection between WP5 and WP4, where WP5 tools enhance end-user services by delivering insights and decision support through user-friendly interfaces. The synergy between these packages ensures that DIGITISE applications are both technically robust and publicly accessible.

Conclusion

WP5 stands at the heart of DIGITISE’s mission to make energy systems more responsive, inclusive, and consumer-driven. Through a combination of digital twins, real-time analytics, behavioural insights, and market integration, WP5 equips users with the tools they need to engage confidently in the energy transition.

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