Urban Planning for Social Resilience –
Learn to Build Impact from the Ground Up

Urban Planning for Social Resilience – Learn to Build Impact from the Ground Up

PEDIA

The PEDIA project is a large-scale energy efficiency initiative coordinated by the Cyprus Energy Agency (CEA), aiming to renovate 25 public school buildings across Cyprus.

About The Case Study

The PEDIA project is a large-scale energy efficiency initiative coordinated by the Cyprus Energy Agency (CEA), aiming to renovate 25 public school buildings across Cyprus. It focuses on deep energy upgrades—including thermal insulation, low-energy lighting, photovoltaics, and green shading—and the development of a replicable renovation methodology. The project is driven by EU-funded development assistance and hybrid funding models, ensuring both sustainability and replicability. Besides the technical interventions, PEDIA emphasizes school community engagement and awareness-raising activities on energy use, with the added challenge of conducting renovations while schools remain operational.

Topics:

Public Space Development & Management
Urban Design & Planning Processes
Urban Regeneration & Rehabilitation

Resilience Challenges:

Environmental and ecological issues
Infrastructure and technological issues
Social and cultural resilience

Type of Civic Engagement Supporting Neighborhood Resilience:

Advocacy and capacity building
Collaborative planning projects or processes
Long-term, more institutionalized engagement
Short-term, more flexible project-based engagement

Level of Civic Participation:

Collaboration or co-operation
Involvement or participation

Stakeholders Involved:

Community members
Local Government
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)