Tools

Find the right tool for your energy community.

The COMMUNITAS toolkit helps communities at every stage — from planning and investment to operation and optimisation.

Choose what you want to achieve and discover the tool that best fits your needs, with clear explanations, examples and technical details.

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By goal

Start with what you want to do

  • Plan a new energy community

    Define your vision, involve stakeholders and clarify your purpose.

    Energy Community Planning Tool

    Technical details
  • Understand investment options

    Evaluate costs, scenarios and financing to make informed decisions.

    Investment Advisor Tool

    Technical details
  • Manage your community

    Organise members, track activities and manage day-to-day operations.

    Energy Community Management Tool

    Technical details
  • Shift consumption and unlock flexibility

    Reduce peaks and add flexibility to support the energy system.

    Demand Response Tool

  • Monitor the grid or heat network

    Track conditions across the network and identify constraints.

    MultiFASE

    Technical details
  • Optimise microgrid operation

    Optimise generation, storage and demand in your microgrid.

    OptiMEMS

    Technical details
  • Explore local energy trading

    Enable peer-to-peer and community energy trading.

    WattSwap / P2P Energy Market

    Technical details
  • Find guidance and background information

    Access guides, resources and case studies to learn and get inspired.

    Knowledge Base

Getting around

How to use this page

  1. 1

    Start from your need

    Identify what you want to achieve and choose the card that matches your goal.

  2. 2

    Open the tool

    Learn what the tool does, what it is meant for and how it can help your community.

  3. 3

    Go deeper into the detail

    Access documentation and implementation information when you are ready.

Need a more technical view?

Go deeper into the toolkit

Explore detailed information about all tools, architectures, interfaces and data models.