Methodology

The project will follow the next steps:

1. Six relevant projects will be selected in cold region of Asia: Mongolia, China, Nepal and North India. Project selection will be based on evidence of their success in achieving appreciable growth in scale while also delivering poverty, economic and climate co-benefits.

2. To consolidate and share efficiently the knowledge, know-how and lessons learnt, full case studies will be carrying out for each project. For each project, 2-3 weeks will be spend on site in order to collect the relevant information and to exchange with people in charge of the project (ESCO/SME (mason, carpenter, etc.), consultants, engineers, academics, decisions makers, local authorities, etc.) as well as with the beneficiaries. Face to face projects stakeholders’ consultation will be based on semi-structured interviews.

3. For each project, the information gathered during the interviews will be resumed and consolidated in order to edit detailed case studies. Case studies will be made available on the web site.

To acces to the Case studies synopsis

4. Projects level information will be then assessed using an analytical model and will lead to a detailed analyse of the scaling up strategies in order to understand better scaling up mechanisms. The scaling up analysis will be based on the framework shown on the figure below. Cases studies will be used to illustrate each components of the scaling up strategy bring to light factors of success as well as existing barriers to achieve the scale.

To acces to the Scaling Up Framework

5. Good practices and lessons learned by analyzed project will be used to answer or to give piece of answer to the following key questions :

• What factors contribute to, and what factors constrain, the sustained growth energy access and income generation activities development based on renewable energy and bioclimatic architecture (i.e. the success of a scaling up strategy)?
• What conditions enable and encourage users, particularly the poor, to access to the kind of technology and services?
• What external factors may contribute to or constrain scaling up of renewable energy and bioclimatic architecture programs?
• What opportunities exist for sustainable architecture and energy based solution to be mainstreamed into development to achieve climate and poverty co-benefits?
• Etc…

All this informtaion will be consolidate un a "Good practices Guide"