3.4.6. The Analysis of UBEM Tools by EC Lifecycle

Pairing UBEM capabilities with EC life-cycle stages results in the following table (Table 11). In every column, the highest amount of progression factors is highlighted with bold and in every row the highest amount of progression factors is highlighted with shading. The results show that accessible transparent and relevant early-stage spatiotemporal predictions respond to the highest amount of progression factors. This is followed by coupling impacts to heterogeneous needs. Other combinations respond to between 1–3 factor each lifecycle phase. It also shows that initiation phase is most well responded to by UBEM capabilities, followed by design and social upscaling, while operation and technical upscaling are least represented.


**Table 11.** Impact of affordances by energy community lifecycle phase. Shaded cells indicate highest value in row, italic text indicates highest value in column.

## **4. Discussion**
