Currently, one of major institutional challenges Italy is facing in the field of integrated sustainability is to further develop the local governance capacities in order to facilitate the energy transition; this challenge, which, up to now, was caused by poor adoption of technologies, can be solved through the socio-environmental-energy nexus, through open innovation processes and sharing approach. This paper examines and describes a series of technological, social, economic and community empowering activities in the Centocelle district of Rome, that have been developed following the Social Urban Network Model. The paper describes the theoretical basis of the model and the model itself, then it goes on pointing out all the activities in the district such as the establishment of a social-web, smart labs, living labs, circular economy practices and their consequences and impacts on the district itself. As a main result of the social part of the project the authors account for the birth of a new social organization, known as the Community Cooperative of Centocelle neighborhood. As the main outcome of the technological part of the project the authors detail the TRYBe App, i.e. a digital facilitator for the Centocelle district. © 2019, Aalborg University press. All rights reserved.

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