Inclusive energy as model of sharing sustainability for planning

The article comes from the ongoing research of the authors on the eco-energy values of the local plan and is based on a reflection about the possible evolution of sustainability paths towards principles of diffuse social sharing affecting territories and settlements. In particular, in the context of these principles of sharing sustainability, the article intends to focus on the development of decentralization processes resulting from the energy liberalization, in relation to local planning practices. The theme is developed in four subsequent steps regarding: (i) a problematic context of sustainability policies and the energy liberalization process; (ii) an interpretive overview of current European and Italian experiences towards forms of energy localism and signals for sharing sustainability; (iii) the energy district as a territorial projection of energy inclusive community: the active and dialectic role of energy district in the planning process; (iv) conclusions and research proposals regarding the integration of decentralized energy in local planning.