The EU-Dream project aims to simplify energy management processes to make it easier for consumers to actively participate in the energy market and support a green transition. Led by the University of Porto in Portugal, the project includes 16 other organizations from nine countries, including Ireland. The project plans to enhance customer awareness, trust, and confidence in digital tools in this sector by creating an AI-based assistant and a natural language processing intermediary. The project will develop next-generation energy services and products, which will be tested in six living labs across six EU countries. The Irish living lab, led by SSE Airtricity in collaboration with EPRI Europe and DCSix Technologies, will focus on the ability of consumers to optimize their energy use through real-time data analysis and AI algorithms. The project launched in July and will run until the end of 2027. The goals of the project align with the EU action plan on digitalizing the energy system [b4cdc62d].