Acknowledgment

The editors would like to thank first of all the complete team of the project COOPERaTE. As with any nice collaboration experience, it is mostly created by the great people that work together in an open-minded fashion. Among everybody a special thanks to Lisette Cupelli for the great effort in coordinating everybody in the preparation of this book. Thanks are also due to the European Commission for making all this possible in the framework of the activities called “Positive Energy Neighborhood.” In particular, we would like to thank the Project Officers that drove us during the 3 years: Rogelio Segovia, Daniela Rosati, and Hubert Schier. A very sincere thanks to our reviewers that with their feedback made our work more significant: Marta Chinnici, Frank van Obverbeeke, and Fredrik Wallin. Last but not least we would like to thank the team at Elsevier for guidance and suggestions. In particular, thanks to Maria Convey and Lisa Jones for their patience, guidance, and support.