This two-day hackathon brings together members of the Big Buyers Working Together Communities of Practice (CoPs) to collaborate on practical solutions for charging infrastructure in the transport and construction sectors.

Participants will be divided into teams and will collaborate on a selected challenge. Participants will indicate their preferred challenge in the registration form. Please find below more information about the four challenges identified.

*The context is provided for inspiration only. The groups are free to develop whatever solutions they believe best address the different challenges.

1. How can we share procurement experiences in charging infrastructure to reduce risks?

Context:
What can public buyers do to share experiences and best practices across communities of practices and boarders? How can we share procurement documents, experiences, best practices and knowledge to increase the possibility to deploy zero-emission vehicles and machinery and reduce the risk of making mistakes? For example, creating a common experience hub or a joint benchmarking tool for procurement.

2. How can we facilitate higher utilization and sharing of charging infrastructure?

Context:
What can public buyers do to enable better use and sharing of charging infrastructure across sectors, sites, and users? How can we coordinate access to underutilized chargers? For example, through digital booking systems, shared usage agreements, or cross-sector planning—to increase efficiency and reduce the need for parallel investments.

3. How can we incentivize energy-efficient solutions?

Context:
What can public buyers do to encourage the adoption of energy-efficient technologies and practices in zero-emission operations? How can we reward smart energy use? For example, through tender criteria, performance-based incentives, or reduced electricity costs—so that we, suppliers and operators are motivated to optimize consumption and reduce peak loads.

4. How can we incentivize flexible solutions, such as mobile charging stations?

Context:
What can public buyers do to support more flexible and scalable charging solutions? How can we reward solutions or systems that be reused across locations, projects, and vehicle types? For example by incentivizing mobile or modular infrastructure through grants, tender criteria or standardization.