From small to large: Best practices for local sustainable solutions
Europe’s energy and climate transition has reached a defining moment. Sustainability and affordability, along with resource and energy independence, have...
The Smart Cities Marketplace Library offers a range of publications for different audiences.
- Policy Papers: Drawing on Smart Cities Information System (SCIS) analyses, these papers explore key policy challenges, providing insights and recommendations for policymakers and smart city stakeholders.
- SCIS Essential Monitoring Guides: Practical manuals to support data preparation for the Self-Reporting Tool, which tracks key performance indicators (KPIs) from EU-funded Smart Cities projects. These guides are valuable for the wider smart city community.
- CONCERTO Publications Archive: A collection of reports from the CONCERTO initiative (FP6 & FP7), focused on district-level energy optimisation. These resources remain accessible for reference.
Explore the library for expert insights and best practices in smart city innovation!
White Paper: Energy Communities and Smart Grids
This white paper, developed by the Smart Cities Marketplace Energy Management for Energy Communities Focus Group, explores the pivotal role...
E-Scooter & Bike Share Urban Usage Focus Group Report
Developed within the scope of the Smart Cities Marketplace project, this report summarises the insights of the E-Scooter & Bike...
Advancing Smart City solutions across Europe - Assessment of upscaling and replication in the European Smart Cities and Communities Lighthouse projects
The European Smart Cities and Communities (SCC) Lighthouse programme has played a key role in shaping Europe’s approach to climate-neutral...
Consolidated analysis and impact assessment of Smart Cities and Communities projects: MAKING CITY and SPARCS, Deliverable D4-1-4
This report analyses two Smart Cities and Communities (SCC) projects, namely MAKING-CITY and SPARCS. The report provides a comparative assessment...
Consolidated analysis and impact assessment of Smart Cities and Communities projects: STARDUST, MAtchUP, IRIS and +CityxChange, Deliverable D4-1-3
This report analyses four Smart Cities and Communities (SCC) projects, namely STARDUST, MAtchUP, IRIS, and +CityxChange. The report provides a...
From data to decisions: Key lessons from the SCC projects
This report examines how cities can use data to improve decision-making across planning and policy domains by outlining the requirements...
Urban Digital Twins - as a tool to support decision-making, operations, and monitoring
This report, commissioned by the European Commission under the Smart Cities and Communities initiative, provides a comprehensive analysis of the...
(Local) Energy communities for smart cities - From piloting to scalability and scaling up
This report explores how European cities enable, replicate and scale Local Energy Communities (LECs) within the framework of the Smart...
Smart city replication strategies - An overview of replication in the SCC01 Lighthouse projects
How do successful smart city pilots scale from a single district to an entire city, or from a "Lighthouse" city...
Scalable Cities expert report: Tackling barriers to citizen engagement in European cities
The Scalable Cities expert report on Tackling barriers to citizen engagement examines why inclusive citizen engagement in European smart city...
Scalable Cities expert report: Innovation procurement
Public procurement represents up to 15 percent of European GDP and is a powerful lever for public policy and innovation...