European smart cities business models
The Horizon 2020 programme has invested €381 million in SCC projects, with the total value of supported projects, including additional...
The Smart Cities Marketplace publications library contains different types of documents aimed at varying target audiences. The main groups can be summarized as follows:
Policy Papers: based on the analyses performed by the Smart Cities Information System (SCIS), important current policy challenges are identified and investigated into more detail. The resulting insights are collected in thematic papers that draw up a state of the art and formulate recommendations for future implementation, useful for policy makers as well as other actors active in sustainable and smart city projects.
SCIS Essential Monitoring Guides: manuals providing assistance in the preparation of data for the Self-Reporting Tool, the interface that collects key performance indicators (KPIs) describing the results of EU co-funded Smart Cities and Communities projects. These KPIs can be displayed in the Project Data Visualization interface of the Smart Cities Marketplace website. However, the monitoring and KPI guides have an interest for the wider smart city community as well.
The CONCERTO publications archive: CONCERTO was an initiative under the European Research Framework Programmes FP6 and FP7 that grouped projects dealing with energy optimisation of districts and communities. It preceded the FP7 and H2020 project generations inventoried by SCIS. Its main publications remain available for consultation.
Consolidated analysis and impact assessment of Smart Cities and Communities projects: SmartEnCity, Sharing Cities, mySMARTLife and RUGGEDISED
This report analyses four Scalable Cities Smart Cities and Communities (SCC) projects, namely SmartEnCity, Sharing Cities, mySMARTLife, and RUGGEDISED. The...
The State of European Smart Cities: Exploring and showcasing models, solutions, and financing for European replication to achieve climate neutrality
Cities and towns represent around three quarters of the EU’s population and have been among the key allies for the...
Self Reporting Tool (SRT) guide
The Self-Reporting Guide for EU co-funded Energy-efficient Buildings (EeB) and Smart Cities and Communities (SCC) projects will lead you step...
Systemic Changes in Governance - Executive Summary
Making European cities climate-neutral and smart requires a huge paradigm shift and profound changes in current governance practices, to a...
Systemic Changes in Governance. Equipping local governments for realising climate-neutral and smart cities
Making European cities climate-neutral and smart requires a huge paradigm shift and profound changes in current governance practices, to a...
Digitalization in Urban Energy Systems
Scalable Cities is proud to announce the publication of the paper: " Digitalization in Urban Energy Systems. Outlook 2025, 2030...
The impact of the EU’s changing electricity market design on the development of smart and sustainable cities and energy communities
The implementation of the EU’s Clean Energy for all Europeans Package (CEP) leads to important legislative updates, including recasts of...
Upscaling urban residential retrofit for the EU's low carbon future: Challenges and opportunities
With respect to the EU climate and energy goals, a major challenge for cities lies within retrofitting the existing urban...
SRT export data structure
This technical note explains details of the Smart Cities Marketplace Self Reporting Tool (SRT) export data structure.
Why may replication (not) be happening - Recommendations on EU R&I and regulatory policies
This policy brief investigates the reasons why replication of smart urban energy, mobility and ICT solutions for a clean energy...
Economic Monitoring Guide
The aim of this guideline is to support the preparation and subsequent implementation of a long-term monitoring method for the...