On 24th May 2016 the annual General Assembly of the European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities took place in Eindhoven (Netherlands), an associated event of the Dutch Presidency...
By Max Blöchle, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology I had the chance to visit the factory and R&D site of RACell, Denmark-based innovative SME providing combined solutions for solar thermal...
Lucía González is the leader of the Use Case Validation work package (WP3) of District of the Future (DoF) and represents EIP-SCC Commitment 524 – Formalising an Open Framework for...
SCIS will participate in the EIP-SCC General Assembly, taking place on 24 May in Eindhoven, with a presentation on ‘ Fostering co-development with projects to enhance results through Smart Cities...
By Sebastian Möller, Austrian Institute of Technology & SCIS It was one sunny Tuesday in April that I joined a meeting of the BUILDSMART project, co-funded by the European Union’s...
The 2016 Project Coordinators Meeting of SCIS will take place between 10 and 13 October 2016 as part of the European Week of Regions and Cities in Brussels, Belgium. In...
The 2016 General Assembly of the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Smart Cities and Communities will take place on 24 May 2016 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The General Assembly is...
On the Tuesday, 3 May, 11:00-12:00, the GuiDanCe (Green Digital Charter) and Sharing Cities projects are organising a joint webinar on the theme of urban platforms. Urban Platforms form a...
By Antonio Garrido-Marijuan, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology & SCIS To explain the Smart Cities Information System (SCIS) in one sentence is to say that it is a database containing...
Was there a particular inspiration behind your career choice? Briefly how did you first come to work in the area of sustainability and energy management at the EU level? Sustainability...
Younis Hijazi works as Senior Advisor on European Funding for Luxinnovation GIE, the Luxembourg innovation agency. He is the Chair of the ‘ New Mobility Services’ initiative, from the Sustainable...
At the end of February 2016, Nathalie Guri took-over the lead of the Business Models, Finance and Procurement Action Cluster. She combines this role with her main occupation as Projects...
The Covenant of Mayors published a new version of the 'Quick Reference Guide on Financing Opportunities for Local Climate and Energy Actions'. The document provides an updated overview of the...
By Verena Brennan, BuildSmart project With the European 2020 targets approaching fast, there is an increased pressure on Member States to cut their greenhouse gas emissions and increase share of...
Tell us, how would you describe GrowSmarter in a nutshell? GrowSmarter is special. It aims to showcase a series of 12 integrated smart city solution packages with numerous measures in...
By Constanze Böttcher, DIRECTION project Efforts to make buildings environmentally sustainable often focus on the technical side, such as energy efficiency. But there is more to sustainability than just energy...
The Commission unveiled a package of energy security measures to equip the EU for a global energy transition to address possible energy supply interruptions. Energy security is one of the...
New directives on public procurement and concession contracts will enter into force on 18 April 2016, providing an opportunity to turn public procurement into a strategic policy instrument. This new...
Practical Approaches to the Building Renovation Challenge is a paper summarizing the findings of building experts; i.e. researchers, engineers, architects and practitioners, from some 40 EU-funded projects. Buildings are responsible...
Energy Days is an initiative to raise awareness of sustainable energy use and renewables, taking place in June 2016 as part of the EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW). Do you...
