The involvement of citizens and energy communities (energy citizenship) is seen as a key pillar in the energy transition. Citizens interact with the technical energy systems; they are both subject...
The European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual four-day event (11- 14 October 2021) during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement...
The EO4SDG Initiative of GEO, the UN-Habitat and other organisations have published a website dedicated to uses of satellite data to contribute to the achievement of the SDG 11 globally...
The Commonwealth (State) of Massachusetts, through its MassDOT / Aeronautics Division, has become the first USA governmental body, and second international city/region outside of Europe after Mie Region in Japan...
The Smart Cities Marketplace is part of the workshop TwinCity – digital twin in urban mobility planning at the Nordic Edge Expo 2021. Join us on the 23rd of September...
Interoperability: a key ingredient for any smart city or community Interoperability is crucial in the context of a city, where services such as mobility, housing, health, water and waste management...
The first SCALE event, taking place on 1st and 2nd July 2021: From Positive Energy Districts to Climate Neutral Cities - Time to scale-up! was special as it was a...
About the AI4cities project AI4cities is a EU funded project bringing together European cities looking for artificial intelligence to accelerate carbon neutrality. VITO/EnergyVille was selected as a supplier of its...
The Clean energy for EU islands secretariat provided an article for the European Commission's "in focus" news item in July. The following paragraphs are a selection from this article. From...
All you ever wanted to know about the Smart Cities Marketplace - the Smart Cities Marketplace has published its digital interactive brochure. Discover the most fascinating and important information about...
EthicalGEO launches a proposed international charter for responsible use of location data. The Locus Charter proposes that wider, shared understanding of risks and solutions relating to uses of location data...
Eurisy and CNES (the French National Centre for Space Studies) are looking for European public and private organisations using Copernicus data and services to be featured in case studies and...
The Global Space Markets Challenge is a new competition launched by the European Space Agency with the operational and technical support of EURISY. The Challenge will select six Small and...
Representatives of the procuRE project, Georg Vogt and Nadia Koval, took part in the Smart Cities Marketplace Forum to introduce the novel Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) process. Though unfamiliar to many...
The first in a series of four podcasts about Smart Cities has been published. Follow Anthony Colclough to explore the six arms of the octopus. Octopus? Find out what this...
On day 2 of the Smart Cities Marketplace Forum 2021, the Action Clusters held six meetings on a number of topical subjects reflecting new developments in the field of smart...
To help the EU build on its 2013 urban mobility package and meet its 2050 climate target, this initiative proposes measures to encourage EU countries to develop urban transport systems...
Smarter Together, Replicate, Sharing Cities, SmartEnCity and SCALE are joining forces to explore the future of cities in the face of climate urgency and fair social and ecological transitions. The...
The 6th Energy Transition Symposium “Looking Ahead with Optimism, Beyond the Covid Era”, will be held from Tuesday, 28 September to Friday, 1 October 2021. For yet another year, the...
There is a strong link between education and the quality of life in cities. Teaching the youngest ones about how cities could manage the natural resources available to them is...
