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...
Tell us a little about ERA-NET Smart Cities and Communities and its objectives. The ERA-NET Smart Cities and Communities is a joint activity of the Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe...
The DIRECTION project has created a dynamic framework for constructing new low-energy buildings and its final results will be presented during an academia-industry seminar taking place on 17 February 2016...
Nine cities were shortlisted for the European Capital of Innovation Award 2016 which will be announced in April. In the second year of the award, the European Commission aims to...
The European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities (EIP-SCC) Roadmap 2016 “Supporting smarter European cities: better quality of life, growth, jobs and decarbonisation” was launched at the conference 'Transport...
Graham Colclough represents the Humble Lamppost initiative which is working towards the setting up of an open affordable component-based city lighting solution. The goal is 10 million Smart Lampposts across...
The first Call for Proposals of the Urban Innovative Actions Initiative is open from 15 December 2015 to 31 March 2016. Urban Innovative Actions is a new initiative by the...
The United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Committee on Local Finance and Development and the Committee on Urban Strategic Planning have launched two new websites with the aim of improving...
The call for proposals “Supporting the participation of Sub-Saharan cities in the Covenant of Mayors” is currently open. The call is open to not-for-profit, local authorities located in one of...
The European Commission adopted the 2016 Annual Union Work Programme (AUWP) for European standardisation on January 8, 2016. This programme lays down the Commission’s intentions to use standardisation in support...
The cities of Schönau and Heidelberg (Germany), Växjö (Sweden) and the regions of Burgenland and Brussels-Capital have all started, more or less recently, their own energy transition process. Heidelberg currently...
Andrew Collinge is the chair of the Urban Platforms EIP-SCC Initiative which has the objective of improving data sharing between city services. The Urban Platforms Initiative seeks to implement the...
The Smart Cities Information System is a collaboration between five partner organisations, each of which brings their expertise to the mix. A look behind the scenes at our dedicated team...
Inspired by the traditional holiday wish-list, here is what we will strive to bring to the smart cities community in 2016: - Ensure a working database filled with data; -...
“SINFONIA is pleased to be a part of the Smart Cities Information System as it facilitates the exchange of experience and best practice with other projects. Our team is already...
“For the City of Malmö, the Smart Cities Information System database could be a useful tool when it comes to evaluating and benchmarking projects on city development. To be really...
