Press Releases

13 Jun 2022

SmartEnCity project is celebrating its successful ending with Final Conference “The Journey towards smart zero CO2 Cities across Europe” on 13 – 14 June in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

After almost seven years of project duration and joint efforts of 38 partners from six countries to make smart zero carbon cities a reality in Europe, SmartEnCity project is coming to an end. Now it’s time to present the results to the broad public in order to foster replication with the help of methods and solutions, developed within SmartEnCity project. Find Press Release in English and Spanish language.

04 Apr 2022

H2020-EU-project SmartEnCity is taking the final steps

SmartEnCity proudly presents the final outcomes: SmartEnKit – Toolkit for Replication / A Travel Guide for Cities – SmartEnCity Final Publication / Final Conference, 14 – 15 June in Vitoria-Gasteiz

16 Mar 2022

Last General Assembly of SmartEnCity Project Partners - Getting ready for the final steps

On 16 March, SmartEnCity Project Partners met online for the last time to discuss final outcomes and last tasks to complete before the project is ending in July 2022. Almost even busy years of SmartEnCity activities are almost over, most interventions are done, and implementations completed. During this final meeting, the Lighthouse Cities Vitoria-Gasteiz, Tartu and Sonderborg were giving an overview on the smart city solutions implemented in their cities.

25 Jun 2021

SmartEnCity goes into a 12-month extension: what’s next?

Stuttgart, DE, 25.06.2021: The Horizon 2020 Smart Cities and Communities project SmartEnCity goes into a one-year extension from August 2021 to July 2022. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and some further unplanned obstacles during the five previous project years, this extension is important to successfully complete the envisaged tasks and to deliver the required monitoring results to the European Commission.

20 Jan 2020

The SmartEnCity Academy for Zero Carbon Transition: An Online Training Course for Cities, Municipalities and Smart Decision Making

Stuttgart, DE: The Smart City project SmartEnCity invites interested stakeholders to participate in the "SmartEnCity Academy for Zero Carbon Transition”, an online training course for cities, municipalities and smart decision making. Join us in 2020 on a series of four online training courses to learn from the experiences of the SmartEnCity project partners as well as selected external professionals from the field. The first training course takes place on 20 February 2020 at 2 PM. It provides an overview of the SmartEnCity Cities4ZERO strategy and Integrated Energy Planning methodology, thus laying the foundation for the three subsequent lessons.

31 Jan 2019

How to Become a Smart City: Learning from SmartEnCity Project

Stuttgart, DE: SmartEnCity is one of 14 smart city projects funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme. Under the coordination of Fundación TECNALIA Research & Innovation, 37 partners from six countries are working together on making Smart Zero Carbon Cities a reality in Europe. Innovative solutions are implemented in the three Lighthouse Cities Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain), Tartu (Estonia) and Sonderborg (Denmark) and then replicated in the two Follower Cities Lecce (Italy) and Asenovgrad (Bulgaria).

29 Jun 2016

SmartEnCity – Towards Smart Zero CO2 Cities across Europe

SmartEnCity is a project funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Under the coordination of TECNALIA Research & Innovation, 35 partners from 6 countries are working with joint forces on making Smart Zero Carbon Cities a reality in Europe – starting with the three demonstrator cities Vitoria-Gasteiz, Tartu and Sonderborg. During a first workshop in Tartu the project has now launched its network of associated cities.