The PLEEC project is a three-year international research project funded by the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Commission. 18 partners from 13 European countries are collaborating to make European cities more energy efficient. Therefore PLEEC uses an integrative approach to achieve the sustainable, energy efficient smart city. By connecting scientific excellence and innovative enterprises in the energy sector with ambitious and wellorganized cities, the project aims to reduce energy use in Europe contributing to the EU´s 20-20-20 targets.
Through the run of the project, the project consortium developed individual Energy Efficiency Action Plans for the six PL EC cities on how to improve their energy efficiency in a strategic and holistic way considering their technological, structural and behavioral capabilities. In order to make this knowledge accessible to further European cities a model for energy efficiency and sustainable urban planning has been developed.