EnergyCity is a European-funded project aimed at reducing energy consumptions and CO2 emissions of towns and cities in Central Europe. Cities account for eighty percent of the buildings and seventy five percent of carbon dioxide emissions. They are therefore an obvious area where efforts have to be concentrated as improvements in their energy efficiency can deliver substantial gains in the fight against climate change.

EnergyCity will collect an extensive set of digital data in seven cities in Central Europe (Budapest, Prague, Munich, Bologna, Treviso, Ludwigsburg and Velenje) via aerial and ground surveys. Selected urban areas in the project cities will be overflown to collect thermal images using thermal cameras mounted on an aircraft. These images will show heat energy losses from buildings, ground features and even objects below the ground.

A series of pilot actions in the seven cities will deliver pilot training for carbon mapping, implement awareness raising campaigns and fuel poverty reduction plans. A series of recommendations targeting all levels of governance and a policy guidance document for the definition of the way-ahead for EU’s and national institutions will be produced in the project's final stages.