There are three lead cities (called Smart City ‘Lighthouses’), which include San Sebastian in Spain, Florence in Italy and Bristol in Great Britain. There are also a number of other ‘follower’ cities that will look into replicating interventions in their cities including Essen (Germany), Nilüfer (Turkey) and Lausanne (Switzerland). In addition to this, there are also a number of ‘observer’ cities, such as, Guangzhou (China) and Bogota (Colombia), as well as international networks who will take part in learning and dissemination of results. The project has a Consortium that consists of 38 partners.

REPLICATE team is working to accelerate the deployment of innovative technologies, organisational and economic solutions to significantly increase resource and energy efficiency, improve the sustainability of urban transport, and drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in urban areas. Therefore, the project aims to enhance the transition process to a smart city in three areas:

Therefore, the project aims to enhance the transition process to a smart city in three areas: energy efficiency, sustainable mobility, ICT Infrastructures.

ICT Infrastructure	Mobility	Energy Efficiency

We commit to develop and validate a City Business Model based on economic, social and environmental sustainability in three lighthouse cities -San Sebastián, Florence and Bristol- as well as to design innovative co-productive approach strategies to engage citizens, so that we can build a co-creation environment. In addition to this, making connections between ‘Lighthouse’ and ‘Follower’ cities is key in order to reinforce the city-to-city learning to ensure project results are applicable throughout the cities that want to evolve towards the ‘smart city’ concept, respecting the distinctiveness of individual cities and their communities.