Partners of the European project Plan4COLD (Supporting South Europe municipalities in the definition of Sustainable Local Heating and Cooling Plans - LIFE23-CET-Plan4Cold) gathered in Chania, Crete, for their 7th Consortium Meeting. 

The meeting brought together energy agencies, research institutions, and European networks across Southern Europe to discuss on the advances on project deliverables. Key highlights and progress reviewed during the two-day meeting include:  

Tools & Capacity Building: Partners evaluated data-driven tools (e.g., CoolLIFE, Citiwatts, EUCityCalculator) and tailored training materials designed to support municipalities in baseline energy assessments and decarbonisation scenario building. 

Local Communities of Practice (LCoPs): Progress on establishing LCoPs and executing capacity-building workshops across partner regions in Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Croatia was benchmarked.   

Monitoring & Replication: Strategies for key performance indicators (KPIs) tracking, policy dissemination, and upscaling Plan4COLD methodologies to follower cities beyond current project boundaries were outlined.

LIFE Plan4COLD project is co-funded by the European Union under the LIFE Programme, Plan4COLD aims to empower Southern European municipalities to define and implement actionable Sustainable Local Heating and Cooling Plans (SLHCPs)