Communication Event report. Sustainable Places 2021

A hybrid event (physical and virtual) - Sustainable Places is a conference held every year dealing with all aspects of sustainability. The scope of Sustainable Places is captured directly in its name. It involves designing, building and retrofitting the places we live and work in a more sustainable way. Sustainable Places provides a platform for the dissemination of research, the conduct of workshops, EU project clustering and networking between stakeholders. SP2021 gathered more than 150 European projects representing €850 million in R&D and 1500 research performing organizations. Moreover, this year introduced a sharp evolution of the program structure - the inclusion of two plenary morning workshop sessions at national and city level and roundtable discussions that deliberately seek to tie together the contributions of innovators, implementors, decision and policy maker. The workshops gave the floor to scientific projects funded by the European Union to present themselves. The conference was attended by members of the overall energy community mainly from Europe, including distinguished researchers from leading research institutes, as well as young researchers.