As local governments assume an increasingly strategic role in achieving national and EU climate objectives, the use of robust, data-driven planning tools is becoming indispensable. Municipalities, together with technical consultants, are central to the preparation and implementation of Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAPs), within frameworks such as the EU Covenant of Mayors and the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). The recast EPBD introduces new obligations for local and regional authorities, including the development of Building Renovation Plans and the progressive phase-out of fossil fuel-based heating systems—requiring more integrated, spatially-aware, and performance-based energy planning at the local level.

In this training session, Alessandro Piccinini, Technical Manager of R2M’s Energy Division, will present the technical use of advanced digital tools, specifically designed to support municipalities and their consultants in the energy analysis of a SECAP. Through the presentation of best practices applied to municipal decarbonisation plans and practical examples, participants will learn how to collect and structure local energy data, develop a baseline model by importing available urban data, and simulate future decarbonisation scenarios using the iES Suite tools, currently exploited in the European Step-WISE project to support municipalities.