A dashboard and decision support tool for the energy governance of smart cities

The paper addresses the findings of the research activities conducted in the framework of the RES NOVAE project for the design and development of the Urban Control Center (UCC), a control room of the smart city that allows the Public Administration to analyze the city dynamics and citizens to receive information on the performance of urban infrastructure and services. With a specific focus on energy efficiency and environmental sustainability, we present the architecture of an innovative dashboard and decision support tool for efficient urban governance. We investigate solutions to effectively measure the city energy performance and proficiently support the decision maker in determining the optimal action plan for implementing smartness strategies in the city energy governance.

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