As the year draws to a close, the SRI community can look back on 2025 as a year of steady progress, growing collaboration, and meaningful steps toward smarter and more resilient buildings across Europe.
The SRI featured prominently at the international Sustainable Places 2025 conference, with four sessions showcasing its progress, practical application, and supporting tools:
The SRI continues to advance across Europe, supporting the digitalisation and energy-smart transformation of buildings.
The 4th SRI Joint Event brought together EU authorities, experts and stakeholders for an engaging day dedicated to the smart readiness of European buildings.
CINEA and several LIFE projects invite you to the 4th SRI Joint Event, taking place on Tuesday, 22 October 2025 (08:30–17:30 CET) at ACE Events, Brussels and online.
The SRI will be a main topic at Sustainable Places 2025, with dedicated sessions and workshops where LIFE and HORIZON projects will share results, lessons learned, and next steps for industry implementation.
We would like to remind professionals who have conducted an SRI assessment to contribute to the ongoing survey.
Registrations are now open for the 4th SRI Joint Event, which will bring together stakeholders to exchange on the implementation of the SRI in Member States and to learn how LIFE projects are providing policy support and practical tools to facilitate national rollouts.
Professionals who have conducted a SRI assessment are invited to participate in a newly launched survey.
The SRI continues to gain traction across the scientific community, with a growing number of peer-reviewed publications analysing its application, performance, and future potential.
At the halfway point of its lifetime, the SmarterEPC project has delivered significant achievements in support of the integration of the SRI into energy performance certificates (EPCs).
October will feature two key events within the SRI community.
SRI June 2025
The CEN-CENELEC Workshop Agreement (CWA) 18193:2025 has been published, providing a standardised framework for on-site SRI audits.
The Smart Square project just launched its Smart Readiness Virtual Training Center, an innovative platform designed to provide modular, interactive and practice-based training on the latest EU-level provisions for the SRI.
On 1 April 2025, the Smart Square project will host a high-level event in Milan on the SRI.
To gather valuable stakeholder insights, the "Building sector, research and industry" Stakeholders Working Group (WG3) in the SRI Platform is launching two surveys. Your input is very helpful for WG3 and could provide insight to improve the framework, enhance communication strategies, and shape future developments.
The LIFE CET (Clean Energy Transition) SRI Cluster has released its 2024 annual report, providing key insights into the progress of smart readiness initiatives across Europe.
MIPIM 2025, taking place from 11–14 March in Cannes, France, is a premier global event for the real estate industry, gathering investors, developers, urban planners, and policymakers to discuss key trends shaping the built environment.
Registration is now open for the 3rd Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) Joint Event, taking place on Wednesday, 7 May 2025 in Brussels and online.
