Pocityf
POCITYF is an EU Horizon 2020-funded smart city research project that demonstrates Positive Energy District solutions in heritage-sensitive European cities. It operates through a 46-partner consortium coordinated by EDP Labelec across 2 Lighthouse and 6 Fellow cities in 13 countries.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2019
- HeadquartersSacavém, Portugal
- Headcount51–100
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What Pocityf does
POCITYF is a publicly funded EU Horizon 2020 smart city research and demonstration project (Grant Agreement No. 864400) launched in 2019 and concluding in 2026, coordinated by EDP Labelec (EDP's R&D centre in Portugal). It is not a commercial entity; it is a 46-partner consortium spanning 13 countries that develops, tests, and disseminates Positive Energy District (PED) solutions for culturally protected European cities. Its operating model is event- and consortium-driven: two Lighthouse cities (Alkmaar in the Netherlands and Évora in Portugal, both with UNESCO or heritage assets) serve as testbeds, while six Fellow cities (Granada, Bari, Celje, Újpest, Ioannina, and Hvidovre) develop tailored Replication Plans to adapt the solutions to local conditions.
The project demonstrates 10 integrated solutions grouped under four Energy Transition Tracks: Positive Energy Buildings & Districts (BIPV, circular retrofits), P2P Energy Storage and Management (innovative storage, district heating/cooling with waste heat recovery), E-mobility Integration into Smart Grid (V2G charging, e-car sharing), and Citizen-Driven Co-creation (open innovation platforms, multi-layer digital twins). Underpinning platforms include a City Information Platform, a Multi-Agent System-based Community Energy Management System (CEMS) demonstrated to reduce electricity costs by 28% in residential Renewable Energy Communities, and a Digital Twin ingesting sensor data every 5 minutes. Notable technical assets validated in real conditions include the Noordertogt apartment building in Alkmaar (785 solar panels, 100% electricity self-sufficiency) and heritage-compatible Building-Integrated Photovoltaics in Évora's historic centre (up to 7x potential increase in renewable energy production).
POCITYF's revenue model is 100% public grant funding under Horizon 2020; no commercial products are sold, no pricing tiers exist, and customer relationships are consortium partnerships with municipalities and research institutions rather than paid contracts. Dissemination is handled by Fondazione ICONS (Italy) through the project website, a newsletter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Zenodo, and events including EUSEW, ECHO 2030, CINEA cluster meetings, and the quarterly Smart Heritage Cities Working Group coordinated by Évora and facilitated by EURADA.
Pocityf firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Pocityf
- Legal name
- POCITYF (EU Horizon 2020 Smart City Project)
- Website
- https://pocityf.eu
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2019
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 51–100 employees
- Short description
- POCITYF is an EU Horizon 2020-funded smart city research project that demonstrates Positive Energy District solutions in heritage-sensitive European cities. It operates through a 46-partner consortium coordinated by EDP Labelec across 2 Lighthouse and 6 Fellow cities in 13 countries.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Pocityf industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Smart City Research & Demonstration Services
- NAICS
- Steam and Air-Conditioning Supply (22133)
- SIC
- Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991)
- akta.pro primary industry
- District Energy & Community CHP (District Heating/Cooling Networks) (EUACAKAH)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Renewable Integration & Energy Efficiency (PUE Optimization, Heat Reuse) (HDABAKAL)
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Where Pocityf is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Sacavém
- HQ country
- Portugal
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices8 records
Markets served
Pocityf business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- EU Research Funding (Horizon 2020): POCITYF is funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 864400. The project does not generate commercial revenue; it is a publicly funded research and demonstration initiative designed to develop, test, and replicate smart city solutions across European municipalities.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels9 records
Pocityf product offering
Product offeringCore offering
POCITYF is an EU Horizon 2020-funded smart city research and demonstration project that develops, tests, and replicates Positive Energy District (PED) solutions in historical European cities. The project implements 10 integrated solutions across 4 Energy Transition Tracks — Positive Energy Buildings & Districts, P2P Energy Storage and Management, E-mobility Integration into Smart Grid, and Citizen Driven Co-creation — coordinated through a City Information Platform and Digital Twin infrastructure across 8 cities in 13 countries.
Product overview
POCITYF is an EU Horizon 2020-funded smart city research and demonstration project (not a commercial product) that implements 10 integrated solutions organized under 4 Energy Transition Tracks: Positive Energy Buildings & Districts (ETT#1), P2P Energy Storage and Management (ETT#2), E-mobility Integration (ETT#3), and Citizen Driven Co-creation (ETT#4). The project operates through a City Information Platform and Digital Twin infrastructure to coordinate energy systems, mobility, and citizen engagement across 8 European cities. Solutions include Building-Integrated Photovoltaics for heritage areas, Vehicle-to-Grid charging infrastructure, and Multi-Agent System-based Community Energy Management Systems. POCITYF demonstrates these solutions in Lighthouse Cities (Alkmaar and Évora) for replication in Fellow Cities (Bari, Celje, Granada, Hvidovre, Ioannina, Újpest).
Differentiator
Problem solved
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Products and services
- Positive Energy Buildings & Districts Solutions (ETT#1) Solutions enabling significant energy savings at building and district level, featuring positive energy retrofits, circular economy approaches with waste stream symbiosis, and deployment of Positive Energy Districts through advanced ICT solutions. Targets European municipalities and cities seeking heritage-compatible energy-positive urban transitions.
- P2P Energy Storage and Management Solutions (ETT#2) Flexible and sustainable electricity grid networks with innovative storage solutions and peer-to-peer energy management supporting grid flexibility and curtailment reduction, including district heating/cooling with heat storage and waste heat recovery. Designed for energy community operators and municipalities.
- E-mobility Integration Solutions (ETT#3) Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and smart solar power-driven charging stations supporting demand-supply energy management at district level, combined with e-car sharing systems and innovative EV technologies for cleaner mobility. Targets city mobility planners and electric vehicle infrastructure operators.
- Citizen Driven Co-creation Solutions (ETT#4) Social innovation mechanisms for citizen engagement, open innovation platforms for policy makers, and interoperable modular city ecosystems enabling cross-sector coordination and citizen participation in urban planning. Includes Minecraft-based citizen engagement programs.
- Digital Twin Platform Multi-layer digital infrastructure that virtually reproduces the city, collecting and making accessible data on energy production, garbage collection, resident counts, and cross-referencing data from different sources to understand relationships and support planning decisions. Targets urban planners and city administrators.
- Community Energy Management System (CEMS) Multi-Agent System-based platform that manages real-time energy exchanges within Renewable Energy Communities, dynamically adapting to legally defined REC configurations and energy-sharing coefficients. Coordinates energy production, consumption, storage, and sharing in real time.
- Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) Solar technologies discreetly embedded in rooftops, façades and structural elements that blend into architecture while generating electricity, designed for heritage-sensitive areas like UNESCO World Heritage sites. Includes PV shingles and skylights.
- Energy-Positive Noise Barriers Innovative noise barriers installed on highways that generate energy while reducing traffic noise, enabling cities to produce renewable energy from existing infrastructure.
Quantifiable outcome
- 28% electricity cost reduction in Renewable Energy Communities through AI-based CEMS
- +4 more outcomes
Companies that use Pocityf
Customer profileNamed customers10 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Pocityf technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
AI capability7 records
Feature6 records
Pocityf partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship, supporting and minor.
- EDP LabeleccoreEDP Labelec is the project coordinator of POCITYF. As the lead partner, EDP Labelec (EDP's R&D centre) manages overall project coordination, technical oversight, and strategic direction of the smart city initiative across all consortium activities.
- Fondazione ICONScoreFondazione ICONS serves as the communication, dissemination and exploitation partner for POCITYF and multiple other research consortia. Responsible for newsletter management, website, media kit, and public communication activities of the project.
- Energy@WorkcoreEnergy@Work is a key technical partner focusing on creating knowledge transfer tools to enable local action, following the success of pilot sites. Developed the 'Replication Effect' infopack and coordinates replication methodology for Fellow Cities.
- CERTH (Centre for Research and Technology Hellas)coreCERTH provides technical expertise on building-level and district-level energy analysis, assessing energy upgrades, comparing renovation scenarios, estimating emissions savings, and exploring e-mobility and battery storage roles in local energy management.
- INESC TECcoreINESC TEC contributes scientific expertise including research on energy flexibility in renewable energy communities, multi-agent systems for energy management, and citizen engagement behaviors in sustainable energy solutions.
- European Green CitiescorePartner working alongside the City of Hvidovre to establish the Avedøre Energy Community, which won the 2025 Green Power Award for citizen-led innovation in local energy transition.
- EURADAcoreEURADA (European Association of Development Agencies) facilitates the Smart Heritage Cities Working Group, connecting European cities and regions for knowledge sharing on smart cities in cultural heritage areas. Co-organizes Working Group events and meetings.
- REFORMERSflagshipREFORMERS is a sister EU-funded project that builds on POCITYF's work, developing a 'flagship valley' in Alkmaar and Heiloo. Joint event held in Alkmaar (September 2025) to explore scaling up positive energy solutions from POCITYF.
- Scalable Cities NetworkflagshipPOCITYF participates in the Scalable Cities initiative alongside 13 other PED projects, contributing to the CINEA PED Cluster. The network facilitates knowledge exchange, joint events (ECHO 2030), and shared methodologies for climate-neutral urban transitions.
- University of GroningencoreUniversity of Groningen (Groningen Centre of Energy Law and Sustainability) co-authored key publications on legal barriers for PEDs, examining regulatory obstacles and legal uncertainties at national level based on experiences from POCITYF Lighthouse Cities.
- VTT Technical Research Centre of FinlandsupportingVTT is a horizontal technical partner in the consortium providing research and technological expertise across the project's energy transition tracks.
- AIT Austrian Institute of TechnologysupportingAIT is a horizontal partner contributing expertise in digital resilient cities and responsive cities/regions for the project's ICT and digital solutions.
- CINEA (European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency)flagshipCINEA manages the EU funding and provides policy updates from the European Commission. POCITYF actively contributes to CINEA's PED Cluster meetings, facilitating knowledge exchange across the 14 EU-funded PED projects representing ~€500M combined funding.
- JUST PEPP ProjectminorPOCITYF was featured in a JUST PEPP podcast episode discussing the realities of implementing PEDs in historical heritage cities, contributing to broader dissemination of heritage-sensitive energy transition approaches.
Scale indicators7 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Pocityf competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- SPARCS: SPARCS is a Horizon 2020 smart city project referenced as a sister project of POCITYF, focused on sustainable energy-positive urban communities using comparable lighthouse-city demonstration and replication models.
- Ruggedised: Ruggedised is a Horizon 2020 lighthouse project on smart, sustainable urban development, part of the broader Scalable Cities cluster referenced by POCITYF. It shares the demonstration-and-replication logic across lighthouse and follower cities.
- ATELIER: ATELIER is an EU-funded Positive Energy District project listed among POCITYF's sibling collaborations. It operates under the same Horizon 2020 framework with similar lighthouse/fellow city structures and PED demonstration methodology.
- +CityxChange: +CityxChange is a Horizon 2020 smart city project developing Positive Energy Districts in European cities, part of the same Scalable Cities cluster as POCITYF. It uses comparable demonstration-led, consortium-based GTM targeting similar municipal customers.
- GrowSmarter: GrowSmarter is a Horizon 2020 smart cities project explicitly listed among POCITYF's sister projects, focused on deploying and replicating smart city solutions across European municipalities with comparable consortium-led delivery.
- REFORMERS: REFORMERS is a sister Horizon 2020 project explicitly building on POCITYF's work in Alkmaar (the 'flagship valley'). It targets the same Positive Energy District outcomes and shared the Alkmaar final event in September 2025, making it the most directly comparable peer.
Broad incumbents
- Siemens Smart Infrastructure: Siemens Smart Infrastructure is a broad incumbent in the building and district energy management market. Its Desigo and Navigator platforms overlap with POCITYF's CEMS and digital twin capabilities, serving cities and utilities at global scale rather than the heritage niche.
- Schneider Electric EcoStruxure: Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure platform offers district energy management, grid integration, and e-mobility solutions overlapping directly with POCITYF's four Energy Transition Tracks. As an incumbent, it commercializes at scale rather than demonstrating in heritage-specific contexts.
- ENGIE Solutions: ENGIE is a major district energy and urban services provider in Europe, operating heating/cooling networks and energy-positive districts comparable to POCITYF's scope. It addresses a broader municipal and industrial customer base without the heritage-specific focus.
- EDF (Électricité de France): EDF is a large European utility active in district heating, renewable energy communities, and urban energy transition programs. It targets the same municipal customers POCITYF serves via lighthouse demonstrations but as part of a much broader commercial portfolio.
Market position
Strengths1 record
Weaknesses1 record
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
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Pocityf leadership team
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Profiles4 records
Pocityf funding detail
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Frequently asked questions about Pocityf
What does Pocityf do?
POCITYF is an EU Horizon 2020-funded smart city research and demonstration project that develops, tests, and replicates Positive Energy District (PED) solutions in historical European cities. The project implements 10 integrated solutions across 4 Energy Transition Tracks — Positive Energy Buildings & Districts, P2P Energy Storage and Management, E-mobility Integration into Smart Grid, and Citizen Driven Co-creation — coordinated through a City Information Platform and Digital Twin infrastructure across 8 cities in 13 countries.
Is Pocityf a public or private company?
Pocityf is a private company. It is classified as state government owned and is currently operating.
When was Pocityf founded?
Pocityf was founded in 2019. It employs 51 to 100 people.
Where is Pocityf based?
Pocityf is headquartered in Sacavém, Portugal, in the Europe region.
How does Pocityf make money?
One revenue line is on record: EU Research Funding (Horizon 2020).
Who are Pocityf's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are SPARCS, Ruggedised, ATELIER, +CityxChange, GrowSmarter and REFORMERS. Broad incumbents are Siemens Smart Infrastructure, Schneider Electric EcoStruxure, ENGIE Solutions and EDF (Électricité de France).
Does Pocityf have an API?
No public API is recorded for Pocityf.
What industry is Pocityf in?
Pocityf's product category is Smart City Research & Demonstration Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUACAKAH, District Energy & Community CHP (District Heating/Cooling Networks), with a secondary code of HDABAKAL, Renewable Integration & Energy Efficiency (PUE Optimization, Heat Reuse). Its NAICS code is 22133 and its SIC code is 4991.