Barcelona – Spain

Barcelona always stands out of the box right from being one of the most planned city in the world to being the first city in the world to implement the solar thermal ordinance. This city has started taking steps to a smarter city a decade ago with its must amend solar thermal ordinance. The ordinance encourages and indeed insists citizens to utilize the solar energy as much as possible for all electricity needs to the most. The city has also made the European standards 6 a must across all the vehicles and started to impose heavy fines if someone is not compliance. The city has recently implemented EV charge stations to encourage the citizens use e-cars and bikes. The city is building a living lab for the smart-city innovations.