The report highlights the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) testing phase in 16 countries: after the initial launches in 2021 in Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, and France, Croatia and Finland joined in 2022, followed by Slovenia and Spain in 2023, and then Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Poland, and Portugal in 2024. This year, Italy began its own pilot phase, coordinated by the Ministry of Environment and ENEA, with assessments underway and a plan to complete at least 30 non-residential buildings by February 2026. In total, more than one thousand properties have already been analysed across the EU, generating valuable data to refine the methodology and guide future implementation.

The ‘Science Watch’ section reviews five recent studies that validate the SRI from both an energy efficiency perspective and a scientific and methodological standpoint, including research on building envelopes, urban integration, and heat generators.

The edition also offers recordings and presentations from key events held this year: the 4th Joint SRI Meeting, organised with the participation of EU authorities and LIFE projects, and a dedicated session at the Sustainable Places 2025 conference, where topics such as practical use, auditing tools, and synergies with Energy Performance Certificates were discussed.