Smart Cities Research Services (SCRS) is a consulting group based in Montreal with associates across Canada. The group specializes in research on issues related to the management of urban growth and development such as intensification, brownfield redevelopment, sustainable transportation, community energy use, affordable housing, green infrastructure, and smart growth. SCRS conducts research and provides policy advice to federal, provincial and municipal governments as well as non-governmental organizations.
Our firm has a special interest in research that will help develop innovative planning policies and bridge the gap between planning policies and real changes in the way cities are built "on the ground". Consequently, much of our research has focused on case studies and best practices of innovative urban development policies and programs, the exploration of barriers to sustainable urban development such as fiscal arrangements, and the development of new implementation tools such as indicators of urban sustainability, certification programs, and planning evaluation systems.