European federation of living labs providing co-design methodology and citizen engagement infrastructure across environment, health, and energy projects.
ENoLL is the international federation of living labs — real-world testbeds where citizens, researchers, and companies co-design and validate innovations together. They provide methodology, quality frameworks, and coordination expertise that help EU projects integrate end-user engagement into technology development and policy design. Their core contribution is bridging the gap between lab-stage research and real-world adoption by running participatory innovation processes across sectors from water management to urban health to smart energy neighbourhoods.
Central to nearly all their projects — from UNALAB and SISCODE (co-design, co-creation ecosystems) to VITALISE (health living labs) and oPEN Lab (open innovation living labs for energy neighbourhoods).
iSCAPE (air pollution control), UNALAB (urban nature labs), SCORE (climate resilience in coastal cities), REWAISE (smart water economy), and WATER-MINING (circular water management).
EU-MACS (market development for climate services), ALL-Ready (agroecology living lab network), METABUILDING LABS (open innovation test bed), and VITALISE (health and wellbeing infrastructure).
URBANOME (urban health observatory with citizen science and participatory governance) and VITALISE (virtual health and wellbeing living lab — their only coordinator role).
SynchroniCity (IoT-enabled digital single market) and U4IoT (user engagement for large-scale IoT pilots).
ALL-Ready (European agroecology living lab and research infrastructure network), signalling expansion into agricultural innovation.
In their early H2020 period (2016–2019), ENoLL focused on urban environmental challenges — air pollution control, green infrastructure, and climate services market development — alongside IoT and smart city pilots. From 2020 onward, their portfolio shifted decisively toward resource recovery, circular economy, and living lab infrastructure building, with explicit emphasis on open innovation methodology, health and wellbeing, and positive energy neighbourhoods. The trend shows a move from being participants in technology-driven projects to becoming recognized infrastructure providers for participatory innovation itself.
ENoLL is positioning itself as the go-to European infrastructure provider for living lab methodology, increasingly applying it to health, energy transition, and circular economy domains.
ENoLL operates almost exclusively as a participant (14 of 15 projects), joining large consortia as the living lab and user engagement specialist rather than leading projects. Their single coordinator role — VITALISE, also their largest grant at EUR 704K — marks a recent shift toward leading infrastructure-type projects. With 331 unique partners across 35 countries, they function as a network hub, connecting diverse consortia rather than repeatedly partnering with the same organizations.
With 331 unique consortium partners across 35 countries, ENoLL has one of the broadest collaboration networks among living lab organizations in Europe. Their partnerships span Western, Southern, and Northern Europe extensively, with strong presence in multi-city demonstration projects.
ENoLL is not a research performer — it is the membership network that defines what a living lab IS in Europe. This gives them unmatched reach into hundreds of local living labs across the continent, making them the single fastest way to access distributed user-testing infrastructure. For any consortium needing citizen engagement, co-design workshops, or real-world pilot validation across multiple cities and countries, ENoLL is the de facto standard partner.
