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Newsletter #2 - May 2015
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It’s
late spring. The narcissus near the Sloterplas in Amsterdam have
fainted away and the temperature in the valley of Grenoble is rising
slowly but steadily. Some days it feels like summer already. It’s
not only spring in nature, but also in our project. City-zen is gearing
up to get to full blossom.
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Crossed interviews
Jean-Louis Demeirly
(Atos) and Louis Bekker (Siemens)
Why are you part of the project ?
Jean-Louis Demeirly
: "In late 2012, the invitation of the Municipality of Grenoble to
participate and submit a proposal for City-zen in our area of
expertise, was an honor and a recognition which perfectly fitted with
our strategy to develop and diversify our solution portfolio, not only
for utilities but also to satisfy needs of administrations,
municipalities and real estate stakeholders, that we see blooming in
many areas of today’s world."
Louis Bekker :
"Siemens is industrial partner in the project since innovative
technologies are major levers for sustainable city development.
Effective infrastructure contributes to economic prosperity and an
improved quality of live. The complexity involved requires a holistic
view, sustainable and smart solutions and cooperation with the City and
its partners."
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Field trip in Grenoble
On
the 8th and 9th of April 2015, Grenoble hosted the first field trip for
City-zen and local partners. The purpose of this visit was to discover
Grenobles ambitious projects and to participate in the debate on
the challenges facing the city. Round tables and site visits marked
this field trip, which offered a wealth of information, pictures,
discussions…and good weather.
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City-zen
welcomes a new partner : Greenspread
Greenspread
is an innovative energy service company which builds and operates local
sustainable energy systems in which energy production and usage are
continuously being optimized. This is always done in close
collaboration with local stakeholders. The energy systems are
integrated with buildings or with a built environment (groups of
buildings) and aim at optimizing their energy usage. The goal is to do
this “clean and smart”.
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An
update on the SmartSim Game
By Gerben Kijne
The
last couple of months, the Alpha version of City-zens behaviour change game
was tested in Amsterdam. Reactions were positive and we’ve received
constructive feedback to take into account while developing the Beta
version. Most importantly, players seemed to really enjoy the
competition that ensued from the test session and some players broke
all records and ended up playing for hours.
The things we witnessed give us the confidence that we are on to
something and we are looking forward to testing our Beta on a larger
scale this summer.
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Key
innovations for smart cities
State of the art analysis
The
task "Key innovations for smart cities : state of the art analysis"
(WP2 - Project initiation) aims to incorporate the knowledge on the
latest state of the art in retrofitting, district heating and cooling
and smart grids. A special attention will be paid to the synergy
between those, in the integrated measures topic. Find on the websites
the first Key Innovation forms related to retrofitting that present the
main innovations that will be demonstrated in Amsterdam and Grenoble. A
continuous search for new information and taking into account the
up-dating of the innovations to be demonstrated will be done till March
2016.
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VivaCity,
1st collaborative energy data management programme
The
Grenoble territory is promoting a ground-breaking collaborative energy
management approach. Its originality lies in a trial of joined-up
cooperation between local energy operators, in a joint buliding
initiative between the city of Grenoble and Grenoble Alpes Métropole.
The programme VivaCity involves the development of an experimental
platform for collaborative energey data management, covering the
perimeter of the Grenoble EcoCity.
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Local
news from Amsterdam
Spotlight Amsterdam Smart City - Hielke
Ploeg
Since
studying at the University of Amsterdam, my bond with Amsterdam has
grown ever stronger. I’ve become “smarter”. Having children – my own
little Amsterdammers – has helped me to once again become more aware of
how important it is to use our energy responsibly. Not only because of
the effect on our generation, but because it also affects my (grand)
children’s future. Until recently, it wasn’t really clear to me as an
Amsterdam resident how the city was taking an active role in this
field. But then a mother at my children’s school told me that Amsterdam
Smart City were looking for households to participate in an energy grid
storage trial.
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School
benefits from Comfort Cooling with cold from the IJ river
First demo in Amsterdam ready
Last
September, the newly built elementary schools Het Meervoud and De
Houthaven in the Houthaven district in Amsterdam opened its doors to
their pupils and staff. As these buildings are connected to the Comfort
Cooling network, this means the first part of the first demonstration
in Amsterdam is ready!
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Smart City Event - 2 to 5 June 2015 Amsterdam
On
the 2nd until the 5th of June 2015, The Smart City Event will take
place for the 5th time in Amsterdam. It will bring Smart city experts
from more than 30 countries for inspiring key notes, interactive
workshops and inviting round tables.
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City-zen
at ECEEE - 1 to 6 June 2015
Hyères (France)
ECEEE
has accepted a paper on City-zen for presentation at their panel number
4 : Mobility, transport, and smart and sustainable cities of the 2015
Summer study. It takes place form June 1-6, 2015, in Hyères, France,
The paper will be presented by partner DNV GL and has been developed in
collaboration with many City-zen partners.
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EUSEW
- 15 to 19 June 2015
Brussels
The
EU Sustainable Energy week showcases activties dedicated to energy
eficiency and renewable energy solutions. It is designed to spread best
practices, inspire new ideas and build alliances to help meet the EU's
energy and climate goals. Highlights : the High Level Policy Conference
in Brussels and Energy dayx throughout Europe and beyond to promote
energy efficiency and renewable energy sources.
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City-zen
Amsterdam Field trip
21 to 22 September 2015
After a
successful visit to Grenoble, the advisory board and consortium
partners will visit Amsterdam on
September 21st and 22nd.
During this visit, the Amsterdam partners will host round tables, site
visits and presentations, thus allowing the participants to familiarise
themselves with the local situation, challenges and solutions.
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www.cityzen-smartcity.eu
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 This
project has received funding form the European Union's Seventh
Programme for research, technological development and demonstration
under grant agreement N° 608702
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