CREATIVE SUSTAINABLE INCLUSIVE

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January 2013

SMART CITIES

Nº 07. JAN. 2013

EDITORIAL

BURGOS, THE SMART CITY THAT BETS ON MOBILITY[ CAROLINA BLASCO ]

FOCUS

INDEX OF SMART CITIES - PORTUGALINTELLIGENCE: A MEANS TO ACHIEVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN CITIES - SEMINAR REPORT

FACTS

COMPANIES FOR SMART CITIESSMART CITIES RESEARCH CENTRES

INTELI NEWS

BRIEFS

EVENTS

SUGGESTIONS

Smart Cities Cluster

In close collaboration with the cities of the Network RENER - Living Lab for Urban Innovation, INTELI presented the “Index of Smart Cities - Portugal” book last December 14th, 2012, in the Lisbon Story Centre, Lisbon. It’s just one step of the work that the Innovation Centre has been developing in the area of smart cities, which is intended to be deepened in the future.

The medium-term objective is to create, in Portugal, a Smart Cities Cluster encompassing local and regional authorities, universities and research institu-tes, companies and users, in a logic of open innovation. It is intended to meet the challenges that cities currently face, but also to make use of the existing opportunities in the territories, with a view to improving the quality of life of citizens. For this, we need multidisciplinary skills and capabilities, linking clusters (or competitiveness poles) of energy, mobility, information and com-munication technologies, creative industries, etc.

Cities are seen as spaces for testing and experimentation (living labs), as ha-ppened under the National Program for Electric Mobility, but also as spaces for development of innovative urban solutions with potential for internationa-lization. It is a window of opportunities for Portuguese companies in a global market that is estimated to grow from 8 billion dollars in 2010 to 39 billion dollars in 2016 (ABI Research).

The focus on the development of this integrated cluster meets the strategy of re-industrialization of Europe and Portugal, where there is great focus on the sectors associated with smart grids, green vehicles, sustainable construction, bio-industries, telecommunications and information technology. In order to turn the country into a place of development and production of technologies with export capacity.

In this context, the smart cities index, which is intended to be updated pe-riodically, works as a tool for intelligence and international benchmarking. It underpins the definition of public policies, but also the intervention in the territories. And this is a process that INTELI aims to develop in cooperation with the cities and companies.

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BURGOS, THE SMART CITY THAT BETS ON MOBILITY

Carolina Blasco*Carolina Blasco, Second Deputy Mayor and Counsellor for Sustainable Development of the Municipality of Burgos, Spain

* The Counsellor and second Deputy Mayor of Burgos, Carolina Blasco, is responsible for the area of sustainable development and has under her jurisdiction issues as diverse as the environment, innovation and industrial development. She has been one of the driving forces behind the movement to turn Burgos into a ‘smart city’.

Burgos is one of the founding cities of the Spanish Network of Smart Cities (RECI) and coordinates within this network the mobility group, an area where its projects stand out. This focus on innovation and on making the city more sustainable has already earned Burgos several awards as the “City Science and Innovation Award 2011” and the Gold Certificate for the application of ICTs in the municipality.

In this interview, the counsellor describes what a smart city is and identifies the key projects that contributed to turning Burgos into a ‘smart city’.

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What is a smart city? There are many definitions to smart city; however, I pre-fer the definition that identifies it as a city that uses the limited resources efficiently and sustainably to improve the quality of life of citizens. Using, of course, the Infor-mation and Communication Technologies (ICT), since they do not consume resources and help the citizens in terms of integration, equity or information.

The city of Burgos has been focusing on mobility. What are the main projects that Burgos has been de-veloping in this area?

Burgos has been developing projects in the area of mobility since 2005, investing for many years in the so-called Information Systems for Transportation and Mobility. In addition, Burgos is a pioneer city in the promotion of cycling. It is important to plan and have a development strategy in this area. This has been our way of working, developing actions in the area of mobil-ity, to make our city more sustainable. Burgos has one of the most modern traffic control stations in Europe. The Intelligent Centre for Transportation provides real-time information to citizens thanks to the more than 400 sen-sors scattered throughout the city. The last project that was implemented under this scope was the traffic signal priority for public buses, forming the so-called “green wave” in several areas of the city, thus improving its commercial speed.

What other projects, within the scope of smart cities, has Burgos bet on?

The city of Burgos drew its modernization plan four years ago and it is, at present, finalizing its second mod-ernization plan. Regarding its application, the first ac-tion was to install a free wireless system that covers most of the historical and tourist centre of the city. Then, after the computerization of the management of the water cy-cle to savings of losses, a bet was made on the pneumatic waste collection. More recently work has been done on new projects such as the global telematics reading of water meters and provision of public services integrated with the commercial sector of the city. The latter trans-lates into a true example of public-private collaboration, whose implementation was facilitated by the Depart-ment of Innovation Burgos I +.

Being one of the founders of RECI, what benefits has Burgos taken to be part of the Network?

The cities that are part of RECI had a great will to share their knowledge and experience in areas that were more advanced and to learn from other cities in areas that were less developed. It has been an exercise in solidarity and generosity by the cities in times of economic diffi-culties in which such initiatives are especially needed.

Has any model or intelligent project of a city been rep-licated for another one in RECI?

Several open systems for sharing with interested cities have been offered. The city of Burgos has not imple-mented any system offered by another city in the net-work, basically because in our case it was not necessary, since we already had such systems. To give an example of this shared experience, a free software was offered to manage the resources of the social area, a tool for mak-ing municipal websites more accessible, or open data mechanisms compatible with NFC1 technology (Near Field Communication) on transport and mobility, in the more technological plan, or a municipal regulation that promotes transparency in the relationship with the citi-zen, on a plan more related to municipal management.

Burgos was awarded the Gold Seal for the application of ICTs in the municipality. What, for you, is the im-portance of technology in the governance of a smart city?

It is the next step after having thought about the appro-priate strategy for the city in terms of planning, mobil-ity or energy and environment. After completing these plans, Burgos has been carrying out actions and projects that, thanks to the ICTs, can make the city more acces-sible, enjoyable and sustainable. Nevertheless, it must be borne in mind that technology is a means, not an end. Clearly, the ICTs have changed and will continue to change the way we interact and provide services, but above all, the smart city will always be one that develops projects to make the city more competitive and sustain-able, always thinking, above any another purpose, of the citizens who live there.

The interview was written in Spanish. The translation is the responsi-bility of the editor.

1 Near Field Communication, technology that enables the secure exchange of information due to the proximity of two electronic devices.

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INDEX OF SMART CITIES PORTUGAL

On December 14th, 2012, at the Lisbon Story Centre in Lisbon, INTELI presented the “Index of Smart Cities – Portugal” book, with the support of Siemens and CGD – Caixa Geral de Depósitos. An audience of about 100 participants discussed the results of the application of the cities index for a set of 20 municipalities of the network RENER - Living Lab for Urban Innovation.

The definition of smart cities indexes has been a com-mon practice at the European and international levels. The countries of southern Europe have recently started to integrate this movement. For example, the consult-ant ADC in Spain launched, in 2011, an index of smart cities that applied to a number of Spanish cities, having repeated this exercise in 2012. Also in 2012 the institu-tion Forum PA in Italy launched iCity, a smart cities index used in 40 Italian cities.

However, smart cities projects that have been gaining importance throughout the world are well diversified in terms of motivations, objectives, partnerships, models of governance, financing, etc., depending heavily on lo-cal specificities. Therefore INTELI developed a smart cities index specifically adapted to the Portuguese real-ity, in order to strategically position the cities in terms of urban intelligence and to contribute to improving the performance of the territories.

METODOLOGY

The INTELI index has as its starting point an integrated concept of smart city, which translates into a city at-tractive to talent, visitors and investors due to the bal-ance between innovation, environmental quality and social and cultural inclusion, within a context of open government and connectivity with the global economy, seeking to improve the quality of life of citizens. Thus, the technologies are not seen as an end in itself but as an enabler - a smart city is a city for people and for the communities where they live and work.

The methodology incorporates five dimensions of anal-ysis - Governance, Innovation, Sustainability, Inclusion and Connectivity, 21 sub-dimensions and 80 indicators.

Governance: Integrates urban policies, as well as the processes of cooperation between political, economic and social actors, with emphasis on public participation issues. The efficiency, effectiveness and transparency in the provision of public services are also key drivers of urban intelligence analysis.

Innovation: ACovers competitiveness of cities in terms of wealth creation and employment generation. It fo-cuses not only on R&D and technology intensive sec-tors, but also on the contribution of the activities of the creative, green and social economy for the economic development of urban spaces.

Sustainability: Includes efficient use of resources, en-vironmental protection, as well as the balance of eco-systems. The management of water and waste, energy efficiency and use of renewable energy, sustainable con-struction, mobility, emissions of greenhouse gases and biodiversity are some of the key factors of the study.

Inclusion: Integrates not only the issues associated with social cohesion, but also cultural diversity, inno-vation and social entrepreneurship, and digital inclu-

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sion in health, safety, education, culture and tourism. The use of digital technologies at the service of social integration of disadvantaged sections of the population is also being analysed.

Connectivity: Covers involvement of cities in national and international territorial networks, as well as the level of integration of functions and urban infrastruc-ture. The use of information and communication tech-nologies and of digital networks is considered a critical success factor.

In order to quantify the indicators, data collection was conducted through direct observation, document analysis, official statistics, sending questionnaires and interviews with municipalities. To avoid distortions resulting from the use of different measurement units, the indicators were normalized on a scale of 0 to 10. The index of cities, being a composite indicator, results from the weighted average of the scores given to the five dimensions of analysis.

NETWORK RENER

The Smart Cities Index was applied, in this first edition, to 20 of the 25 cities that make up the network RENER - Living Lab for Urban Innovation, member of the Eu-ropean Network of Living Labs.

RENER is a living laboratory that works as a space for experimentation and testing of urban intelligent solu-tions in a real context, within a logic of open innovation and co-creation with strong user involvement. It is also a venue for sharing ex-periences and best practices with capacity for replication in other cities and regions, both nationally and internationally. The solutions developed, incubated and tested locally, can be exported thus boosting the capacity of in-ternationalization of Portuguese companies.

The project started with the National Electric Mobility Program where cities worked as a test-bed for large international manufactur-ers in terms of technological solutions and information systems associated with electric mobility. The intention now is to broaden the scope of action of the RENER network to other areas of a smart city - energy, buildings, governance, social innovation, etc., in order to create a network of smart cities in Portugal.

It is an experience that already begun in Spain with the creation of the Spanish Network of Smart Cities under the leadership of Santander, which currently includes about 30 cities. It aims to share experiences and best practices, to replicate projects developed in a city in other urban spaces and develop initiatives together, keeping in mind the opportunities of the next pro-gramming period 2014-2020.

GLOBAL RESULTS

Lisbon, Almada, Cascais, Aveiro and Vila Nova de Gaia are the cities that have excelled in the field of urban in-telligence, with a global spread of values between 6.46 and 3.66.

However, this position varies according to the dimen-sions of analysis, which shows that some cities have better scores in some areas and other cities in others, given the characteristics of the territories and the pro-activity of local public policies. For this reason, we can find good municipal practices in all cities of the RENER network, regardless of their position in the global rank-ing.

The correlation between positioning in the index and size of the cities is not significant, although some in-fluence of this variable was noted, which gives critical mass, density and diversity to urban spaces due to the concentration of human, economic and institutional resources.

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THE EXAMPLE OF SUSTAINABILITY

In the Sustainability dimension, several critical factors were analysed: biodiversity and ecology, air and emis-sions, water and waste, buildings, mobility and energy.

In aggregate terms, cities that performed better are Al-mada, Vila Nova de Gaia, Cascais, Lisbon and Loures. Almada positioning derives from the implementation of a number of notable initiatives in the area of sustain-ability, such as: remote management system of street lighting, system of urban wastewater treated for irri-gation in public space, several initiatives in the area of soft mobility such as promoting cycling and hybrid and electric vehicles for the municipal fleet, the lowest CO2 emissions per capita (2008), etc.

But this positioning varies according to the sub-dimen-sions in the analysis. Thus, Vila Nova de Gaia stands out in the area of buildings, for combining a set of posi-tive indicators and municipal best practices: formalized strategy of sustainable building, energy monitoring sys-tems for municipal buildings, certification of municipal buildings by the environmental management system ISO 14001 and municipal incentives for sustainable building in terms of urban taxes. In turn, Loures stands out in the area of energy, with the highest capacity for local production of electricity from renewable sources, as well as an ambitious target for reducing emissions in 36% by 2020 under the Covenant of Mayors. Cas-cais has a positive performance in terms of policies to improve air quality, boasting of a reduction of 31.39 %

in CO2 emissions in 2008, compared to 2007. Lisbon assumes primacy in matters of electric mobility, given the presence of electric vehicles in the municipal fleet, the implementation of a pilot project for electric taxis, as well as other initiatives for international collabora-tion in this area.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Leadership and Strategic Vision: The definition and implementation of smart cities projects require strong leadership and the existence of an integrated and struc-tured strategy, articulating different urban policies: economics, environment, mobility, social cohesion, tourism, culture, etc. This is reflected in the need for in-teraction and flows of information between the various government departments at the local level.

Involvement of citizens: The success of smart cities projects necessarily entails the participation of com-munities and citizens who live and work there. A smart city is a city for the people, with the ultimate goal of improving the well-being of the population.

Cities for everyone: Cities cannot be smart cities for higher classes of the population, but should promote equal opportunities in economic, social and spatial terms.

Stimulating innovation: The phenomenon of intelligent cities is not just about improving the quality of life of citizens and promoting the effi-ciency of public services, but also promoting in-novation and creating jobs and wealth. In fact, it opens a window of opportunity for companies that develop innovative urban solutions in the areas of governance, energy, mobility, health, etc., both multinationals and SMEs.

Solutions for Low Cost and High Impact: Many of the smart cities programs are associat-ed with high investments in infrastructure and software. However, you can become a smart city by starting to implement projects with low cost and high impact on the lives of communities, which enhances the mobilization of citizens by virtue of quick and effective results of these ini-tiatives.

Micro-cities within the Polis: Cities may elect certain spaces to act as living labs in order to test new smart urban solutions in microenvi-

ronments, as in the case of a technology park, a cultural complex, a transportation hub or a college campus.

Integration of infrastructure and interoperability: In order to obviate the risk of fragmentation of initiatives, the concept of interoperability proves critical and is now assumed to be absolutely necessary to allow a large scale adoption of smart urban solutions.

Smart financing: Smart cities projects will have to es-tablish a viable funding model, combining public funds with private funds and other local, regional, national or European sources. There are interesting opportuni-ties in the context of EU programs, namely the future Horizon 2020.

Evaluation of results: In smart cities projects it is im-portant to develop methodologies for monitoring and evaluating, ex ante, ad interim and ex-post, in order to correct deviations and compare costs with benefits. We’re talking about the use of quantitative and qualita-tive indicators covering the economic, social, environ-mental and cultural aspects of urban life.

Benchmarking with other cities: Knowledge of best practices and international experiences can be very useful when a city wants to launch smart city projects. It is about learning from the successes and failures of others, adapting such teachings to local specificities.

CITIES ON THE SPOTLIGHT

TOP IN GLOBAL TERMSLisboa, Almada, Cascais, Aveiro e Vila Nova de Gaia

TOP IN TERMS OF GOVERNANCELisboa, Aveiro, Bragança, Viana do Castelo e Almada

TOP IN TERMS OF INNOVATIONLisboa, Almada, Vila Nova de Gaia, Coimbra e Cascais

TOP IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITYAlmada, Vila Nova de Gaia, Cascais, Lisboa e Loures

TOP IN TERMS OF INCLUSIONAlmada, Lisboa, Coimbra, Cascais e Aveiro

TOP IN TERMS OF CONNECTIVITYLeiria, Almada, Faro, Santarém e Aveiro

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Network RENER– Living Lab for Urban Innovation Website

INTELI launched on December 14th, the website of the Network RENER - Living Lab for Urban Innovation, which presents the results of applying the smart cities index to 20 cities in Portugal. You can also find a set of municipal best practices in the areas of governance, innovation, sustainability, inclusion and connectivity.News and events about smart cities, whether national or international, will be updated daily on the site.

www.rener.pt

HIGHLIGHTS

• 55% of municipalities have defined and formalized strategies for sustainable construction

• 30% of municipalities have municipal tax rebate for new buildings of class A and A +

• 55% of municipalities have energy management systems in municipal buildings

• 2 cities have municipal buildings certified by systems of sustainable construction

• 75% of municipalities have subscribed the Covenant of Mayors

• 15% of municipalities have street lighting system with dimmable equipment

• 75% of municipalities have defined and formalized a plan for sustainable mobility

• 25% of municipalities have electric vehicles in the municipal fleet

• 45% of municipalities have points of bike-sharing

• 15% of municipalities have points of car-sharing

• 20% of municipalities have irrigation systems with treated wastewater

• 2 municipalities refer their waste to an energy recovery process

• 65% of municipalities have community urban gardens

To download the book: http://media.wix.com/ugd//55d170_b72609b772d106353c2e6a5690b77a8e.pdf

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INTELLIGENCE: A MEANS TO ACHIEVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN CITIESSEMINAR REPORT

The Lisbon Story Centre room was full. This time the object of curiosity and interest was not the interactive exhibition on the history of Lisbon, also interesting, but the presentation of the book “Index of Smart Cities - Portugal”, prepared by INTELI.

On December 14th last, the paths of 25 Portuguese cit-ies that are part of the Urban Innovation Network (RE-NER) crossed at Terreiro do Paço. Mayors, researchers, young innovators, companies and journalists gathered to examine the components of this new paradigm of ur-ban development, the Smart Cities.

“There is only one alternative to the city. And that is: a better city”. It was with this challenge that the vice-chancellor of the University of Minho, José Mendes, began the introduction to the book by INTELI.

The designation ‘smart cities’ often has interpretations that scare off the ordinary citizen. José Mendes came forward with an important distinction on this matter. “There are two types of smart cities: dedicated cities where intelligence is an end - spaces for prototyping, a living lab such as in Abu Dhabi; and cities amid the real, which use intelligence as a means to meet the needs of the people”. It is this latter case that integrates the vast majority of cities, nationally and internationally.

In the Smart City concept developed by INTELI, a smart urban space is innovative, sustainable - both eco-nomically and environmentally -, inclusive and crea-tive. In this context, as emphasized Prof. José Mendes, “a smart city can be done with modest investments”. That is, “small investment projects with great impact on the lives and happiness of the people”.

The Index of Smart Cities in Portugal reviewed and col-lected data on how 20 of the 25 cities that make up RE-NER use or create “intelligence” in the development of innovative projects with positive influence on the eve-ryday life of its citizens.

Catarina Selada, Director of INTELI in the area of Cit-ies & Territories, presented the methodology, the five evaluated dimensions (innovation, sustainability, inclu-sion, governance and connectivity) and the 80 qualita-tive and quantitative indicators that were the basis of the study.

This book is only the first phase of a dedicated work with RENER municipalities that aims to “produce stra-tegic knowledge for the development of sustainable and innovative policies; identify and disseminate good practices of Portuguese municipalities; and promote na-tional cities in the international Smart Cities ranking “.

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During three months of collecting and crossing of data it was concluded that in all the cities reference projects were executed that had the potential to be part of the best ranking of projects internationally. This fact allows highlighting the work developed in the last decade by the national municipalities.

NEW IDEAS FOR OLD PROBLEMS

In parallel, it has been notorious the dynamics for en-trepreneurship and innovation of companies like Sie-mens and banking institutions, such as CGD, in devel-oping projects under the scope of Smart Cities. But not only - young entrepreneurs and researchers have also demonstrated their creativity in finding new solutions to help solve old problems in cities. Mobility, sustain-able construction and energy efficiency are three on-going concerns. It is no wonder that when the magazine Visão, Siemens, INTELI and Sociedade Ponto Verde decided to launch a competition of ideas, most propos-als gave answers to these questions.

During the summer, Visão and Siemens, based on the INTELI Smart Cities Index, presented the best practic-es of “smart” Portuguese cities. And to give an example, there was a system of online participation from readers, twofold: choose the projects they want to see in their city, and take the initiative and make new proposals.

The three finalists of the initiative “A Perfect City” could not be more different: mobile shelters for the homeless, an application for mobile phones and tablets that are used as taxi dispatchers, and coatings for buildings that generate power from the sun, rain and wind. But only one could win and the choice, announced on the 14th at the Lisbon Story Centre, fell upon Skinenergy, roof-ing that produces electricity for buildings.

“This award makes us believe even more in the project. It is one of the proofs that it can become a reality”, said

José Mendes and Catarina Selada

Joana Garoupa and Fernando Silva - Siemens

Ricardo Sousa, 37, architect and co-author of the idea, along with his brother, José Sousa, 40. The architect be-lieves that the award can be an asset to the next phase: to attract investors to come up with a proof of concept (a kind of prototype, purely technical, without aesthet-ic concerns). In times of crisis, fundraising is not an easy task.

“Although the values are relatively low, we are aware that Portugal is on standby. But people have to real-ize that we need to evolve”. Skinenergy can be paid quickly: the square metre of this coating costs more or less the same as a photovoltaic panel (which has a payback of six or seven years), with the advantage that it produces energy constantly, not just when there is sun. The future of the project, however, implies going abroad, says Ricardo Sousa. “The aim is to internation-alize Skinenergy to markets such as Germany, USA and Japan”, explains the architect. Countries with long-term vision where you know that investing in sustain-ability is building the future.

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Catarina Selada - INTELI and Carlos Carreiras - Mayor of Cascais

Ricardo de Sousa and José Sousa - Skinenergy ( Winning team ) Pedro Camacho - Visão and Bernardo Alves - Taxi Motions Catarina Filipe and Isabel OliveiraCidade com Abrigo

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COMPANIES FOR SMART CITIES

The market related to smart cities has great growth potential, representing an opportunity for companies that develop innovative urban solutions in areas as diverse as energy, mobility, water and waste management, governance, etc. According to ABI Research, it is expected that the global market for technologies that support smart city projects grow globally from 8 billion dollars in 2010 to 39 billion dollars in 2016, accumulating a total of 116 billion dollars during the period.

This mapping, which is not exhaustive, aims to identify a set of Portuguese companies that are potential suppliers of smart city programs. To promote this group of companies as a cluster enhances the integration of the national supply and internationalization of these products and services.

LOCATION

Águeda

Cascais

Algés

Aveiro

Carnaxide

Coimbra

Covilhã

Entroncamento

Faro

Lisbon

Maia

Matosinhos

Ovar

Oeiras

Pombal

Oporto

Vila Nova de Gaia

• Globaltronic - intelligent management of public lighting

• Órbita - development of electric bikes

• Inocrowd - IT solutions

• Compta - waste and water management, buildings and energy efficiency

• VantyxSystems - innovative solutions for public administration, one stop shop solution

• MagnumCap - electric mobility and energy management

• Martifer Solar - PV industry

• SmartVision - electronic public procurement

• Solar Plus - PV industry

• Veniam Works - software and communications

• Safira-IT solutions

• AIRC - websites, mobility solutions

• BetterSoft - applications for logistics and mobility

• Critical Software - charging points for electric vehicles

• ISA - intelligent solutions in the areas of energy, health and environment

• Enforce - energy engineering

• Sotkon - waste management

• Visualforma - IT solutions

• Bond - technological solutions for smartphones and tablets

• Cside - energy services, remote automation, video surveillance and security solutions

• ESRI Portugal - geographic information systems

• Gatewit - electronic public procurement

• GFI - solutions for public administration, telecommunications

• Gismédia - geographic information systems

• Intergraph Portugal - geospatial solutions

• Izimoove - intelligent mobility solutions

• Janz - energy management systems

• Lógica - geospatial technological solutions and information systems

• Mainroad - IT solutions

• Masterlink - e-government, multimedia, e-marketing

• Novabase - back office and front office solutions for public administration, mobility

• Saphety - electronic public procurement, electronic purchases, electronic invoicing

• Siemens - mobility solutions, smart grid applications, building systems, etc.

• Tekever - mobility applications, innovative technologies for several markets

• Vortal - e-commerce and multimedia

• Wedo Technologies - traffic analytics, fraud management

• ACIN - electronic public procurement

• Efacec - energy, engineering, transports and logistics

• InfoPortugal - technological solutions for georeferenciation

• Soma - waste management solutions

• Alma Design - industrial design related to transports

• Umbelino Monteiro - photovoltaic tiles

• ANO - electronic purchases, e-procurement, e-government

• Miroma - electronic public procurement

• Winprovit - video surveillance, e-commerce

• Caetano Bus - development of electric buses

COMPANIES

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SMART CITIES RESEARCH CENTRES

Researchcentresspecificallydedicatedtothestudyofsmartcitiesare starting to emerge worldwide, both within universities and public bodies, and businesses. These tend to focus on the multidisciplinary skills needed to approach the topic of smart cities, such as information technology and communication, energy, mobility, urban planning, etc.

Designation

Advancity

CCCF

CI3

CiCiS

CEIIA

MITCity Science

City, Country

Noisy-le-Grand, France

Oporto, Portugal

Guadalajara, Spain

Santander, Spain

Maia, Portugal

Massachusetts, USA

Description

Cluster for sustainable cities and green technologies, asserting itself as a catalyst for innovation and competitiveness. Aims to foster collaborative projects between companies and research organizations, with the aim of developing products, processes and services in order to generate economic activity and create jobs. Three scientific committees were created to cover three key areas: urban development, housing and construction and transport and mobility.

The CCCF (Centre of Competences Cities of the Future) has as main objective to develop and apply knowledge, skills and competences of a multidisciplinary nature, aimed at promoting economic development and social inclusion, with high standards of safety and quality of life. The centre includes the competences of the University of Porto in the area of communications technologies, services and intervention tools and models to the urban and metropolitan scales for planning, simulation, construction, operation and management of environmentally sustainable cities.

Entity of the public sector whose objectives are to contribute to the growth, promotion and development of information technology and communications (ICT) applied to the infrastructure of the cities.

The University of Cantabria (UC), the city of Santander and Ferrovial signed a memorandum to proceed with the Research Centre for Smart Cities of Santander (Cicis). In this centre, still in its initial phase, technicians work in communications technologies by developing projects related to innovation and sustainable development, oriented to improve the city and the quality of life for citizens, through better provision of services.

The CEIIA (Centre for Excellence and Innovation in the Auto Industry) is a centre for design, en-gineering and innovation of new products and services for the mobility industry, developing its activity in collaboration with international partners of reference in the automotive and aeronautic industries. Its mission is to contribute to making Portugal a reference in the research, design, development, manufacture and testing of products and services for the mobility industry, coordinating the Pole of Competitiveness and Technology of Mobility.

The Science City initiative of the MIT Media Lab is a network of research groups that come together to improve the design, habitability and understanding of the performance of urban environments. Researchers from the Science City, in partnership with the industry and the government, will focus on the following themes: urban design, mobility-on-demand, energy and mobility networks, integrated technologies, environments for working and living.

Link

www.advancity.eu

sigarra.up.pt/feup/pt/uni_ge-ral.unidade_view?pv_uni-dade=692

www.ci3.es

Em desenvolvimento

www.ceiia.com

cities.media.mit.edu

Future Cities Centre

CDC

Create-Net

Denokinn - Social Innovation Park (SIP)

Virium Helsinki Forum

i2CAT Foundation

Mistra Urban Futures (MUF)

New Zeland Centre for Sustainable Cities

Smart Cities and Infrastructure cluster of the UCD Earth Institute

Smart Cities Research Services (SCRS)

Smart+Connected Communities Institute

URENIO

London,United Kingdom

Bilbao, Spain

Trento, Italy

Bilbao, Spain

Helsinki, Finland

Barcelona, Spain

Gothenburg, Sweden

Wellington, New Zeland

Dublin, Ireland

Montreal, Canada

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Thessaloniki, Greece

The new centre for cities of the future aims to develop applications of new technologies to improve life in the city. Its main mission is to address environmental, social and economic problems that cities face today. It will be one of Intel’s labs in collaboration with the Imperial College and the University College of London. The purpose of the CDC (Committee of Digital and Knowledge-based Cities) is to create a cooperation network of Local Authorities that is integrated and efficient, in order to exploit the op-portunities that information and communication technologies provide, sharing them and adapting them to local needs in order to create new opportunities for all cities and municipalities.

Research centre recognized internationally as one of the leading institutions in Europe in the area of ICTs. Its mission is to turn cities into smart spaces by developing more innovative and efficient services.

The SIP hosts social entrepreneurs and innovative projects, with the aim of becoming a “Social Silicon Valley”. All projects and entrepreneurs will benefit from the Laboratory for Social Innovation (G-Lab) and the Academy of Social Innovation. This infrastructure is promoted by Denokinn, Basque Centre for Social and Corporate Innovation, who was sponsor of the project for urban mobility, the electric car “Hiriko”.

The Forum develops new digital services, in cooperation with the companies, the City of Helsinki, other public sector organizations and citizens themselves. Innovation projects developed in the Helsinki Virium Forum focus on the following themes: well-being, smart city, new forms of media, environment and sustainability, innovative procurement, innovation communities.

Centre for Research and Innovation that focuses its activities on the development of the Internet of the future to improve the region of Catalonia. The i2CAT is a founding member of the European Network of Living Labs, the organization that promotes the open innovation model, both in Europe and in the world.

Centre for Sustainable Urban Development with the objective of producing innovative knowledge through close cooperation between professionals and researchers. Through this collaboration, the centre aims to improve the environment and lives of people in cities worldwide. MUF has been developing some projects in the area of smart cities, such as SENDSMART and GO:SMART.

Interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to providing basic information to produce innovative solutions to the economic, social, environmental and cultural development of urban centres in New Zealand. It organizes conferences and sharing of information on projects in the area of Smart Cities such as Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart Programme.

The cluster for smart cities and infrastructure is a multidisciplinary creative centre that brings toge-ther researchers with different backgrounds, including political, economic analysis, transportation and engineering, information systems and renewable energy. With this experience, UCD Earth Institute is able to provide solutions to some of the most pressing issues of cities of the present, as well as cities of the future, through the development of sustainable plans and intelligent solutions for cities.

Consulting group specializing in the investigation of issues related to the management of urban development, such as: brownfield redevelopment, sustainable transport, energy use by the community, affordable housing, green infrastructure and smart growth. SCRS provides advice on public policy to governments and local authorities, as well as nongovernmental organizations.

This institute, powered by Cisco, acts as an incubator for entities that plan, analyse and develop policies for cities, academic institutions, and city leaders that collaborate to solve the various issues involved in the development of cities in order to make them more sustainable.

Laboratory of the Department of Regional Planning and Urbanism of the Faculty of Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. It aims to promote research and provide scientific and technological services in the field of smart cities and regions.

www.intel-university-collabo-ration.net/?page_id=1420

www.cities-localgovern-ments.org/committees/cdc

www.create-net.org/

www.socialinnovationpark.org/

www.forumvirium.fi

www.i2cat.net/en/i2cat-foundation

www.mistraurbanfutures.se

sustainablecities.org.nz

www.ucd.ie/earth/research/smartcitiesinfrastructure

smartcities.ca

www.smartconnectedcom-munities.org/community/partners

www.urenio.org/profile/

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CIDADES 4.0A PROGRAM ABOUT SMART CITIES

INTELI is producing for RTP, through an independent producer called Absolut Auge, a series of 13 programs on the theme CITIES 4.0, which premiered on November 17th, 2012 and ends on February 9th, 2013.On a weekly basis, the programs are aired every Saturday on RTP Infor-mação at 2:45pm and repeated at 7:45pm the same day and on Sundays at 2:30am and 12:45pm.

In a rhythmic and dynamic format, the CITIES 4.0 program aims to show that which is best done in Portuguese cities within the scope of smart cities, collect testimonies of experts and public figures and even divulge some examples of success in the international context. Several topics have been addressed, such as entrepreneurship, governance, crea-tivity, social inclusion, mobility, energy, etc.

This series of programs is part of a wider dissemination project devel-oped by INTELI, which includes the work done in partnership with the magazine Visão, Siemens and Sociedade Ponto Verde for the promotion of the Smart Cities Index.

INTELI PRESENTS SMART CITIES ON THE 57TH GEOFORUM OF THE LUSÓFONA UNIVERSITY

INTELI participated in the 57th Geoforum organized by the Lusófona University of Humanities and Technologies, Lisbon. The conference was held on December 11th in the auditorium Armando Gebuza, Library of ULHT. “Smart Cities, a model for the city of the future” was the theme that Catarina Selada addressed in her speech. This is an area of research that INTELI has developed in recent years, with an active participation in projects of the national network of cities and in international net-works.

TERCUD - Centre for the Study of the Territory, Culture and Develop-ment of ULHT - organizer of the Geoforum, is a unit of R&D of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Lusófona University whose activity takes place around three Research Groups: Geography and Development; Urban and Regional Planning; and Museology.

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Agreement between Japanese Organization and the Portuguese Government to turn Lisbon into a Smart City

The Japanese organization NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation) presented in early 2012 a proposal to the national government to turn Lisbon into a smart city.The agreement signed in March presupposes that some Japanese specialized companies will invest in projects in Portugal, particularly through the application of advanced technologies in the area of mobility and energy efficiency. This Agreement may also be an opportunity for national companies with capacity for intervention in these areas.It is intended that buildings and urban spaces become more sustainable, which will benefit the population and turn Lisbon into a smart city.http://www.mobie.pt/newsdetail?newsid=78942

Coimbra presents the SmartCoimbra initiative

The City Council and the University of Coimbra presented the SmartCoimbra initiative last December 12th, which aims to transform Coimbra into an intelligent and creative city and a “model city” in terms of the use of information and communication technologies (ICT). The idea is to put ICT at the service and for the benefit of citizens and local businesses in areas such as energy, mobility, health, tourism and local government. In the latter, we highlight the digitization of the services rendered and the public availability of this information in order to promote transparency in the conduct of public officials and citizen involvement in the formulation of public policy and governmental action.SmartCoimbra: Coimbra Creative Smart City aims to increase energy efficiency in the city and ensure that the objectives outlined in the White Paper on Mobility and Transport of the European Union (2011) are met.http://www.cnoticias.net/?p=102318

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Faro wins IBM’s contest to become a smart city linked with the economy of the sea

The IBM Smarter Cities Challenge prized a total of 31 cities in 2012, who will receive a full support equivalent to 39 million euros.Faro was the only Portuguese city chosen by IBM this year and it will be accompanied by experts of the multinational to find more effective solutions for urban management and to improve the link to the economy of the sea. According to IBM, in the first phase - a period of three weeks - experts will do a need assessment and then draw up a strategic plan. It will follow this stage, the benchmarking process, the production of recommendations, and finally the execution of the projects.http://expresso.sapo.pt/ibm-inclui-faro-na-aposta-em-cidades-inteligentes=f768316

City Protocol: The first certification for smart cities

The City Protocol is the first certificate for smart cities and seeks to codify what really makes a city smart, as well as distinguish which are the cities that are working to win that title. This certificate was created by more than 30 organizations, including the Municipality of Barcelona, GDF SUEZ and Cisco, and will be managed by the newly created City Protocol Society.The City Protocol Society is a global network of cities, in partnership with other entities - such as companies and universities - that aims to develop common approaches and solutions to help cities build a sustainable future. http://www.cityprotocol.org/

Study identifies new business opportunities in smart cities

The study “Smart Urbs 21” analysed more than 370 initiatives in 64 cities and has identified opportunities to create intelligent solutions focused on improving urban governance and the application of technology in services for citizens. This study was prepared by the Centre for Digital Technology of Barcelona and the Institute Cerdá in collaboration with the Municipality of Barcelona and a number of companies such as Gas Natural Fenosa, Cespa-Ferrovial and BBVA.Of the 15 new solutions and opportunities identified in the study in the area of smart cities, 60% are targeted at citizens, 30% at the optimization of the provision of urban services, 25% involve the participation of the city in a public-private partnership and the remaining 25% relate to the creation of new business opportunities.This study focused primarily in the areas of environment, energy and transport and mobility.http://www.icerda.es/noticies.php?not=1235&lang=3

Smart Grids Summit 2013Berlin, 28th-30th January 2013

The Smart Grid Summit 2013 will bring together Europe’s leading electricity grid distribution specialists, investors and regulators to share insights into the immedi-ate challenges and projects now started to realise the smart grid roll-out. This con-ference will provide invaluable insights into the most important smart grid projects, research and developments making Europe a world leader in energy technology and innovation.

Smart Grids, Smart Cities Forum 2013 Nice, 20th-22nd March 2013

The upcoming Smart Grids, Smart Cities Forum will bring together experts from both public and private sectors to discuss the initiatives, successful implementa-tions and the future outlook for Smart Cities 2013 and beyond. The meeting will be built on ambitious smart grids pilot projects which are instrumental to pave the way towards full scale roll out.

Digital Grids and Smart Cities SummitRiyadh, 10th-12nd March 2013

In this summit will be discussed the strategies to create a smart and sustainable future. Presentations from local and international experts will include interconnect-ing digital grids and smart cities, identifying smart grid applications and require-ments, communication systems and more. The agenda will also cover aspects of smart web, smart communications and smart mobility that will facilitate a futuristic yet self-sustainable system.

International Workshop on Pervasive Internet of Things and Smart Cities Barcelona, 25th - 28th March 2013

This workshop aims at gathering researchers and developers from the fields of the Internet of Things, Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Smart Cities to dis-cuss the technologies and research challenges associated to new applications and services in Smart Liveable Cities.

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SITES & LINKS

Global City Indicators Facility

Smart Specialisation Platform

RENERGY Project – INTERREG IVC

City Protocol

Portal on Smart Cities - Spain

Smart Cities Inspiration Blog

BOOKS & ARTICLES

Guide to Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart SpecialisationEC, May 2012

The “Guide to Smart Specialization” provides guidance to Member States to enable them to develop strategies for research and innovation based on the concept of ‘smart specialization’. “Smart specialization” translates into a stra-tegic approach to achieve economic development through research and innovation. Betting on smart specialization will be an essential requirement for Structural Funds in-vestments in research and innovation as part of the future contribution of the European Cohesion Policy for job cre-ation and growth.

Connecting Smart and Sustainable Growth through Smart SpecialisationEC, November 2012

This document provides specific recommenda-tions and examples of good practice to promote discussion among stake-holders and public au-thorities of the Member States in the framework of regional strategies for re-search and innovation for smart specialization.

Smart Cities of the Future Paper 188Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis - University College of London, October 2012

The recent document prepared by the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University of London, aims to give an overview of the changes that will occur in the cities of the future, focu-sing on areas where urban spaces may be more in-telligent, such as energy, mobility and urban trans-port, the environment, ci-tizen involvement, among others.

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EfficienCITIES-Città-modello per lo sviluppo del PaeseSiemens and Cittalia, 2012

The report, prepared by Siemens and Cittalia (centre for studies and research for the Italian cities and municipali-ties) addresses 54 Italian provincial capitals with over 90 thousand inhabitants. These were analysed in terms of in-novation and quality of life, according to a set of indicators such as sustainability, water quality, air quality, mobility, energy, among others. This report has found that it is on urban mobility, sustainability and buildings that Italian municipalities have invested more.

Análisis de las Ciudades Inteligentes en España 2012 - El Viaje a la Ciudad InteligenteIDC, September 2012

This White Paper presents an analysis of smart cities in Spain, incorporating 44 cities with over 150,000 inhabit-ants.The methodology covers the following smart dimensions: government, buildings, mobility, energy and environ-ment, and services. Moreover, it considers a set of ena-bling forces, namely: people, economy and information and communication technologies. It integrates 23 evalu-ation criteria and 94 indicators.The five cities that lead the ranking are: Barcelona, Santander, Madrid, Malaga and Bilbao.

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Edition and Coordination: INTELI

Editorial Team: Catarina Selada, Patrícia Afonso, Maria João Rocha and Diana Reis

Collaboration: Carolina Blasco – Municipality of Burgos (Spain)

Graphic design: Mónica Sousa (INTELI)

Cover photo: Anthony Malhado (INTELI)

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