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EU sponsors sustainable City Concepts
http://www.iao.fraunhofer.de/lang-en/business-areas/mobility-and-urban-systems-engineering/1112-eu-sponsors-sustainable-city-concepts.html[font face=Serif][font size=5]EU sponsors sustainable City Concepts[/font]
[font size=4]European Commission nominates Fraunhofer Smart Cities project as lighthouse project[/font]
Oct 9, 2014
[font size=3]The European Commission has nominated the Triangulum project, led by Fraunhofer IAO and with the support of the Steinbeis-Europa Zentrum (SEZ), to be the lead project for the Smart Cities and Communities initiative. This project will transform designated urban districts into smart quarters in three forerunner cities and then transfer the concepts to three further cities. 23 European partners from urban municipalities, research, and industry are involved.
For its concept to develop smart urban districts, a consortium will develop a strategic partnership under the auspices of the Smart Cities and Communities initiative and will be led by Fraunhofer IAO. The project name Triangulum stands for the three points demonstrate, disseminate and reciprocate. The project will implement pioneering concepts in the three cities of Manchester (UK), Eindhoven (Netherlands), and Stavanger (Norway) with support from the European Union. Subsequently, the concepts will be transferred to Leipzig (Germany), Prague (Czech Republic), and Sabadell (Spain). The project emerged from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft’s Morgenstadt (city of tomorrow) initiative.
“Our goal is to find viable solutions to make cities sustainable, smart, and livable in the future. To achieve this, we’re implementing pioneering concepts for sustainable energy supply, mobility, and information technology, initially in three selected cities,” explains Alanus von Radecki, project manager at Fraunhofer IAO, who has the lead role in the project.
Triangulum will transform the student quarter in Manchester known as the Corridor, which contains around 72,000 students, into a smart city district. This will entail renovating historical buildings and building up an autonomous energy grid to supply the entire district with heat and electricity. The grid will combine geothermal and district heating with two independently operating electricity grids and a fuel cell that can store excess energy. In addition, all conventional cars are to be banished from the district: according to the scientists’ vision, only electric vehicles, bicycles, and the city’s “Metrolink” electric tram will be allowed in the Corridor.
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[font size=4]European Commission nominates Fraunhofer Smart Cities project as lighthouse project[/font]
Oct 9, 2014
[font size=3]The European Commission has nominated the Triangulum project, led by Fraunhofer IAO and with the support of the Steinbeis-Europa Zentrum (SEZ), to be the lead project for the Smart Cities and Communities initiative. This project will transform designated urban districts into smart quarters in three forerunner cities and then transfer the concepts to three further cities. 23 European partners from urban municipalities, research, and industry are involved.
For its concept to develop smart urban districts, a consortium will develop a strategic partnership under the auspices of the Smart Cities and Communities initiative and will be led by Fraunhofer IAO. The project name Triangulum stands for the three points demonstrate, disseminate and reciprocate. The project will implement pioneering concepts in the three cities of Manchester (UK), Eindhoven (Netherlands), and Stavanger (Norway) with support from the European Union. Subsequently, the concepts will be transferred to Leipzig (Germany), Prague (Czech Republic), and Sabadell (Spain). The project emerged from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft’s Morgenstadt (city of tomorrow) initiative.
“Our goal is to find viable solutions to make cities sustainable, smart, and livable in the future. To achieve this, we’re implementing pioneering concepts for sustainable energy supply, mobility, and information technology, initially in three selected cities,” explains Alanus von Radecki, project manager at Fraunhofer IAO, who has the lead role in the project.
Triangulum will transform the student quarter in Manchester known as the Corridor, which contains around 72,000 students, into a smart city district. This will entail renovating historical buildings and building up an autonomous energy grid to supply the entire district with heat and electricity. The grid will combine geothermal and district heating with two independently operating electricity grids and a fuel cell that can store excess energy. In addition, all conventional cars are to be banished from the district: according to the scientists’ vision, only electric vehicles, bicycles, and the city’s “Metrolink” electric tram will be allowed in the Corridor.
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