Project description
Revolutionise urban landscapes for the better
Modern cities face a range of challenges that impact their sustainability, efficiency and liveability. Spanning energy efficiency, transportation congestion, ageing infrastructure, housing scarcity, environmental impact, the digital divide and governance issues, these challenges require sustainable solutions. The EU-funded REPLICATE project will address these complexities through Smart City technologies. In districts across San Sebastian, Florence and Bristol, it showcases cutting-edge Smart City technologies in energy, transport and ICT. The project's aim is to enhance energy efficiency and effectively utilise local resources while generating replication plans for other districts and follower cities, including Essen, Nilufer and Lausanne. Key to success is recognising cities as the primary beneficiaries, with integrated urban plans tailored to their specific complexities.
Objective
The objective of REPLICATE is to demonstrate Smart City technologies in energy, transport and ICT in districts in San Sebastia, Florence and Bristol addressing urban complexity and generate replication plans in other districts and in follower cities of Essen,
Nilufer and Lausanne.
Main challenges for cities are to increase the overall energy efficiency, to exploit better local resources in terms of energy
supply and demand side measures. For successful implementation of Smart City technologies two main elements are
considered:
- Cities are the customer: considering local specificities in integrated urban plans and the need to develop monitoring
systems to extract conclusions for replication.
- Solutions must be replicable, interoperable and scalable.
REPLICATE considers also the complexity of cities, the tangible benefits for citizens, the financial mechanisms and the new
business models. The 3 pillars implemented in the pilots with the engagement of citizens, private actors and authorities are:
- Low energy districts: cost-effective retrofitting, new constructive techniques with optimal energy behaviour and high
enthalpy RES in residential buildings. Include also efficient measures in public and residential buildings: ICT tools, PV,
shading or natural ventilation; district heating is demonstrated hybridising local biomass, recovered heat and natural gas.
- Integrated Infrastructure: deployment of ICT architecture, from internet of things to applications, to integrate the solutions in
different areas. Smart Grids on electricity distribution network to address the new challenges, connecting all users:
consumers, producers, aggregators and municipality. Intelligent lighting will allow automated regulation of the amount of light
and integration of IP services via PLC.
- Urban mobility: sustainable and smart urban bus service, electric urban bike transport, 3-wheeler delivery and transport
services, deployment of EV charging infrastructures and ICT tools.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologycivil engineeringurban engineeringsmart cities
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationstelecommunications networksmobile network
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energynatural gas
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models
- agricultural sciencesagricultural biotechnologybiomass
Programme(s)
Funding Scheme
IA - Innovation actionCoordinator
20003 San Sebastian
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Participants (43)
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Donostia/San Sebastian
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20004 San Sebastian
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50122 Firenze
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50121 Firenze
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50132 Firenze
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BS1 5TR Bristol
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45127 Essen
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16130 Bursa
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CH1002 Lausanne
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20009 Donostia San Sebastian
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20001 Donostia San Sebastian
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20009 San Sebastian
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
20009 DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIAN (GIPUZKOA)
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48160 Derio
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20015 San Sebastian
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00185 Roma
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00198 Roma
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50142 Firenze
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16124 Genova Ge
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20123 Milano
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50121 Florence
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50019 Sesto Fiorentino
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31192 Mutilva Alta Navarra
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81677 Munchen
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BS8 1QU Bristol
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OX1 2JD Oxford
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BS1 6AG Bristol
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BS8 2QD Bristol
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BS4 1NL Bristol
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UB11 1EZ Uxbridge
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EH54 5DW Livingston
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BS7 8QH Bristol
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HA4 6QE London
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DH1 2LH Durham
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BS16 1QY Bristol
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08034 Barcelona
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31007 Pamplona
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20018 SAN SEBASTIAN
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20014 San Sebastian
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34718 Kadikoy, Istanbul
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EX4 4QJ Exeter
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69115 Heidelberg
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00191 Roma
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