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Objective

mySMARTLife project aims at the development of an Urban Transformation Strategy to support cities in the definition of transition models, as a suitable path to reach high level of excellence in its development process, addressing the main city challenges and progressing to the smart people and smart economy concepts.
The main instrument to achieve this very ambitious strategy will be the definition of the Advanced Urban Planning, consisting of an integrated approach of the planned city interventions on the basis of a rigorous impact assessment, an active citizen engagement in the decision-making process and a structured business approach, from the city business model perspective, to the economic framework for big companies and local SMEs and Start-Ups.

Nantes (France), Hamburg (Germany) and Helsinki (Finland) are the lighthouse cities and Varna (Bulgaria), Bydgoszcz (Poland), Rijeka (Croatia) and Palencia (Spain) the followers. All of them will be involved in the overall project development assuming different and complementary roles. Energy and Climate mitigation plans in the lighthouse cities are completely compliant with the objectives of Covenant of Mayors initiative, as it is reflected; first regarding the early participation of the cities in Covenant of Mayors and second, considering the ambition of their SEAPs, that were submitted, evaluated, approved and are monitored by Covenant of Mayors. Aligned with these objectives, the commitment of the lighthouses is the deployment of a big set of large scale interventions and at least two years of data collection to make a depth analysis of the results, calculating standard KPIs, evaluating the associated impacts and disseminating the results. Followers will be very close to this demonstration, collaborating in the definition and deployment, analysing the problem from the point of view of their own city challenges and extracting knowledge, best practices and lessons learnt for a further replication.

Programme(s)

H2020-EU.3.3.1. - Reducing energy consumption and carbon foorpint by smart and sustainable use

Topic(s)

SCC-1-2016-2017 - Smart Cities and Communities lighthouse projects

Call for proposal

H2020-SCC-2016

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Funding Scheme

IA - Innovation action

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EU Contribution

€ 1 065 000

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NANTES METROPOLE

France

EU Contribution

€ 1 879 000

ENGIE

France

EU Contribution

€ 1 807 449

ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS

France

EU Contribution

€ 347 496

CENTRE D ETUDES ET D EXPERTISE SUR LES RISQUES L ENVIRONNEMENT LA MOBILITE ET L AMENAGEMENT

France

EU Contribution

€ 234 575

ENEDIS

France

EU Contribution

€ 188 886,25

FREIE UND HANSESTADT HAMBURG

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 1 992 325

HAFENCITY UNIVERSITAT HAMBURG

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 237 500

HOCHSCHULE FUR ANGEWANDTE WISSENSCHAFTEN HAMBURG

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 194 375

VOLKSWAGEN AG

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 821 275

T-SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 933 065

KONSALT GESELLSCHAFT FUR STADT UNDREGIONALANALYSEN UND PROJEKTENTWICKLUNG MBH

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 221 958,63

ENERGIENETZ HAMBURG EG

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 847 004,90

HELSINGIN KAUPUNKI

Finland

EU Contribution

€ 1 269 405

FORUM VIRIUM HELSINKI OY

Finland

EU Contribution

€ 1 280 738

Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy

Finland

EU Contribution

€ 1 180 625

HELEN OY

Finland

EU Contribution

€ 657 563,38

FOURDEG OY

Finland

EU Contribution

€ 119 000

SALUSFIN OY

Finland

EU Contribution

€ 421 575

METROPOLIA AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OY

Finland

EU Contribution

€ 219 000

STEINBEIS INNOVATION GGMBH

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 681 875

FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 785 398,75

NOBATEK INEF 4

France

EU Contribution

€ 416 750

FUNDACION ESADE

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 303 750

MIASTO BYDGOSZCZ

Poland

EU Contribution

€ 123 125

OBSHTINA VARNA

Bulgaria

EU Contribution

€ 55 312,50

GRAD RIJEKA

Croatia

EU Contribution

€ 140 625

AYUNTAMIENTO DE PALENCIA

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 231 450

Project information

mySMARTLife

Grant agreement ID: 731297

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 December 2016
End date

30 November 2021

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.3.1.

Overall budget:

€ 21 724 074,75
EU contribution

€ 18 656 102,41

Coordinated by:

FUNDACION CARTIF

Spain

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - mySMARTLife (Smart Transition of EU cities towards a new concept of smart Life and Economy)

Reporting period: 2016-12-01 to 2018-05-31

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

"The main objective of mySMARTLife is the development of an Urban Transformation Strategy to support cities in the definition of transition models as a suitable path to reach a high level of excellence along its development process while addressing the main city needs and challenges. The main instrument is the Advanced Urban Planning, an integrated approach of the planned city interventions on the basis of a rigorous impact assessment, active citizen engagement and a structured business approach from the city business model perspective.
This Urban Transformation Strategy is being deployed for lighthouse cities and for follower cities. The lighthouse cities will implement a set of actions through which they will validate technological and non-technical models leading to major city impacts. The technical actions are focused on transforming the energy and mobility model from a sustainable perspective. ICT solutions will support improvements on urban planning management, urban infrastructures operation and will provide physical tools to measure performance in the energy and mobility fields, while promoting the deployment of services for citizens. The non-technical actions aim at achieving a higher level of implementation of the smart people and smart economy concepts. Nantes (France), Hamburg (Germany) and Helsinki (Finland) are the three lighthouse cities, and Bydgoszcz (Poland), Rijeka (Croatia) and Palencia (Spain) the follower cities.
mySMARTLife in Nantes
The ""Ile de Nantes"" (Island of Nantes) is the demonstration area, that is divided into three zones with different objectives where the 47 mySMARTLife actions are carried out:
Zone 1 (new buildings area in Île de Nantes). Construction of new buildings, including the connection to the high performance district heating. Project actions include a carbon neutral multimodal concept including RES production and storage, smart energy systems and ""soft"" mobility services, the integration of innovative digital boilers and smart public lightning concept. Furthermore, a new multimodal concept will be implemented, including RES, smart energy systems and ""soft"" mobility services such as smart power management, smart charging and rental services.
Zone 2 (retrofitting area in Île de Nantes). A multi-owner residential building will be retrofitted, including façades, roof insulation, connection to district heating and an integration of RES managed through a power management system together with an innovative financing instrument. Energy retrofitting in individual houses, comprising insulation of attics and walls, smart thermostats and hybrid solar thermal and photovoltaic system.
Zone 3 (district-city level), with a focus on mobility and infrastructure actions. 20 new XXL e-buses, nearly 80 charging stations, optimisation of the district heating operation, smart metering and public lighting will be realised, together with a new Urban Data Platform. Citizen solar projects and multi owner building retroffitting projects will be facilitated through two web-based platforms.
mySMARTLife in Hamburg
The borough of Bergedorf is the demostrantion area, with 3 zones:
Zone 1 (new construction area “Schleusengraben”). More than 1,400 new residential units will be built. They will be above national energy efficiency standards, with smart controls and connection to an innovative low-energy district heating mainly based on RES. Also, new smart adaptive lighting for bicycle routes will be implemented.
Zone 2 (“Bergedorf-Süd”). Retrofitting area where an innovative concept of independent Smart Heating Islands mainly based on RES and a humble lamppost initiative are foreseen.
Zone 3 (entire borough of Bergedorf). Here, 10 electrical buses, a total of 40 e-cars and 50 e-bikes for public and private fleets are planned as well as e-bus charging stations at the bus depot, several fast charging stations and a set of private stations for e-cars, all supplied with energy stemming to 100% from RES. Multi-m"

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

Nantes image (from mysmartlife.eu webpage) — Copyright: Markus Sinervä

Hamburg image (from mysmartlife.eu) — Copyright: www.mediaserver.hamburg.de/Thies Raetzke

Helsinki image (from mysmartlife.eu webpage) — Copyright: Markus Sinervä

Project information

mySMARTLife

Grant agreement ID: 731297

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 December 2016
End date

30 November 2021

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.3.1.

Overall budget:

€ 21 724 074,75
EU contribution

€ 18 656 102,41

Coordinated by:

FUNDACION CARTIF

Deliverables

Other (3)

Open data and open APIs to the building-level energy savings potential

Definition of Open Data and Open APIs to promote the building-level energy savings potential

Simulation models of the building stock, energy system, transportation, urban infrastructures

Modelling, Simulation, and Systems Engineering of the building stock, energy system, mobility and urban infrastructures.

New predictive and adaptive control algorithms and monitoring of performance, smart demand control system

Investigation on innovative BEMS and smart control strategies. Definition of predictive algorithms for the optimization of the heat demand response at apartment level.

Documents, reports (14)

mySMARTLife Cities Network replication activities planning

Report on the mySMARTLife Cities Network with 12 European cities and 4 cities from outside of Europe.

Baseline report of Helsinki demonstration area

Definition of the baseline based on quantitative and qualitative measurements for the Helsinki demonstration area in terms of building energy consumption, energy supply sources, mobility, urban infrastructures, urban plans, public procurement procedures and actions for citizen engagement. Interim version to be submmitted on M8.

Baseline report of Hamburg demonstrator area

Definition of the baseline based on quantitative and qualitative measurements for the Hamburg demonstration area in terms of building energy consumption, energy supply sources, mobility, urban infrastructures, urban plans, public procurement procedures and actions for citizen engagement. Interim version to be submmitted on M8.

Report on the activities of the Communication and Dissemination Secretariat_v1

Report on the activities of the Communication and Dissemination Secretariat including a description of target groups for communication and dissemination activities.

Baseline report of Nantes demonstrator area

Definition of the baseline based on quantitative and qualitative measurements for the Nantes demonstration area in terms of building energy consumption, energy supply sources, mobility, urban infrastructures, urban plans, public procurement procedures and actions for citizen engagement. Interim version to be submmitted on M8.

Urban Coaching. Description of coached areas and their selection for Mentoring

Definition of a methodology for the assessment of the urban transformation and identification of the most replicable solutions. Selection of coachers and areas of interest. Definition of good practices for mentoring purposes.

Report on retrofitted actions and implemented actions new buildings including RES and storages in Helsinki

Report on retrofitting interventions and new buildings and integration of energy storage systems and RES. Definition of a demand response strategy.

Baseline assessment & PESTEL Analysis of Rijeka’s Initial Replication Plan

Baseline definition of the city of Rijeka through a PESTEL analysis. Definition of a first draft of the replication for the city of Rijeka based on the experience from WP2, WP3, WP4 and WP5.

Baseline assessment & PESTEL Analysis of Palencia’s Initial Replication Plan

Baseline definition of the city of Palencia through a PESTEL analysis. Definition of a first draft of the replication for the city of Palencia based on the experience from WP2, WP3, WP4 and WP5.

[TRANSVERSAL] Open Specifications framework

Definition of the functional requirements, software architecture and data structures through the creation of a common framework for the 3 lighthouse cities. TRANSVERAL DELIVERABLE FOR WP2, WP3 and WP4 (included only in WP2 due to SYGMA limitations).

Smart personal EV charger system in operation

Definition and implementation of the eCar sharing concept and smart personal EV charger system

Baseline assessment & PESTEL Analysis of Bydgoszcz’s Initial Replication Plan

Baseline definition of the city of Bydgoszcz through a PESTEL analysis. Definition of a first draft of the replication for the city of Bydgoszcz based on the experience from WP2, WP3, WP4 and WP5.

Methodology for citizen engagement based on system thinking

Definition of the methodology for citizen engagement based on system thinking: Procedure for identification of objectives and targets, dynamic network map to find barriers and bottlenecks and strategies for citizen engagement in urban transformation

Social Acceptance Campaign at local and district level - Initial

Design of multi-year campaign at local and district level to raise awareness and provide information and activate successful consumers and key local actors.

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (1)

Introduction of new decentralised renewable heat supply in an existing district heating system

Author(s): Miika Rämä, Mikko Wahlroos

Published in: Energy, Issue 154, 2018, Page(s) 68-79, ISSN 0360-5442

DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.03.105

Conference proceedings (1)

Benefits of Battery Energy Storage System for System, Market and Distribution Network – Case Helsinki

Author(s): Hannu-Pekka Hellman, Atte Pihkala, Markku Hyvärinen, Pirjo Heine, Juha Karppinen, Kristiina Siilin, Perttu Lahtinen, Minna Laasonen, Jussi Matilainen

Published in: 24th International Conference on Electricity Distribution, Issue 12-15/06/2017, 2017, Page(s) 1-5, ISSN 2032-9644

Project information

mySMARTLife

Grant agreement ID: 731297

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 December 2016
End date

30 November 2021

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.3.1.

Overall budget:

€ 21 724 074,75
EU contribution

€ 18 656 102,41

Coordinated by:

FUNDACION CARTIF

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