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COdesign urban REalm & dynamic Spaces management for cognitive & socially connected cities

Project description

Digital tools and citizen-driven co-creation for climate-neutral cities

Cities in Europe are facing new challenges brought about by rapid urbanisation, mobility, and increased energy demands. As a result, there is a need to develop efficient ways to manage space, infrastructures, and energy to ensure the development of climate-neutral cities. With this in mind, the EU-funded CORESPACES project aims to integrate advanced digital planning tools with citizen-driven co-creation. It uses AI and digital twins to ensure efficient planning in space, energy and mobility. Its adaptable toolkit (COREInnovations) is being tested in nine living labs across Europe to demonstrate scalable, real-world solutions. The project’s aim is to deliver climate-neutral, resilient, and socially inclusive urban environments aligned with EU Green Deal objectives.

Objective

Cities are under increasing pressure from rapid urbanization, rising mobility and energy demands, and the need for climate-neutral solutions to efficiently design and manage urban space. COREspaces will transform urban spaces by addressing critical challenges related to space scarcity, mobility and energy efficiency and sustainability. It integrates advanced digital tools (e.g. AI-assisted planning, Digital Twins) to enable cities to manage urban space, optimize mobility infrastructure, increase energy efficiency and enhance urban resilience. The project’s emphasis on citizens’ engagement and inclusive decision-making, leading to equitable and liveable urban environments while contributing to climate-neutral urban spaces, aligning with EU sustainability goals.
Based on vast pre-existing mobility and energy innovations specialized in citizens driven co-creation and urban space design, the project introduces COREInnovations, a set of adaptable digital and physical tools that integrate AI, DTs, and participatory planning to optimize urban space use and support climate neutrality. Real-world demonstrations hosted in Living Lab from 9 European cities will pave the way towards data-driven and human-centric urban transformation.
The project fosters cross-sectorial collaboration between cities, public authorities, citizens, academy and industry partners to ensure evidence-based decision-making for sustainable urban transitions, aligned with the EU Green Deal and Climate Neutrality goals of cities while supporting the objectives of the Work Programme.
The project addresses challenges by developing practical methodologies and robust solutions and governance frameworks to speed up decision making; innovative strategies for urban space reallocation and dynamic curbside management; and financial mechanisms, guidelines & blueprints to secure replicability and to enable “future ready”, CO2 neutral and climate resilient symbiotic urban spaces for the cognitive cities of Europe.

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Funding Scheme

HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation Actions

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Call for proposal

(opens in new window) HORIZON-MISS-2024-CIT-01

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Coordinator

ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS
Net EU contribution
€ 1 187 625,00
Address
CHARILAOU THERMI ROAD 6 KM
570 01 THERMI THESSALONIKI
Greece
Region
Βόρεια Ελλάδα Κεντρική Μακεδονία Θεσσαλονίκη
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Total cost
€ 1 187 625,00

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