Periodic Reporting for period 4 - STARDUST (HOLISTIC AND INTEGRATED URBAN MODEL FOR SMART CITIES)
Okres sprawozdawczy: 2021-04-01 do 2024-03-31
STARDUST serves as smart connector bringing together advanced European cities and citizens of Pamplona, Tampere and Trento - with the follower cities of Cluj-Napoca, Derry and Kozani
The objective of STARDUST is to pave the way towards low carbon, high efficient, intelligent and citizen oriented cities, fully aligned with the Clean Energy for All Europeans strategy, by developing urban solutions and innovative business models, integrating the domains of buildings, mobility and efficient energy through ICT. The aim is to test and validate these solutions, enabling their fast roll out in the market. STARDUST will demonstrate that the smart integration of these actions, together with other accompanying non-technological measures can provide a platform for citizens and community engagement.
The STARDUST cities will be a living lab to design and validate a replicable model of Smart Cities, able to tackle all social, economic and environmental key aspects in an intelligent integrated way, by using novel ICT tools as sewing thread. The main targets are:
• Target 1. To create several “innovation islands” as urban incubators where to demonstrate scalable, cost-effective and bankable urban scale solutions to significantly increase the energy efficiency in the STARDUST cities
• Target 2. To create smart ecosystems implementing a new economic paradigm in the European cities, based on eco-innovation, competitiveness, low carbon, circular economy, and the creation of new markets, modernising the obsolete economic approach based in a massive use of fossil fuels and high energy intensity
• Target 3. To create and deploy open city information platforms, an ICT infrastructure that overarches all project aspects (building, energy and transport) and engages lighthouse and follower cities, and a key enabler to implement the social innovation strategy, business ecosystem and behavioural changes goals foreseen in the project
• Target 4. To organise and foster the transfer of lighthouse cities solutions to the four follower cities, and to support the deployment of Replication Plans in each follower city as references for future European standards of Smart Cities.
After 6 years of STARDUST project, STARDUST cities have been able to implement innovative and technological solutions with the support of partners with multidisciplinary profiles. The overall objective was to improve environmental, economic, technical, and social aspects, creating the necessary evidence for replication in other cities. However, the road travelled has not been linear. But the journey has offered many lessons for the field of Smart Cities and there have been successes along the way. STARDUST project has contributed to the creation of a new economic paradigm in lighthouse cities, based on innovation and technological integration, demonstrating that new services, products, and solutions can be implemented to make the transition to carbon-neutral cities economically viable. The solutions deployed in the Lighthouse cities have generated impacts that have been measured and evaluated, demonstrating their effectiveness in addressing the challenges related to the carbon neutrality of Europe.
The objective of STARDUST is to pave the way towards low carbon, high efficient, intelligent and citizen oriented cities, fully aligned with the Clean Energy for All Europeans strategy, by developing urban solutions and innovative business models, integrating the domains of buildings, mobility and efficient energy through ICT. The aim is to test and validate these solutions, enabling their fast roll out in the market. STARDUST will demonstrate that the smart integration of these actions, together with other accompanying non-technological measures can provide a platform for citizens and community engagement.
The STARDUST cities will be a living lab to design and validate a replicable model of Smart Cities, able to tackle all social, economic and environmental key aspects in an intelligent integrated way, by using novel ICT tools as sewing thread. The main targets are:
• Target 1. To create several “innovation islands” as urban incubators where to demonstrate scalable, cost-effective and bankable urban scale solutions to significantly increase the energy efficiency in the STARDUST cities
• Target 2. To create smart ecosystems implementing a new economic paradigm in the European cities, based on eco-innovation, competitiveness, low carbon, circular economy, and the creation of new markets, modernising the obsolete economic approach based in a massive use of fossil fuels and high energy intensity
• Target 3. To create and deploy open city information platforms, an ICT infrastructure that overarches all project aspects (building, energy and transport) and engages lighthouse and follower cities, and a key enabler to implement the social innovation strategy, business ecosystem and behavioural changes goals foreseen in the project
• Target 4. To organise and foster the transfer of lighthouse cities solutions to the four follower cities, and to support the deployment of Replication Plans in each follower city as references for future European standards of Smart Cities.
After 6 years of STARDUST project, STARDUST cities have been able to implement innovative and technological solutions with the support of partners with multidisciplinary profiles. The overall objective was to improve environmental, economic, technical, and social aspects, creating the necessary evidence for replication in other cities. However, the road travelled has not been linear. But the journey has offered many lessons for the field of Smart Cities and there have been successes along the way. STARDUST project has contributed to the creation of a new economic paradigm in lighthouse cities, based on innovation and technological integration, demonstrating that new services, products, and solutions can be implemented to make the transition to carbon-neutral cities economically viable. The solutions deployed in the Lighthouse cities have generated impacts that have been measured and evaluated, demonstrating their effectiveness in addressing the challenges related to the carbon neutrality of Europe.
WP1: The Smart City Matrix has been refined and the cost-optimal tool has been further developed, as well as the open city information platform to ensure the replication.
WP2: New open-source Energy Management tool demonstrated for social rental housing; Successful district heating network powered by RES; Good results on plug&play PV with energy storage; successful bus electrification
WP3: Integration of energy infrastructure and buildings in Ilokkaanpuisto (PV plant for self-consumption) and Härmälänranta (district heating network) testing what kind of new residential buildings will meet the energy efficiency requirements of future buildings. Lowering energy consumption peaks in public buildings. Integration of RES for mobility (e-buses) with 38 e-buses. IoT platform for smart city lighting and services.
WP4: Continuous monitoring of e-cars owned by the Municipality; Operation of EVs charging stations; Full operation of the urban sensors and dashboard; relevant implementation for the Open City Platform; Task 4.3 cancelled
WP5: Improved replication plants (agendas for climate neutrality of Kozani and Cluj-Napoca by 2030 and Derry by 2045) gathering knowledge from efficient capacity building workshops for clean mobility, energy efficiency (buildings, district heating), IoT systems, stakeholder engagement.
WP6: Solid monitoring protocol and DMP for open data smart cities. Integrated evaluation and impact assessment performed and validated with the monitoring and demo of the project LH Pilots. Consolidation of urban platforms as enablers of new opportunities and beneficial tools for citizens.
WP7: Stakeholders involvement in Entrepreneurial Discovery Process. Validation and analysis of business models; Sectorial business analysis performed. Final exploitable results advised.
WP8: Website won 2018.eu Web Awards with high impact to Stardust; Efficient collaboration with Scalable cities network; High dissemination and communication achievements (excellent D&C KPIs).
WP2: New open-source Energy Management tool demonstrated for social rental housing; Successful district heating network powered by RES; Good results on plug&play PV with energy storage; successful bus electrification
WP3: Integration of energy infrastructure and buildings in Ilokkaanpuisto (PV plant for self-consumption) and Härmälänranta (district heating network) testing what kind of new residential buildings will meet the energy efficiency requirements of future buildings. Lowering energy consumption peaks in public buildings. Integration of RES for mobility (e-buses) with 38 e-buses. IoT platform for smart city lighting and services.
WP4: Continuous monitoring of e-cars owned by the Municipality; Operation of EVs charging stations; Full operation of the urban sensors and dashboard; relevant implementation for the Open City Platform; Task 4.3 cancelled
WP5: Improved replication plants (agendas for climate neutrality of Kozani and Cluj-Napoca by 2030 and Derry by 2045) gathering knowledge from efficient capacity building workshops for clean mobility, energy efficiency (buildings, district heating), IoT systems, stakeholder engagement.
WP6: Solid monitoring protocol and DMP for open data smart cities. Integrated evaluation and impact assessment performed and validated with the monitoring and demo of the project LH Pilots. Consolidation of urban platforms as enablers of new opportunities and beneficial tools for citizens.
WP7: Stakeholders involvement in Entrepreneurial Discovery Process. Validation and analysis of business models; Sectorial business analysis performed. Final exploitable results advised.
WP8: Website won 2018.eu Web Awards with high impact to Stardust; Efficient collaboration with Scalable cities network; High dissemination and communication achievements (excellent D&C KPIs).
SMART DISTRICT AND BUILDINGS:
• Deep energy rehabilitation approach taking nZEB as reference;
• Energy performance active metering, monitoring and demand side management by setting-up set up an online monitoring and data management concept
• Co-benefits from smart district and buildings development by using the Smart and Sustainable District Energy Project concept
• Overcoming the barriers to the implementation of smart district and buildings by finding solutions to strengthen business planning for PPP
ENERGY GENERATION AND USE:
• High efficiency district heating and cooling systems. STARDUST approach beyond SoA involves the integration of CHP district heating; renewable energy integration on high-efficient district heating & cooling, biomass, geothermal, biofuels; Free-cooling from lake; o Heat waste recovery: heat recovery from industry to supply district heating; demand response/big data control: DH&C management; large scale for residential sector; policy instruments and financial models: in order to overcoming administrative and financial barriers to promote high efficiency large scale district heating and cooling.
• Smart grids for: Integration of electricity, 2nd life batteries, new energy management strategies in combined systems, definition of clear value propositions for this new “prosumer” role of hybrid smart grids.
• Heat pumps for: Integration of GSHP and heat storage, Energy exchange through heat pump technology, Waste heat recovery from data center and Cool recovery at low temperature.
E-MOBILITY:
• Last Mile logistics
• Cost efficient E-Vehicle charging technology
• New incentives for e-vehicles
• V2G
URBAN ICT APPLICATIONS:
• Low-carbon ICT systems will: promote server operation efficiency; build Low Carbon Cooling Systems for data centres and exploit the heat generated through the integration of ICT infrastructures with processes that utilize the heat; adopt a ‘Low Carbon-by-Design’ approach, gaining sustainable advantages in re-designing data centre facilities in pilot cities.
• Smart city ICT platforms to: provide a space for multi-stakeholders/users collaboration
• Open data, open services and open APIs
• Citizen participation: City apps and e-Participation tools
• Deep energy rehabilitation approach taking nZEB as reference;
• Energy performance active metering, monitoring and demand side management by setting-up set up an online monitoring and data management concept
• Co-benefits from smart district and buildings development by using the Smart and Sustainable District Energy Project concept
• Overcoming the barriers to the implementation of smart district and buildings by finding solutions to strengthen business planning for PPP
ENERGY GENERATION AND USE:
• High efficiency district heating and cooling systems. STARDUST approach beyond SoA involves the integration of CHP district heating; renewable energy integration on high-efficient district heating & cooling, biomass, geothermal, biofuels; Free-cooling from lake; o Heat waste recovery: heat recovery from industry to supply district heating; demand response/big data control: DH&C management; large scale for residential sector; policy instruments and financial models: in order to overcoming administrative and financial barriers to promote high efficiency large scale district heating and cooling.
• Smart grids for: Integration of electricity, 2nd life batteries, new energy management strategies in combined systems, definition of clear value propositions for this new “prosumer” role of hybrid smart grids.
• Heat pumps for: Integration of GSHP and heat storage, Energy exchange through heat pump technology, Waste heat recovery from data center and Cool recovery at low temperature.
E-MOBILITY:
• Last Mile logistics
• Cost efficient E-Vehicle charging technology
• New incentives for e-vehicles
• V2G
URBAN ICT APPLICATIONS:
• Low-carbon ICT systems will: promote server operation efficiency; build Low Carbon Cooling Systems for data centres and exploit the heat generated through the integration of ICT infrastructures with processes that utilize the heat; adopt a ‘Low Carbon-by-Design’ approach, gaining sustainable advantages in re-designing data centre facilities in pilot cities.
• Smart city ICT platforms to: provide a space for multi-stakeholders/users collaboration
• Open data, open services and open APIs
• Citizen participation: City apps and e-Participation tools